Build Trust With Community-Focused Comms: A How-To Guide for Organizations & Local Governments
As local governments and organizations serve growing numbers of multilingual audiences, many are using communication strategies that promote trust, engagement, and access.
Read MoreWelcoming in an Era of Climate Change: A Tool to Get Started
Explore practical, tactical actions that you and your local government can take to respond to and plan for climate migration.
Read MoreStanding Up for Welcoming: Four practical actions for local leaders
To help local leaders prepare for an uncertain and rapidly changing immigration landscape, we’ve outlined four practical actions you can take to stand up for welcoming.
Read MoreTraining: Moving From Individual and Small Group Welcoming to a Whole-of-Community Approach
A training to create a resilient welcoming infrastructure throughout your local community.
Read MoreChampioning the Power and Potential of ‘Natural Helpers’: A Guide
Natural Helpers programs recognize the crucial role immigrant and refugee leaders fulfill as informal “helpers’’ in their communities by formalizing, supporting, and expanding their capacity for civic leadership. This guide presents promising practices from interviews with Natural Helpers program coordinators and lessons learned from the Natural Helpers communities of practice convened by Welcoming America. Three…
Read MoreAchieving the Certified Welcoming Designation Under the Welcoming Standard 2.0
This guide outlines the second iteration of the Certified Welcoming program and the Welcoming Standard criteria that communities must meet to earn the designation of Certified Welcoming. Certified Welcoming is a formal designation for local governments that have created policies and programs reflecting their values and commitment to immigrant inclusion. This innovative program assesses local…
Read MoreAdvancing a Welcoming Infrastructure for Humanitarian Relief
As individuals and organizations in localities across the globe mobilize to support those displaced by war, conflict, and climate disasters, meeting the immediate needs is critical. At the same time, building the infrastructure needed to support and engage migrants and non-migrants in the long term is essential to ensuring belonging for all lasts beyond these…
Read MoreCultivating Contact: A Guide to Building Bridges and Meaningful Connections Between Groups
Published in partnership with the Center for Inclusion and Belonging at the American Immigration Council and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, this guide harnesses the lessons drawn from decades of research on how to foster a sense of trust and belonging between people from different backgrounds through community-based programs and initiatives. Decades of research show…
Read MoreBridging Language and Work: Solutions to Invest in Immigrant and Refugee Talent
Finding, retaining, and developing talent is a top priority for business leaders today. Refugees and immigrants represent an incredible pool of talent that can fill worker shortages and enhance diversity. Yet, many employers overlook candidates due to perceptions that workers cannot succeed in a role if they have limited proficiency in the local language. Bridging Language…
Read MoreCareer Pathways & Equity: Policy Recommendations
In 2021, collaborated with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and 12 key stakeholders – practitioners, policymakers, and funders – to have a year-long dialogue about increasing equity within career pathway programs. One of the most powerful tools in achieving this goal is policy change. As America’s workforce development system is one where all layers –…
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