Promoting Refugee and Community Wellness Webinar
Archived Webinar
This is the webinar release of the Promoting Refugee and Community Wellness guide, a publication exploring the connections between
Promoting Refugee and Community Wellness Toolkit
Toolkit
The Promoting Refugee and Community Wellness guide, a publication exploring the connections between wellness and welcoming communities. Created in partnership by the National Partnership for Community Training and Welcoming America, the webinar will focus on how those from diverse sectors – such as academics, employers, health providers, and neighbors - can create a vibrant ecosystem that supports refugee and community wellness.
Building Welcoming Schools
Toolkit
A Guide for K-12 Educators and After-School Providers
Ensuring refugee and immigrant students and their families feel welcome and accepted in their school environments is not only foundational for their academic success, but their longer-term economic and social success, as well. Welcoming Refugees has created this toolkit to offer schools and after school learning centers an easily accessible way to promote a welcoming school.
What Germany Taught Us About Welcoming Refugees
Archived Webinar
Listen into a discussion with four participants from the 2016 Welcoming Communities Transatlantic Exchange. Learn more about what Germany is doing at this historic time to welcome refugees. Panelists share their greatest lessons learned from the exchange and good ideas for replication back in the United States. Details on how to apply for the 2017 Welcoming Communities Transatlantic Exchange are covered.
Promoting a Culture of Welcome for Refugees in Schools
Archived Webinar
Welcoming America is pleased to be partnering with the Center for Applied Linguistics on this webinar to begin exploring how schools can promote a culture of welcome and models that work. Together webinar participants will identify components of a welcoming school, learn from promising examples from the field, and share their own questions and successes.
Contact Building Learning Circle Notes 1-27-14
PDF
Take at look at this session of the learning circle's notes to learn about building contact between refugees and receiving community members.
1. Learning Circle Call Overview
2. "I'm Your Neighbor" Promising Practice
3. Resource for reaching out to elderly refugees