Helpful Orgs
A national network of community colleges dedicated to giving immigrants and refugees full access to higher education
What is the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE)?
Connect with this Port to land professional networking opportunities
What is Portland, ME?
If you’re thirsty for cross-country collaboration on skilled immigrant integration, try this WES initiative
What is SIIP?
This Albert became relatively famous for a scientist
Who was Einstein?
An Office of New Americans is no gamble here
What is Nevada?
Since its founding in 2001, it has served close to 15,000 healthcare professionals from 167 countries
What is the Welcome Back Initiative (WBI)?
MITS is a home run for immigrant talent in this state
What is Michigan?
We all owe this federal program thanks for funding adult education programs
What is WIOA?
This Alex came from Canada, but not to jeopardize other skilled immigrants on TV
Who was Trebek?
Where voicemail and Garth Brooks were born
What is Tulsa?
Non-profit home of immigrant workforce development, entrepreneurship, and community engagement in Philadelphia
What is the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians (WCNP)?
3 mountain cities combined into 1 regional network
What is Global Talent Idaho? [Boise, Salt Lake City, Idaho Falls]
Last week, you may have caught this yearly immigrant integration conference in the nick of time
What is NIIC?
Known to her stepchildren as “Momala”, she's making her immigrant scientist mother proud
Who is Kamala Harris?
An immigrant hub of the south, where minority eligible voters are now the majority
What is Atlanta, GA?
Founded in 2000, it’s helped thousands of unemployed or under-employed immigrants with in-person and online services
What is Upwardly Global (UpGlo)?
1 of 3 alumni sites named for saints, including Santa!
What is St Louis, San Diego or Santa Clara?
This organization has helped open “gateways to growth” for New American communities
What is NAE?
This nineteenth-century Nikola is still known for his drive and electric personality
Who was Tesla?
In 1881, Maria Love founded the first daycare center in the US here
What is Buffalo?
Founded in 1998 as The Workforce Alliance, this coalition works toward an America that grows its economy by investing in its people and their skills
What is the National Skills Coalition (NSC)?
MyLNK will keep you linked in to this 2019 SIIP community with APPtitude
What is Lincoln, NE?
The brainy researchers at this Washington, DC think tank have worked to highlight the issue of “brain waste”
What is MPI?
This Esther has been leading WES since 2019
Who is Esther Benjamin?
"Chemeketa" means "a peaceful gathering place" at this SIIP site
What is Salem, OR?