Welcoming Interactive 2021
Thank you to the over 800 people working to create more inclusive communities that joined us on May 5 and 6, 2021 for the Welcoming Interactive.
Watch all the plenary presentations and collaborative sessions, access session resources, and see highlights from the #Interactive2021 below.
May 5, 2021
Improving Immigrant Access to Housing and Small Business Recovery Efforts
Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Your Community
Messaging: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to do It Effectively
May 6, 2021
Managing the Emotional Stress of The Past Year: Strategies for Individuals, Organizations and Communities
The Importance of COVID Community Champions
Building and Maintaining Your Local Immigrant Inclusion Infrastructure
Plenary and session highlights
Check out these speaker highlights and what attendees had to say about #Interactive2021
For America to survive and prosper as a viable democracy, we must learn how to respect and honor our similarities and differences, invest in one another, and work together with an aligned vision.
- Dr. Gail Christopher
.@faircount implemented a tech assistance program to provide tech access to rural parts of GA via AME churches. "We knew pastors were trusted leaders. With the AME church, we installed 25 hubs to become tech hubs for the entire community." - Shun Tucker-Allen #Interactive2021 pic.twitter.com/VPdCGOvjOv
— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 6, 2021
Happening now: in conversation w/ @Drgcchristopher at #Interactive2021
Q) How do we organize ourselves to tackle inequity?
A) Provide funding, resources, and networking opportunities for community-based efforts - Dr. Gail Christopher
https://t.co/RBorkLvhcj— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 6, 2021
@RachelPeric and I discuss healthy societies, racial healing and why a hierarchy of human value is a belief system we can all work to upend, in this plenary discussion from #Interactive2021. Watch here: https://t.co/zklvuubU5m
— Dr. Gail C Christopher (@DrGCChristopher) May 11, 2021
#Interactive2021 session highlight: Adam Luna of @oppagenda breaks down nonprofit comms/messaging strategy and approach.
Learn more at: https://t.co/yIc5UVpt8I pic.twitter.com/9cwiSM5ihH
— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 5, 2021
Such a privilege to be a part of the Wellness, Inclusion & Facing Stress panel. An extraordinary community of people gathering together in humane & community building ways. Thank you @WelcomingUSA #interactive2021 #equity #wellness #community #selfcare #empoweroneanother https://t.co/4TC1N2sYJA
— Get Empowered! (@GetEmpoweredAll) May 6, 2021
#Interactive2021 session highlight: "Food invites us to experience another. Eating isn't always about being hungry, but about sharing part of ourselves." - Jordyne Krumroy, project mgr for #TasteofBelonging https://t.co/wNK0CbUkZT
— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 5, 2021
The @CityofSBY talks building inclusion infrastructure at #Interactive2021 by addressing language access gaps, building trust, creating safe spaces in their community, as well as utilizing inclusive language. pic.twitter.com/q0UNrAU90O
— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 6, 2021
#Interactive2021 session highlight: Salome Mwangi, a coordinator from the Idaho Office for Refugees believes the pandemic and subsequent isolation and craving for each other creates an opening to build bonds rapidly and permanently.
— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 5, 2021
From @profjohnapowell of @oandbinstitute: In order to co-create, you need 4 things:
✔️Agency (a sense of who you are)
✔️Power (the capacity to affect change)
✔️Care, love, & empathy
✔️Responsibility #Interactive2021 #Belonging https://t.co/hcT1kUNXzt— Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA) May 5, 2021
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