Libraries Lead the Way: Creating and Fostering Community Connections During Welcoming Week and All Year Long
This webinar recorded on July 10, 2024 features local libraries sharing examples of their year-round welcoming work; discussing how local partnerships can be activated and convened via libraries; and sharing details of a special toolkit designed by the American Library Association that can be used to participate in Welcoming Week and more!
Read MoreWelcoming 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…
Read MoreAprendiendo 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…
Read MoreLearning 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…
Read MoreCelebrating inclusive values: A look back at Welcoming Week 2023
For 11 years, communities around the world have been at the forefront of Welcoming Week to showcase their common values of belonging, equity, and inclusion as they strive to be more welcoming places for all. This year was no different. From September 8-17, communities celebrated their diversity, advanced inclusion, and brought people of different backgrounds…
Read MoreWelcoming Week 2023 kicks off with 500 events globally, Little Amal’s U.S. tour
The annual campaign Welcoming Week, led by U.S.-based nonprofit Welcoming America kicks off this September 8-17 through more than 500 events happening worldwide, including 68 events taking place in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand, as well as in partnership with 16 global organizations. Events aim to celebrate diversity, advance inclusion, and nurture a deeper…
Read MoreLa Semana de Bienvenida se expande a México con la colaboración de Sin Fronteras
English Press Release Welcoming America, una organización nacional sin fines de lucro con base en Decatur, Georgia, junto con Sin Fronteras, una galardonada organización sin fines de lucro con sede en la Ciudad de México, anuncian su colaboración para ampliar la celebración anual de la Semana de Bienvenida, que tendrá lugar del 8 al 17…
Read MoreWelcoming Week expands into Mexico through partnership with Sin Fronteras and Welcoming America
Press Release in Spanish Welcoming America, a national nonprofit organization based in Decatur, Georgia, and Sin Fronteras, an award-winning NGO based in Mexico City, announce a partnership to expand the annual Welcoming Week celebration into Mexico this September 8-17 and beyond. More people than ever are on the move, displaced by climate and conflict and seeking safety and…
Read MoreHow to get started with Welcoming Week
Welcoming Week is an opportunity for communities to come together and celebrate the values that make places more welcoming and inclusive for all who live there. In the months leading up to Welcoming Week, it’s time to start brainstorming ways to get involved. Whether you plan a local event or share your thoughts on social…
Read More#WhereWeBelong: A Look Back at Welcoming Week 2022
Each year, Welcoming Week provides a time and space for communities to come together and celebrate the things that make it welcoming and inclusive places for all who live there. This year was no exception: after two years of living through a pandemic, welcomers around the world came together in-person and virtually to celebrate the…
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