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Employee Spotlight: Nina and Maureen Discuss Civic Participation

October 19, 2020 By The Welcoming Center In Staff Voices No Comments

With Election Day around the corner, we sat down for a conversation with two of our staff members who are both civically engaged in their own unique ways. Nina Chen (Special Projects Consultant) is the daughter of immigrants and has been shaped by her parents devotion to democracy, and Maureen Smith (Program Manager, Immigrant Leadership [...]

Finding a Job Is Tough for Everyone—But It’s Especially Hard if You Are an Immigrant

September 23, 2020 By The Welcoming Center In Employer Engagement, Staff Voices, Workforce Development No Comments

Finding a job is tough. For everyone. But it’s especially hard if you are an immigrant. Numerous immigrants come to Philadelphia as adults, leaving a thriving professional career in their home countries. When they arrive here, they have to face many barriers for their everyday lives such as understanding and being understood in English, understanding [...]

Employee Spotlight: Manuel Portillo and Nikki Pumphrey

July 7, 2020 By The Welcoming Center In Staff Voices No Comments

This July we will celebrate six years of work with our Director of Engagement, Manuel Portillo and our Deputy Director, Nikki Pumphrey. Both Manuel and Nikki have played a significant role in the Welcoming Center’s growth and community impact. In honor of this anniversary, we sat down to learn a little more about what led them to the [...]

Summer Reading List: Immigrant Authors

July 7, 2020 By The Welcoming Center In Staff Voices No Comments

We asked our staff to share their favorite fiction book or memoir written by an immigrant author and they delivered! Support immigrant authors by adding a few of these books to your summer reading list and let us know which ones we missed. Share a book by YOUR favorite immigrant author on social media and [...]

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