Thanks to all who attended and made the T&S of Culture such a success. We especially wish to thank Arapahoe Community College Foundation for their sponsorship, and Applejack Wine & Spirits for providing outstanding wines and beer paired with delicious food from the following restaurants: Greek – Yanni’s Greek Restaurant, 5424 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, CO…
Watch 200 years of U.S. immigration history in one animated map. Migration flows are visualized as colored dots, each one representing 10,000 people. The lower left of the screen shows the top three countries immigrating during the time period shown. http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html
IPC is proud to announce the establishment of IPC Scholarships for immigrants and refugees at Arapahoe Community College! Our Board selected four scholars from 12 applicants. We thought you might want to meet them. Vietnam One is a single mother from Vietnam who came to the U.S. without speaking English. Following the birth of her…
Immigrant Pathways Colorado hold luncheon at Littleton Museum Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:11 am in the Littleton Independent By Sonya Ellingboe A panel at the May 4 Immigrant Pathways Colorado discussed their stories related to coming to Colorado and becoming citizens: Nisren Kurdi from Iraq; Mary Siddall (Lima, Peru) and Dee Diaz (Maracaibo, Venezuela)…
This article from Scientific American points out the value of foreign-born students, researchers and faculties at universities across America. Our embrace of international students and faculty has given the U.S. a leg up on all other countries in the race to lead in innovation and discovery By Samuel L. Stanley Jr. on March 20, 2017 America’s universities…
From The Colorado Trust, a large Colorado grantmaking nonprofit, comes this account from The Trust’s website, titled “Why We Welcome Immigrants to Colorado.” By Ned Calonge, MD, MPH and Kristin Jones Some Coloradans are truly Native: the Ute Mountain Ute, the Southern Ute, and the sons and daughters of Apache, Comanche, Kiowa and other tribes…
Excerpted from a column in the Denver Post on February 1, 2017 titled “Refugees and Immigrants Need Support, Not Fear,” by Megan Schrader. “Colorado took in 1,960 refugees in 2016, mostly from war-torn countries like Burma, with 524 individuals, and Iraq, with 299. Many come from other nations with deep-seated political problems and indiscriminate violence.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2017 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Marta Welch, Communications & Outreach Coordinator (303) 863-0188 x317 | mwelch@springinstitute.org NEW ADMINISTRATION SHOULD MAINTAIN REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM A Statement by Paula Schriefer, President and CEO of Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning DENVER, CO – As the new President of the United States embarks on his first…