Social Cohesion Series: Innovations in Building Meaningful Contact Across Difference
This is the second in a series of articles on social cohesion that explores what Welcoming America and other national- and local-level thought leaders and practitioners have learned about engaging long-term members of receiving communities in order to advance immigrant inclusion and build stronger, more cohesive communities. “Innovations in Building Meaningful Contact Across Difference” explores…
Read MoreSocial Cohesion Series: Building Cohesive Communities in an Era of Migration and Change
Building Cohesive Communities in an Era of Migration and Change is an update to the 2011 Receiving Communities Toolkit and explores the nature of today’s challenge, strategies to address divides, and recommendations for bringing social cohesion work to scale.
Read MoreWelcoming Refugees in Rural Communities: Promising Examples from the Field
While there are many positive examples across the country of refugee welcome in rural communities, this tool explores four groundbreaking community-based initiatives that are engaging, supporting, and welcoming refugees in rural areas. In this toolkit, we highlight how different types of community actors are working together to create more vibrant communities for all. This includes:…
Read MoreBuilding Meaningful Contact: A How-To Guide
In partnership with Welcoming Michigan, this guide explores lessons learned from promising models for contact building from across the U.S. and delves deeper into a series of activities conducted in Macomb County. By focusing on one example, readers learn step-by-step how to plan, implement, and follow-up on a contact building event.
Read MorePromoting Refugee and Community Wellness Toolkit
The Promoting Refugee and Community Wellness guide, a publication exploring the connections between wellness and welcoming communities. Created in partnership by the National Partnership for Community Training and Welcoming America, the webinar will focus on how those from diverse sectors – such as academics, employers, health providers, and neighbors – can create a vibrant ecosystem…
Read MoreBuilding and Sustaining Community Collaborations for Refugee Welcome: A Community Engagement Toolkit
Refugee resettlement organizations increasingly recognize the need to create greater community support for refugees, and to be part of broader community efforts that may benefit refugees, but are not focused exclusively on refugees. How do refugee-serving organizations assess the state of their current efforts and what are the next steps they could take to advance…
Read MoreWe Belong Here: An initiative for immigrant and community engagement
Created by the initiative We Belong Here, this toolkit is designed for libraries and other organizations to create more welcoming and supportive environments for immigrants in their communities through four key areas: positioning, messaging, strategies and tactics, and communications. We Belong Here is an initiative founded by the Hartford Public Library, a Welcoming Network member…
Read MoreHarnessing Volunteer Energy to Support and Welcome Refugees in your Community: Five Tips for Success
Learn some of the best practices in engaging, supporting, and managing volunteers to help welcome refugees in your community. Tips around volunteer outreach, designing options for volunteer engagement, volunteer onboarding, and keeping volunteers energized are included. This toolkit also shares field spotlights from a number of refugee-serving organizations that are successfully utilizing volunteers in new…
Read MoreWelcoming Economies Playbook: Strategies for Building an Inclusive Local Community
Many communities recognize that refugee and other immigrant residents, in addition to being valued neighbors and civic leaders, represent economic growth as new homeowners, taxpayers, business owners, workers, and consumers. At the same time, like many other residents, new Americans can encounter challenges along the way that prevent them from using these talents. The Welcoming…
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
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