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North Carolina workshopOctober 29, 2014
The Linking Communities Project: Creating Welcome for Refugees
Slide2Slide3Tools from Welcoming America
Fostering Community Engagement and Welcoming Communities
is supported by the
Office
of Refugee Resettlement (ORR/ACF/DHHS)
Celebrating Refugees: Events and Messages that Move people
Slide4Stronger Together: Making the Case for Shared Prosperity
Understanding your audience
Message themes around prosperity
How to implement messaging
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Slide5Message Themes
Stronger Together
Innovation
Vibrant Communities
Twenty-first Century EconomyShared ValuesFriendliness5
Slide6Reframing Refugees: Messaging Toolkit
What does it include?
Winning Message Themes
Guiding Principles
Examples and SamplesFurther Tools and ResourcesTough Questions
Slide7The Power of Reframing
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The Power of Reframing 1
Slide8The Power of Reframing
Photo credit: Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/10/welcoming_refugees_pays_off_fo.html
Welcoming refugees is paying off for Cleveland
Slide9Winning Message Theme: People Move
Slide10Define America
Slide11Dignity of Work
Slide12The Power of Stories
Challenge assumptions about refugees
Communicate strength, resiliency, and prosperity
Photo credit: The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
www.Cincinnati.com
Slide13Stories that Inspire
Jean
Golo
has contributed to our community by starting a successful farm, employing Americans and providing healthy produce to food desert areas. (Nicky Walker)
Mohammed has contributed to our community by continuing his medical training at our local hospital, and has now been accepted to a medical residency program. (Rachel Helwig)An East African refugee woman has contributed to our community by establishing her own at-home child care business to generate an income for her family and provide culturally-appropriate child care services to the community. (
Havan Clark)
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Slide14Contact
Welcoming America
www.welcomingamerica.org
Hannah
Carswell
, Project Manager
hannah@welcomingamerica.org
Contact