Since 2001 the Welcome Back Initiative (WBI) has been helping foreign-trained health professionals living in the U.S. integrate into the American health care system. It assists them to move from...
Champions of Change: Immigrant Integration
President Obama is calling for a national conversation on immigration reform that builds a bipartisan consensus to fix our broken immigration system so it meets America’s 21st century economy and security needs. But he can’t do it alone. These Champions of Change work day in and day out to improve our immigration system through fostering programs that support immigrant integration.
Patience is Program Director of Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders), created in 1997 by the Temple University Intergenerational Center, is a multi-faceted national...
Bob served as Executive Director of the International Rescue Committee in San Diego. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance...
Nancy is the Program Director for the Montgomery College AEGL Program. Since 2001, Montgomery College has provided citizenship education classes to foreign born residents of Montgomery County. It...
Bernardo is Executive Director of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation (HEDC). HEDC is a community development corporation that helps immigrants realize their potential as business...
Alysa is Executive Director of Citizenship Counts. Citizenship Counts is committed to educating today’s middle and high school students on the tenets of citizenship, inspiring their pride in...
Peter is President of the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees (MVRCR). For over 200 years, Utica, New York, a city of 60,000 has attracted immigrants and refugees. Refugees have been...