Resources | Welcoming Refugees

Strategic Communications Refresher

Archived Webinar

As you plan for the year ahead, join Welcoming America for a strategic communications refresher to help you address anticipated challenges and new opportunities to share your message in 2017. In this webinar, you will learn how to manage challenging communications situations through proactive, positive messaging that creates greater welcome for refugees. Amanda Cooper, author of our toolkits Reframing Refugees: Messaging Toolkit and Stand Together: Messaging about Muslims and Refugees in Challenging Times, will join us for a review of these two important resources.

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.

Stand Together: Messaging About Muslims and Refugees in Challenging Time

Archived Webinar

In this webinar, we released our new toolkit, Stand Together: Messaging About Muslims and Refugees in Challenging Times. This webinar highlights key areas of the guide and answer your questions about positive communications and engaging your community.

Stand Together: Messaging About Muslims and Refugees in a Challenging Time

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Toolkit

This guide was created for advocates, service providers, and supporters like yourself as a tool to address the backlash toward refugees and Muslim Americans, and to help you proactively engage with your community.

Neighbors Together: Promising Practices to Strengthen Relations with Refugees and Muslims

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Toolkit

This toolkit provides promising practices to counter anti-refugee and anti-Muslim backlash and work towards a positive vision for our communities.

Neighbors Together: Promising Practices to Strengthen Relations with Refugees and Muslims

Archived Webinar

In this webinar, we released our new toolkit of tips and promising practices, Neighbors Together: Promising Practices to Strengthen Relations with Refugees and Muslims. The webinar highlights the efforts of several communities to counter anti-refugee backlash and welcome newcomers.

Creating Inclusive Economies: How to open up opportunities to refugees

Archived Webinar

Learn how to include refugees in your community's economic development opportunities - from creating inclusive training to culturally competent lending programs. You'll come away from the webinar with two promising practices to emulate and beginning steps to weaving economic development into your everyday work.

Putting Out the Welcome Mat: The Power of Citizenship to Connect Receiving and Newcomer Communities

Archived Webinar

Whether through citizenship mentoring programs, citizenship ceremonies, or positive communications, there are many ways in which refugees and the receiving community can be encouraged to come together to support our nation’s newest members. This webinar will feature innovative, localized examples of how citizenship is being leveraged to engage a broader cross-section of Americans and practical advice on how to collaborate with partners on similar efforts in your own community.

Building Bridges to Welcome LGBTI Refugees

Archived Webinar

LGBT refugees face unique challenges when settling into their new communities. In this webinar we featured examples of how refugee serving organizations and their community partners have collaborated to create greater welcome for LGBT refugees. Learn how to initiate similar efforts in your own community.

Local Government and Resettlement: Tips for Working Together for Refugee Welcome

Archived Webinar

Refugee resettlement organizations greatly benefit from close partnerships with local governments. Learn from two communities where these sectors are coming together in new ways to promote greater refugee welcome. Speakers will provide practical tips on how to make connections with local government in your community. Welcoming America will also present information on how attendees can encourage their local governments to take part in the White House’s Building Welcoming Communities Campaign.