Growing the field of welcoming

2022 was a year of reimagining how welcomers can work together, taking what we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to our in-person gatherings where we celebrated and advanced a global narrative of welcoming.

Every year, we strive to create a bigger and more organized field of welcoming practice. Growing the field of welcoming means we are continually learning, collaborating, refining, and communicating what it means to be welcoming and who is building a more welcoming society. Developing more strategic partnerships and programs is expanding the number of our member communities who can achieve the Welcoming Standard.

Late in the year, the White House reestablished the Task Force on New Americans, which was the result of many years of advocacy and leadership from our partners and network. We are encouraged to see more immigrant equity infrastructure developing at all levels of government.