If you are a member of the media and would like to learn more about Welcoming America, please contact Welcoming America Executive Director David Lubell at 404-592-5621, or at david@welcomingamerica.org .

Below are examples of media coverage of Welcoming initiatives:

National:

A Welcoming Sign to Immigrants in the South (Huffington Post, 12/2011)

A Tennessee Town and Its Somali Refugees (PRI-The World, 5/2011)

Beyond Jan Brewer and Lou Dobbs: A Calm Center in the Immigration Debate (Huffington Post, 5/2011)

How to Build a Nation of Neighbors (The New Republic, 9/2010)

Rhode Island: Helping Newcomers Make R.I. Home

Colorado: Program promotes change in immigration tone

Nebraska:  OUR VIEW: It’s about community

Idaho: Wilder resolution welcomes immigrants into community

North Carolina: Immigration group aims to promote understanding

Tennessee:  Tennessee Group Seeks Straight Talk on Immigrants