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Welcoming Week & Immigrant Heritage Month 2017

Keenan Toohey, Welcoming.US & Keiron Bone Dormegnie, Welcoming America

Sta nding with I mmig ra nts! Building a Na tio n o f Ne ig hb o rs Ma y 18, 2017

Your Welcoming America Partners

K e e na n T

• o he y

Dire c to r We lc o me .US ke e na n@ We lc o me .US K e iro n Bo ne Do rme g nie Me mb e rship & E ve nts Dire c to r We lc o ming Ame ric a ke iro n@ We lc o ming Ame ric a .o rg

What c onne c ts Immigr ant He r itage Month & We lc oming We e k?

Whe r e , whe n, who?

• E

ve ry June , a c ro ss the c o untry

• A ne two rk o f hundre ds o f a rtists, e nte rta ine rs, a nd

influe nc e rs, e le c te d o ffic ia ls re pre se nting a ll 50 sta te s, a nd

• ve r 250 c o rpo ra te a nd no npro fit pa rtne rs

What?

• I

HM c e le b ra te s immig ra nts a nd the ir c o ntrib utio ns

• I

nspira tio na l sto rie s o f immig ra tio n in Ame ric a

How?

We lc oming We e k

• Bring to g e the r ne wc ome r

s a nd long- te r m

re side nts

• Sta nd in solidar

ity with vulne ra b le

c o mmunitie s

• He lp c o mmunitie s mo ve b e yo nd

divisive ne ss a nd fr agme ntation

Immigr ant He r itage Month

New for 2017 … Celebrate with Service

L

• o king fo r vo lunte e rs to suppo rt immig ra nts in yo ur c o mmunity this

June ?

Be c ome an IHM se r vic e pr

• vide r

!

We a re a sking individua ls to ple dg e to pa rtic ipa te in a lo c a l se rvic e

• ppo rtunity thro ug ho ut June .

We will ma tc h inte re ste d individua ls with lo c a l o rg a niza tio ns thro ug ho ut the mo nth. Se rvic e o ppo rtunitie s c o uld inc lude pre pla nne d o r re g ula rly sc he dule d se rvic e da ys o r so me thing se t spe c ific a lly fo r I HM.

For Municipalities

• Sign/ intr
• duc e a r

e solution o r pro c la ma tio n o ffic ia lly de c la ring June a s

I mmig ra nt He rita g e Mo nth

• Par

tic ipate in a digital day of ac tion on June 1 to c e le b ra te the la unc h

• f I

mmig ra nt He rita g e Mo nth

• Issue a pr

e ss r e le ase a nno unc ing yo ur suppo rt o f I

SWI during I mmig ra nt He rita g e Mo nth a nd why it is impa c tful fo r yo ur distric t/ c o mmunity

• Give a spe e c h on the c hambe r

floorin suppo rt o f immig ra nt

c o ntrib utio ns to yo ur c o mmunity/ distric t

• Se nd an e mail to your

c olle ague s and c onstitue nts to e nc o ura g e

• the rs to g e t invo lve d pub lic ly b y suppo rting I

SWI a nd I HM

• Add ISWI br

anding to your we b pr

• pe r

tie s and offic e s

• Par

tic ipate in soc ial ac tivations thr

• ughout IHM, a nd a s pa rt o f the

ye a r-lo ng kic k-o ff o f the I SWI c a mpa ig n

• Host an e ve nt in suppor

t of ISWI

#IStandWithImmigrants Signatories

Commit to the following thr e e ac tivitie s:

• 1. Pa rtic ipa te in a digital day of ac tion o n June 1 to c e le b ra te the

la unc h o f I HM a nd # I Sta ndWithI mmig ra nts.

• 2. Pa rtic ipa te in soc ial ac tivations thro ug ho ut I

HM, a nd a s pa rt o f the

• ng o ing # I

Sta ndWithI mmig ra nts c a mpa ig n.

• 3. Host an e ve nt in suppo rt o f I

SWI . He re a re so me sug g e stio ns to he lp yo u pla n

Why We lc oming We e k?

How to get involved?

Par tne r ship Ide as

Champion Par tne r s

• Co mmit to ho sting e ve nts
• Co mmit to se nding vo lunte e rs fro m yo ur sta ff, a nd ha ve yo ur

sta ff sho w-up to e ve nts.

• Co -ho st K

no w Yo ur Rig hts e ve nt

Amplifie r Par tne r s

• Suppo rt We lc o ming We e k o n so c ia l me dia
• E

nc o ura g e o the r o rg a niza tio ns to ho st o r c o -ho st a n e ve nt(s)

Sponsor Par tne r s

• Pro mo te “I

’ m a We lc o me r” Sto re . - sto re .We lc o ming Ame ric a .o rg

• Offe r in-kind suppo rt fo r o the r o rg a niza tio ns
• F

und a n e ve nt

We lc oming We e k E ve nt Ide as

Event ideas

Se r vic e Pr

• je c ts & Cultur

al E ve nts

• F
• o d - Art - Ope n-ho use s
• Mura ls & c le a n-up; g a rde ning & g le a ning fo o d;

c o mmunity le a rning & o pe n-ho use s

• Pa rtne r with a lo c a l c ultura l o rg a niza tio n suc h a s muse um
• r a b usine ss a sso c ia tio n
• We lc o ming We e k c o inc ide s with Hispa nic He rita g e Mo nth

Citize nship Wor k

• Na tura liza tio n c e re mo nie s & te st pre pa ra tio n. Ma ke it a

b lo c k pa rty! Citize nship Da y is Se pt. 17

• USCI

S: https:/ / www.usc is.g o v/ c itize nship/ te a c he rs/ c o nstitutio n- da y-a nd-c itize nship -da y E ngage Champions

• Ma yo r/ Co mmissio ne rs Pro c la ma tio n
• I

nvite a le g isla to r, c o mmissio ne r, fa ith le a de r

• Summit o n We lc o ming Ag e nda

Mor e ide as at We lc omingWe e k.or g

More ideas

L ift up dive rse busine sse s

• T
• ur o f re sta ura nts, sta rt-ups, o r sma ll b usine sse s run b y pe o ple o f dive rse b a c kg ro unds.
• Re c o g nize inspiring sta rt-ups b y Ne w Ame ric a ns.

Support vulne ra ble c ommunitie s

• Priva te po tluc k
• K

no w yo ur rig hts e ve nts

Ga me s with the me s of unity

• So c c e r & spo rts to urna me nts
• Mo re T

ha n One Sto ry c a rd g a me - se e sto re .We lc o ming Ame ric a .o rg

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• olkit at

We lc omingWe e k.or g

Please use these hashtags: #WelcomingWeek and #IWelcome

We lc oming We e k Me ssage s

Messages for social media

• I

mmig ra nts & re fug e e s ma ke c o mmunitie s stro ng e r e c o no mic a lly & c ultura lly # We lc o ming We e k Se pt 15-24

• E

ve ry da y mo re c o mmunitie s re c o g nize tha t we lc o ming immig ra nts is rig ht & the sma rt thing to do . # We lc o ming We e k

• Ho w will yo u c e le b ra te # We lc o ming We e k? Jo in the g ro wing

mo ve me nt.

• e t’ s sho w the wo rld tha t o ur c o mmunitie s wa nt to b e we lc o ming to

e ve ryo ne # We lc o ming We e k - we lc o ming we e k.o rg

We lc oming We e k Host T

• ols

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• o lkit & Ma rke ting Ma te ria ls

Hosting T

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vie w & Bac kgr

• und
• E

ve nt Inspir ation

• Hosting Che c klist
• Sample Pr
• c lamation &

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