National Partner Toolkit for Welcoming Week 2019
Thank you for joining us as a national partner for Welcoming Week 2019! There are a number of ways that national partners can help support the work including encouraging affiliates and members to host Welcoming Week events and lifting up welcoming messages and stories during this week. This toolkit provides materials to guide your participation…
Read MoreThe power of volunteering in welcoming communities
Originally published in the September 2018 edition of SLOGOPIS and translated from Slovenian. Church World Service, a refugee resettlement organization, reported that its volunteer base had quadrupled. Welcoming communities around the world have seen a similar uptick in volunteerism, and harnessing the energy, skills, and commitment that volunteers bring to the welcoming movement has become…
Read MoreWelcoming Week brought neighbors together to act our values
Over a thousand events in 40+ states offer a counterpoint to the national vitriol We are wrapping up Welcoming Week in a time of extremes, both the harmful rhetoric that isolates us and hampers our potential as a thriving, inclusive society, and the immense enthusiasm and support for affirming our American values. This is especially…
Read MoreEight Themes for Welcoming Week 2018
It’s a time of immense challenges for the communities we serve, many of whom are living in fear. We are becoming polarized, and many Americans have been uprooted by the sense that they no longer belong. At the same time, many people are standing up for their neighbors and affirming that our country is a…
Read MoreWelcoming Week Postcards
Our multilingual Welcoming Week Postcards are a fun and easy way to show community support for everyone, including immigrants and refugees, and lift up our shared values. Download the postcards in 8 different languages: Arabic Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian English French German Slovenian Spanish Turkish
Read MoreCitizenship Strategies to Create Welcoming Communities
This toolkit was developed by Welcoming America and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the lead organization of the New Americans Campaign, to provide promising practices and suggestions to engage receiving communities at the intersection of citizenship and welcoming work.
Read MoreFirst-Ever National Welcoming Week Shows the Power of Unity
We share the belief that our communities are strongest when everyone who lives in them feels welcome. Our communities work best when we all do our part – and it takes all of us working together to make that happen.Last month, our affiliates, partners, and supporters across the country united during National Welcoming Week –…
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