Welcoming Week Events

Join us Saturday at 4 PM with some very special guests as we celebrate Citizenship and Welcoming Week!  This year's theme is 'Creating Home Together'. By #CreatingHomeTogether, everyone gets involved in making our communities stronger.

A Visionaries documentary followed by a panel discussion on immigrants, refugees, and ILCM building community in Northwest Minnesota & North Dakota, featuring Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd.

Welcoming Week is a time to come together to celebrate the wonderful things that each of our different cultures and backgrounds bring to the community.

The Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC) and partner organizations hold a virtual celebration of our immigrant heritage to celebrate the presence and contributions of our Central Valley immigrant families.

The Mayor's International Relations Commission (IRC), composed of leaders from several major international groups within the City of Baton Rouge along with Refugees and immigrants, embarked on a humanitarian trip to provide needed donations to families who were seriously impacted by Hurricane Lau

Wehave created a virtual celebration in which each day we share a video of a local newcomer friend demonstrating a practice from their country that is important to them. For example, some days we have cooking demonstrations, dances, henna, etc.

During Welcoming Week, the Alaska Black Caucus continues there Community Conversations series with a Community Conversation that will discuss Alaska’s Black elders and seniors - those that did their part to fight against racial inequality, as the fight for fairness and dignity continues.

Join us on September 16, from 7-8 pm EST, for a virtual trivia night! Hosted by UVA's COVID-19 Student Service Corps, the trivia night is designed to raise awareness about our refugee and SIV neighbors and support IN.

WHEREAS,  this week, we celebrate Welcoming Week as a way of creating home together with communities around the world. Welcoming Week is about bringing neighbors together across lines of difference to build relationships and work together on shared goals; and 

Instead of a one day Naturalization Clinic we are prioritizing naturalization applications throughout the month of September. Contact us by calling 712-258-5137 or emailing [email protected].

As part of Welcoming Week at the Y, join us for an exciting hour of dance fitness with Alethea! African Rhythms is a variety of dances inspired from dancehall, Soca, Afrobeats, Reggae and more. This class is open to the community, both in

This year’s theme is Regeneration: Leadership And Hope For A Changing Planet featuring local and speakers recognized world-wide. 

Additional 2020 speakers:

Wednesday, November 4 (Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Indigenous Climate Activist, Hip Hop Artist)

Join Willmar community members as we celebrate Welcoming Week with a free, outdoor gathering, “Creating Home Together through Art,” on Saturday, September 18 from 5 pm to 7 pm at Selvig Park in Downtown Willmar!

Join El Centro de las Américas in celebrating our community. The festival will be broadcast live via Facebook. You will enjoy a variety of presentations such as music, dance, mini shows, interviews with members of the community, and raffles.

September 17, 18 & 19 

Naturalization Clinic - Clínica de Naturalización 

Llamar 402-564-2110 para participar en nuestra clínica. Completamente GRATIS, incluyendo costo de inmigración! Solo quedan pocos plazos disponibles.

Share a cup of coffee from the comfort of your home while engaging with Latinx scientists! In coordination with the Gainesville Latino Film Festival, join our virtual celebration of Latin America’s biodiversity and cultural heritage.

Sumner Flag Walk (10:00am, Sumner Elementary School, weather permitting)

Racial Justice Day #racialjusticeaustinmn

Wednesday, September 16 

In Austin, we welcome newcomers and we also fight to disrupt and change systemic racial inequities in our community. 

As part of Welcoming Week, we invite community members to do three things:

Free interactive story hour with professional actors in a Covid - responsible outdoor space. Join neighbors in the park along the greenway. Under Memorial Bridge, near 1414 Memorial Ave. SW Roanoke, Va. Every child will be given a new book each Saturday in Sept. 11 am

Participatory art project via Zoom. The exhibition is composed of ~3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2019.

Join us for Storytime featuring great stories to help children learn about welcoming and including all people.

Storytime will be streamed at 10:30 am via Facebook Live.

Learn about different experiences refugee youth have had as they came to the United States and adjusted to their new life by listening to their stories that were prepared in conjunction with an 8 week public speaking class through the Utah Department of Workforce Services/Division of Refugee Serv

Food is universal but the culture of preparing is unique to each community. During #WelcomingWeek we would like to revisit and celebrate the stories from Hearty Tables.

People’s lives in Turkey changed dramatically after the failed coup attempt on July 15th, 2016.