45,000 Quilt celebration event on September 12th, 10AM, at Eagle Square in Concord, NH. Sept. 12-20, 2020 is Welcoming Week - a time to celebrate the New Americans in our community. Please join the Kent St. Coalition’s Human Rights Working Group and the American Friends Service Committee as we showcase this monumental labor of love. […]

Join the Museum of History and Holocaust Education and CivicGeorgia for a Welcoming Week conversation about legislative turning points in U.S. immigration history as well as the ebb and flow of welcoming and exclusion in the American experience. The session will begin with a review of key moments in the history of immigration and citizenship […]

Join us for a national interactive conversational experience facilitated by Welcoming America's partner, Civity. This experiential event will give participants a chance to connect with others in a series of intentional, authentic one-on-one conversations using Zoom breakout rooms in a relational and welcoming way. Participants will practice actionable strategies for building relational infrastructure in their […]

The Currier invites you to join us for a very special program. In connection with Welcoming Week, we want to offer our new community members an opportunity to engage with the museum even during such a tumultuous time. We will be looking at exciting pieces of art from our collection that connect with Manchester of the […]

Let's end the work week with some dancin'! Gather your family and friends and join us as Atlanta-based DJ Quasi Mandisco spins a mix of music hits from all decades as well as music from across the globe! Brought to you by Welcoming America and Fair Count, this will be an evening of great music, networking and fun. All […]

In 1979, a fatal shooting ignited a maelstrom of hostilities against Vietnamese refugee fishermen along the Gulf Coast. Set during the early days of Vietnamese refugee arrival in the U.S., "Seadrift" examines this turbulent yet little-seen chapter of American history and explores its consequences that continue to reverberate today. TWO WAYS TO ENGAGE! ​View the […]

14th Annual Black New England Conference: BLACK WOMEN ROCK: Leading the Charge for Social and Political Change A Virtual Conference Conference Keynote Addresses & Special Guest Presentations by: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Susan Taylor, Ayanna Pressley & Andrea Jenkins As artists and activists, politicians and pundits, Black women continue to stand on the front line and […]

Please join us on Friday, September 25th at the New Hampshire Supreme Court for a peaceful protest in solidarity with Breonna Taylor, her family, and all of the black lives effected by the justice that our judicial system has failed to give her. This is a moment to be loud, and heard. It is imperative […]

It only takes a little time and a drive to stand up for immigrant rights. MEET THE CONVOY: Strafford County Courthouse, 259 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820. Do NOT honk your horn. SIGN IN: https://bit.ly/2VaavVm PETITION: https://bit.ly/34Flbya SIGNS: Our message is "ICE have a heart! Release them!" Printable art https://bit.ly/2VUavrx

This event is sponsored by Bookery Manchester, FieldWork Photos, and Welcoming Manchester. FINDING HOME: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants is a newly released book of photographs and stories that celebrates immigrants who resettled in New Hampshire. Since 2012 photographer Becky Field has illustrated cultural diversity through her photographs. Now in addition to photos, she interviewed […]