Thank you for your interest in Welcoming America. Please continue to check this page for upcoming events. Also check the websites of our affiliates for local events in your area.

November 2011:

• Welcoming America is partnering with Southern Circuit of Southern Independent Filmmakers, the Clarkston Community Center (CCC), the Georgia Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (GA NAME), Voices in the Treetops, and Metro Atlantans for Public Schools (MAPS) for a screening of the film Welcome to Shelbyville on November 13th.    To learn about Welcoming America’s connection to the film, click here.

October 2011:

• Welcoming America is helping organize a “engaging immigrant host communities” track at the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Seattle, Washington (October 24-26). Click here for registration information.
• Welcoming America will also be hosting a private convening for Welcoming America affiliates in Seattle after the integration conference. If your organization is interested in becoming an affiliate, or engaging in other ways, click here for more information on how to get involved.

Past Events include:

May-June 2011

2010

• Nation-wide Screenings of Welcome to Shelbyville!
  • Sunday, October 17: St. Louis, MO from 2pm-4pm at the Carpenter branch of the St. Louis Library, 3309 S Grand Ave. Co-sponsored and organized by KETC, Channel 9 and Welcoming Missouri. For more information, contact Jennifer Rafanan of Welcoming Missouri at jenny@stl-jwj.org.
  • Monday, October 18:
    • Aurora, CO – 6pm at the Aurora Fox Arts Theatre, 9900 East Colfax Ave. For more information, contact Karen Sherman Perez of Welcoming Colorado at karen@coloradoimmigrant.org.
    • Moscow, ID – 7pm at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 South Main St. For more information, contact Kirsten McGinnis at kirsten@idahocan.org. This event is sponsored by: Welcomign Idaho, Latah County Human Rights Task Force, Moscow City Human Rights Commission, University of Idaho, CAMP, Latino Law Caucus, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc, and M.A.S.
  • Tuesday, October 19
    • Glenwood Springs, CO – 6pm at the Ramada Inn & Suites, 124 W. 6th St. For more information, contact Karen Sherman Perez of Welcoming Colorado at karen@coloradoimmigrant.org.
    • Longmont, CO – 6pm at the Longmont Public Library, 409 4th Ave. For more information, contact Karen Sherman Perez of Welcoming Colorado at karen@coloradoimmigrant.org.
    • Lincoln, NE – 7pm (doors open at 6:30) at the Bourbon Theatre, 1415 “O” St. For more information, contact Darcy Tromanhauser of Nebraska Is Home at dtromanhauser@neappleseed.org.
  • Thursday, October 21:
    • Birmingham, AL – 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 520 16th Street North. Co-sponsors include: Alabama Faith Council, Latinos Unidos de Alabama, Alabama Applseed, Welcoming Alabama, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham and the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama. For more information, contact Zayne Smith of Welcoming Alabama at Zayne.smith@alabamaappleseed.org.
    • Cambridge, MA – 6pm at Harvard University in the Thompson Room in the Barker Center. Co-sponsored and organized by the Pluralism Project and Welcoming Massachusetts. For more information, contact Alex Hernandez-Siegel at ahernandezsiegel@gmail.com.
    • Charlotte, NC – 7pm at the Levine Museum for the New South, 200 E. 7th St. Co-sponsored by Uniting NC. For more information, contact Kristin Collins of Uniting NC at kristin@unitingnc.org.
    • Grand Junction, CO – 5:30pm at the Central Library of the Mesa County Libraries, 530 Grand Ave.  For more information, contact Karen Sherman Perez of Welcoming Colorado at karen@coloradoimmigrant.org.
  • Friday, October 22: Fitchburg, MA - 7pm at the Rabbit Hole, 805 Main St. Co-sponsored and organized by Welcoming Masschusetts and the Cleghorn Neighborhood Center. For more information, contact Joana Dos Santos at joana_d@cleghorncenter.org.
  • Wednesday, October 27: Raleigh, NC – 7pm at the Galaxy Cinema, 770 Cary Towne Boulevard, Cary, North Carolina. For more information, contact Kristin Collins of Uniting NC at kristin@unitingnc.org.
  • November, November 19: Nashville, TN – 5:30pm at the Scarritt-Bennett Center, Laskey Great Hall, 1008 19th Avenue South. For more information, contact David Morales at david@tnimmigrant.org.
  • Sunday, November 20: Fairhope, AL – 7pm-9pm at the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, 1150 Fairhope Ave. Co-sponsored and organized by Welcoming Alabama and the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship.  For more information, contact Zayne Smith of Welcoming Alabama at Zayne.smith@alabamaappleseed.org.
  • December, Date TBD: Monmouth, OR. Details TBA.
• Monday, September 27-29: Welcoming America 2010 Annual Conference outside of Boston in Dover, MA.
• Wednesday, September 15th: Screening and discussion of the film “Welcome to Shelbyville“, which highlights the work of Welcoming Tennessee in Shelbyville, TN. The event is from 4pm to 6:30pm in the Falk Auditorium at the Brookings Institution, located at 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW in Washington, DC.

Contact the affiliate nearest you for information about events in your community.