Statement on the COVID-19 Situation
Dear Community Members, As the COVID-19 virus spreads across the nation and world, I want to inform you about the steps Welcoming America is taking to respond and monitor the situation. Welcoming communities can and will play an important role, modeling how our values drive the decisions we make going forward, and we applaud the…
Read MoreThree Communities Join the 2020 Welcoming Economies Technical Assistance Pilot!
Just last week, Welcoming America and Global Detroit hosted a kickoff to welcome participants to the 2020 Welcoming Economies Technical Assistance Pilot (WE Pilot). These Welcoming Network members will work closely with the WE Pilot team to advance the economic inclusion of immigrants and contribute to local economic development efforts that impact all…
Read MoreAdvancing Welcome Across the Globe: Welcoming International
As we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Founding of Welcoming America, there has never been a more urgent time for welcomers around the world to come together, and we are gratified to see the global work thrive and grow stronger every day! Today, around 250 communities around the world are part of the international…
Read MoreFrom Grieving to Galvanizing
Dear Friends, Our hearts are heavy with grief for the families who lost loved ones this weekend in Dayton and El Paso. We also mourn the victims of the more than 250 mass shootings that have taken place this year, many fueled by hate. We all want to live in communities that are safe, and…
Read MoreWelcoming communities are resilient communities
After 10 years of leading immigrant inclusion work, we know that welcoming communities are also resilient communities. Resilient communities succeed in the face of change. In an era of unprecedented migration and climate change, local leaders are often at the forefront – developing and innovating solutions that help their cities and towns not only respond…
Read MoreA vision for welcoming: If you rise, we all rise
If you joined us in Pittsburgh, you heard me share the story of Mother’s Day, a holiday that didn’t originate as a Hallmark card, but as a plea for peace, a manifesto, in the wake of the civil war, for mothers from all nations to come together to have a greater voice in the solutions…
Read MorePublic charge proposal threatens Rust Belt economies
Only days remain before public comments are due on the proposed federal rule change to public charge and last week, WE Global hosted its first-ever twitter town hall meeting to highlight the potentially devastating economic impacts of the proposal. On October 10, the Department of Homeland Secured proposed a sweeping federal rule change to enable…
Read MoreWelcoming America’s Statement on Tragedies in Pittsburgh and Louisville
We grieve with the families who lost loved ones in #Pittsburgh & #Louisville. These shootings targeted not only Jews, refugees, and African Americans, but the very idea of being a pluralistic, multiethnic democracy. We stand with our partners in Pittsburgh and Louisville, and our friends at HIAS, whose crucial work building a bridge between Jews and…
Read MoreArtPlace: A new Partnership
Welcoming America, an organization that works to create more inclusive communities, and ArtPlace America, a collaboration of foundations, federal agencies and financial institutions working to position arts and culture as a core sector of community planning and development, are pleased to announce a new partnership that will identity and foster innovative models of collaboration between the arts and immigration…
Read MoreWhat it will take to unite our nation
Seventy-five years ago, my grandparents lost nearly everyone they loved in the Holocaust and came with my mother as refugees to this country, where they were able to build new lives and call themselves Americans. Today, when I hold my daughter’s tiny toddler hands in mine, I think of how my grandmother became an orphan,…
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