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Reflections on Convening Our Partners Supporting Rural Immigrants’ Success
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Reflections by the WES Mariam Assefa Fund’s Lauren Crain, director of U.S. grantmaking and strategy, and Shevani Khatri, U.S. program associate For immigrants and refugees to experience communities as welcoming, inclusive access to economic opportunity is critical. However, in rural communities, there are major gaps in awareness of how and why it is important to […]
How Workers Action Centre is Advocating for Frontline Workers in Ontario
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“The COVID-19 pandemic is getting worse, not better, for marginalized workers,” said Deena Ladd, executive director of Workers Action Centre (WAC) in Ontario, at a recent emergency town hall. WAC, a grantee partner of the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, is addressing many of the challenges immigrant workers face on the front lines of COVID-19 and […]
Meet Rosemarie Powell, Executive Director of Toronto Community Benefits Network
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Rosemarie Powell, who leads the Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN), has been at the forefront of pivotal community development and organizing throughout her 32 years in Canada. Rosemarie first arrived in Montreal from Jamaica at age 16 with her siblings to reunite with her mother. Ever since, she has worked to provide immigrants, youth, and racialized communities […]
The Welcoming Center on Engaging Immigrant Talent: Learning From a Shared Dialogue
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This piece originally appeared on the Welcoming Center’s website on November 25, 2020 and is cross posted here with permission. The Welcoming Center is a grantee partner of the WES Mariam Assefa Fund. Our world is collectively experiencing a pandemic as well as social and political upheaval, both globally and locally. This turmoil directly impacts […]
Creating Welcoming Workplaces: Let’s embrace workforce diversity like our future depends on it
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By Monica Munn and Jina Krause-Vilmar The impacts of COVID-19, including the downturn in our economy, have collided along persistent and predictable racial and socioeconomic fault lines in the United States. Poor communities, immigrants, and people of color are among those most affected. It’s clear that the ability to overcome this pandemic and safely reopen […]
JFF Report: Investing in Immigrant Talent
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“Immigrant workers have always been essential,” Erica Cuevas and Laura Roberts of grantee partner JFF write in an opinion piece for RealClear Policy. COVID-19 has introduced the term “essential worker,” and of the almost 49 million essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic, nearly 6 million are immigrants. “It’s hard to deny that immigrant workers […]
Grantee Partner Spotlight: Upwardly Global
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The WES Mariam Assefa Fund sees the COVID-19 crisis as a time to ensure our grantee partners flexibility so they can continue their work of building an inclusive, resilient economy for immigrants and refugees. The United States would not be able to respond to the pandemic without the skills and talent of the immigrant workforce. Our partners are doing valuable work across the country to support these workers, and we […]
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launches Program to Engage Immigrant Talent
On January 15, grantee partner the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians launched its Engaging Immigrant Talent Initiative at an event with the Mayor of Philadelphia. The 18-month program, in partnership with Philadelphia’s Office of Workforce Development, aims to advance employer-informed immigrant workforce integration. With support from the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, the initiative will encourage employers to hire immigrant talent in Philadelphia and develop a […]