Due to the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration directed Refugee Welcome Collective to immediately suspend work as of January 24, 2025. In compliance with this directive, all RWC offerings, such as Lunch and Learn webinars and Sounding Board social learning spaces, are canceled until further notice. Technical assistance booking is also unavailable at this time.

Refugee Welcome Collective

Welcoming refugees through community sponsorship

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Join our community of sponsors and resettlement practitioners welcoming refugee families through community sponsorship.

We provide in-depth training programs, weekly learning sessions, resources, and on-demand technical assistance for sponsors, community sponsorship staff, refugees paired with sponsors, and community and institutional partners to improve outcomes for refugees resettled through the U.S. Refugee Admissions program.

Our current journey has been one of learning and of collaboration with new partners. I am grateful that our church's leadership catalyzed a community-wide effort blessing six Afghan families and the Columbus congregations co-sponsoring them. Rev. Dr. Felipe N. Martinez, First Presbyterian Church (Columbus, IN)