By Steve Tobocman Skilled Immigrants Offer Local Communities Economic Growth Opportunities While most Americans braved holiday traffic, attended holiday parties, or simply watched the NFL playoff picture solidify at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 15th, I joined over 100 other committed and rapt immigrant economic development practitioners and enthusiasts in Brooklyn for an exciting discussion […]
The mission of the Welcoming Economies Global Network is to facilitate the success of the local organizations and programs that are implementing immigrant economic development initiatives across the 10-state WE Global region. No list could adequately describe our collective success in 2015, but here are some local highlights: The Neighborhood Development Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul […]
By Steve Tobocman The beginning of 2015 was such a flurry of WE Global activity that I am having difficulty understanding how we accomplished so much. As we launch into 2016, I look forward to what I expect to be a year of promise, impact, and growth. But as we enter a year of exciting […]
By Christina Pope As we wrap up 2015 and return to our work, a highlight of the year comes to mind: the National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC). Many Welcoming Economies Global Network (WE Global) members came together for the phenomenal event held in Brooklyn in December. It’s always great to catch up with peers and […]
Originally from San Cristobal, Venezuela, Luis Oman arrived in Philadelphia in January of 2015 in “pursuit of a bright future and a good life.” The high inflation in Venezuela made life difficult for Luis. He could barely get by with a minimum wage job, even after graduating from one of the best -and oldest- universities […]
By Sloan Herrick, Deputy Director, Global Detroit As I am writing this, just a couple of week after the terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut and amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, I can’t help but reflect on how vital it is right now to share across cities, cultures, and countries creative solutions […]
By Betsy Cohen, Project Director, St. Louis Mosaic Project We’re taking the St. Louis Mosaic Project to the White House! Vin Ko and I had the privilege of traveling to Washington, D.C. to help bring communities together through Welcoming America and other national immigrant support organizations in order to accelerate the welcoming movement. St. Louis has a rich tradition […]
When you meet Xiaoyu (“Skyin”) Yin, a Chinese international student who graduated with a Master’s Degree in Advertising from Michigan State University in 2013, you are grabbed instantly by her enthusiasm, charm, wit, and intellect. “I came to the United States to see a different world,” Skyin says. “I’m glad Michigan is what I found […]
The White House capped the fourth annual Welcoming Week and last Thursday’s Constitution/Citizenship Day commemorations by unveiling it’s “Stand Stronger” public awareness campaign based on key recommendations from the White House Task Force for New Americans. The announcement included several programs and initiatives that to promote the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of citizenship among eligible […]
