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2022 Message From Our President and CEO

January 25, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In News, Staff Voices No Comments

Dear Friend, Many of you who are reading this are immigrants who have discovered The Welcoming Center somewhere along your journey. You have told us that when you found TWC it was the first time you realized you were not alone as you got established here. Many have shared how you wished your parents had [...]

Meet Our Business Training Program Participants (Winter 2021 Cohort)

December 16, 2021 By The Welcoming Center In Entrepreneurship, Participant Profiles, Participant Voices No Comments

On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 The Welcoming Center hosts a graduation ceremony for the latest cohort of our Business Training Program, consisting of 18 participants! This program is is a 12-week classroom-based and business coaching term that helps build entrepreneurial skills and simultaneously assists participants in creating a road map to opening their businesses. Pictured: [...]

My Experience as an Immigrant From Algeria

December 14, 2021 By The Welcoming Center In Participant Profiles, Participant Voices No Comments

Dear Friend, My name is Amirouch Bireche. I am 30 years old and I am from Algeria. I applied for the DV Lottery Program in 2018 and when I got the chance to come to the U.S., I didn't hesitate. I just grabbed my luggage and I left. In the beginning, I was struggling with my English [...]

Meet Our International Professionals Program Participants (Winter 2021 Cohort)

December 8, 2021 By The Welcoming Center In Participant Profiles, Participant Voices, Workforce Development No Comments

On Thursday, December 16, 2021 The Welcoming Center hosted a recognition ceremony for the Winter 2021 cohort of our International Professionals Program (IPP). IPP is an eight-week course for career readiness training followed by six months of job coaching. It brings together a diverse group of international professionals with bachelor’s degrees or higher and U.S. [...]

My Second Home in Philadelphia

November 22, 2021 By The Welcoming Center In Donor Voices, Participant Voices, Staff Voices No Comments

Dear Friend, I am a Kenyan immigrant who has been living in Philadelphia for the past six years. Arriving in Philadelphia as an immigrant in July 2015 was both exciting and scary. Exciting because I was coming home to my husband but scary because I had to learn to live in a new culture. Within a [...]

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