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A Nation of Welcome: Where Americans Want to Welcome Refugees and Why it Matters
From the Great Plains to the Deep South, from the Rust Belt to the Mountain West, a quiet but powerful movement of welcome is reshaping the resettlement experience. A look at where volunteers have signed up to join the Welcome Corps shows how widespread this community-driven support is. Welcome Corps sponsors can be found in every state and in more than 7,700 zip codes across the country.
3 ways to support refugee resettlement efforts
Here at Community Sponsorship Hub, we prepare people in communities like yours to welcome refugees and other displaced people. We work with resettlement organizations across the country to drive programs like the Welcome Corps and the Sponsor Circle Program.
Right now, we are working tirelessly to preserve sponsorship pathways during the pause of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which has stopped all refugee travel and overseas processing, including for Welcome Corps sponsors.
Refugees and Newcomers Enrich America and Communities Thrive Through Sponsorship
Following is a statement from Annie Nolte-Henning, executive director of the Community Sponsorship Hub.
Welcome is an American Value
Following is a message from Annie Nolte-Henning, executive director of the Community Sponsorship Hub.
Open Call for Advisory Board Members
The Community Sponsorship Hub (CSH) is excited to announce an open call for nominations to its Advisory Board. We have an established board of six (6) activists, academics, philanthropists, and thought leaders, and are seeking an additional three (3) advisors to join this highly collaborative, committed, and forward-thinking group focused on innovating and safeguarding refugee protection and welcome through community sponsorship. Of special interest are advisors with expertise in policy and advocacy. CSH is committed to centering refugee voices and invites individuals with lived and professional experience to apply.
Campus Catalyst Grant Funding Announcement
The Community Sponsorship Hub (CSH) is pleased to announce a second round of funding through the Campus Catalyst Grant.
New Data Reveals Welcome Corps Sponsors in Every State + D.C.
More than 65,000 people across the United States have formed sponsor groups in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to welcome refugees through the Welcome Corps. The Welcome Corps is a U.S. Department of State program that empowers everyday Americans to directly support refugee resettlement.
The Welcome Corps Celebrates First Year of New Service Opportunity for Americans to Privately Sponsor Refugees
The Welcome Corps program empowers everyday Americans to help refugees from around the world find safety and build new lives in the United States
Exciting Update: Meet CSH’s Executive Leadership Team!
Minnesota’s future: State’s welcoming tradition still unites us
Minnesota has a legacy of welcoming refugees. And true to that tradition, Minnesotans were the first to welcome refugee families under the new national Welcome Corps program.
I'm not surprised that Minnesota is leading the way nationally in welcoming refugees, and you shouldn't be either. But what may surprise is that these debut groups of welcomers aren't from the Twin Cities.
Last month, on World Refugee Day, two groups of private sponsors in Worthington and Moorhead welcomed the first refugees to arrive in the United States through the Welcome Corps. They were a three-generation Congolese family and a single individual from Ethiopia. After months of preparation, groups of volunteers arrived at the nearest major airport — one in Sioux Falls and the other in Fargo — to provide a warm welcome and a ride to the refugees' first homes in the United States.