Creating a World Where Everyone Feels at Home
Who we are
Welcoming International is a coalition of initiatives advancing inclusion and belonging in localities worldwide.
What we do
Welcoming International supports and connects civil society and government institutions that are advancing inclusion at the local level, around the world. We support members with technical assistance, tools, and connections to a global network of practitioners.
Our founding members
Welcoming International’s Founding Members are those who have played an important role in the establishment and early development of the initiative.
Welcoming International’s Founding Members are those who have played an important role in the establishment and early development of the initiative.
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Germany
United Kingdom
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Discover how you can play a role in promoting community-level welcoming wherever you live.
Recent blog posts
Here are some highlights from the welcoming movement that will inspire and inform your own community’s welcoming movement.
Boosting youth, DEIB in welcoming work: A Q&A with Haidee Kalirai of Tauranga, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
An interview with Haidee Kalirai from Tauranga - Western Bay of Plenty, one of 26 communities participating in Welcoming Communities, a program led by Immigration New Zealand in partnership with the Ministry of Ethnic Communities and the Human Rights Commission....
Partnering on welcoming with Indigenous communities in New Zealand
Photo description: Photo from the Te Wiki o Maanaki Community Powhiri event held at Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. Taken: Saturday, 10 September 2022. Photography: Mike Walen / KeyImagery Photography. Copyright: © Hamilton City Council.An...
Activating individuals in welcoming work: Takeaways from a U.S.-Italy virtual exchange
This past year, Welcoming America administered the US-Italy Welcoming Communities Exchange in cooperation with the International Rescue Committee and Refugees Welcome Italia with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Rome. The exchange brought together migrant inclusion practitioners for meaningful peer-to-peer learning about community navigator and mentoring models in the U.S. and Italy.
