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‘Welcoming is an American value’: Assistant Secretary Julieta Valls Noyes at the 2024 Welcoming Interactive
As we count down the days to the 2024 Welcoming Interactive, we’re getting excited thinking about the energy, learning, and connection that the conference sparks for attendees. The local communities and individuals on the frontlines of welcoming immigrants and refugees are the reason we gather. Sharing ideas and practices that leaders can bring home to…
Welcoming America Announces “We’re All In” as 2024 Welcoming Week Theme
Welcoming America is excited to announce its campaign theme for its Welcoming Week 2024, an annual campaign celebrated in communities across the world, which will take place from September 13-22, 2024. The campaign theme, “We’re All In,” calls on individuals and groups to come together in celebration of their strengths and differences and showcase how…
Announcing the 2024 Fund to Foster Belonging grantees
Welcoming America is pleased to announce the recipients of the third round of funding from the Fund to Foster Belonging, which will continue supporting and expanding the work of local leaders and projects that build meaningful connections between immigrants and non-immigrants: ECHO Collective, Lincoln, NE One World, One Love NJ, Summit, NJ Rural Women’s Health…
Empowering Immigrant Communities to Fight Against Fraud in Multiple Languages
Recorded on March 7, 2024, we jointly hosted a webinar with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency, and a member from the Welcoming Network. We discussed ways to empower the communities you work with to fight against fraud. In this webinar, we share how to spot and avoid common scams, as…
Aprendiendo de la Semana de Bienvenida en México (español)
¿En búsqueda de nuevas maneras de abordar la #SemanaDeBienvenida2024? Distintas organizaciones y gobiernos locales de México celebraron la primera Semana de Bienvenida nacional en América Latina. Junto con Sin Fronteras, la principal organizadora del evento, Welcoming America ofrecerá un webinario que se propone recorrer la campaña que celebró 27 eventos en tres de las principales ciudades de…
Learning from Welcoming Week in Mexico (English)
Looking for new ways to approach #WelcomingWeek2024? Local organizations and local governments in Mexico hosted the very first national Welcoming Week in Latin America. With the lead organization, Sin Fronteras, Welcoming America hosted a webinar on February 21, 2024, where we reviewed the campaign that resulted in 27 events across three major cities in Mexico…
Moving from inclusion to belonging: Bridge-building success stories
Belonging is more than a feeling. Belonging means to be fully part of society at large: each of us has our well-being considered and we’re able to design and benefit from institutions and structures that affect our lives. To achieve belonging, inclusion is a key step in the process. Inclusion is all about action. Individuals,…
Cuyahoga County, OH and Roanoke, VA latest cities to become Certified Welcoming
February 19, 2024 – Welcoming America, a national nonprofit organization, announces two municipalities as the latest to become Certified Welcoming, each at the 1-star designation: Cuyahoga County in Ohio and the City of Roanoke in Virginia. Rachel Perić, executive director of Welcoming America, said: “We are thrilled to recognize Cuyahoga County and the City of…
Announcing Rural Welcoming Initiative 2024 participants, peer learning partnerships
Welcoming America is thrilled to announce the 10 participants of the Rural Welcoming Initiative (RWI) for 2024: Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation – Brattleboro, Vermont Catholic Charities of East Tennessee & HOLA Lakeway (partner participants) – Morristown, Tennessee City of Garden City – Garden City, Kansas City of New Ulm – New Ulm, Minnesota City of…