Presentation in Italy June 2017

WHO WE ARE:

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Soccer Without Borders

WHO WE ARE:

KEY WELCOMING CONCEPTS

•  WELCOMING SPECTRUM •  FOCUSING ON THE “SOIL” •  MULTI-SECTOR PLANNING •  COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

BUILDING !A !NATION !OF !NEIGHBORS

MOVING!COMMUNITIES!ACROSS!THE!WELCOMING!SPECTRUM

FEARFUL!!!! TOLERANT !WELCOMING

OUR MODEL

1. Want to make your community more welcoming to immigrants and refugees? START HERE….

WELCOMING SPECTRUM

FOCUSING ON THE SOIL BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS

2. Next, Engage Here…..

Creative Commons License: Photo by Thomas Hawk licensed under CC BY NC 2.0

FOCUSING ON THE SOIL

BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS

Nashville, TN 2006

Photo: Welcoming Charlotte

FOCUSING ON THE SOIL

LEADERSHIP CONTACT COMMUNICATIONS

BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS

MULTI-SECTOR PLANNING BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS

3. Then, Move on to Here...

DAYTON, OH 2012

PLAN TOGETHER

CONNECT BUILD CHANGE

MULTI-SECTOR PLANNING

Welcoming Framework

MULTI-SECTOR PLANNING

HELPING PEOPLE THRIVE AND BELONG

“I was happy to find a job so quickly and was eager to learn the ins and outs of an American work place.”

-DIMITRIY KASVIN

4. FINISH HERE: COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

NASHVILLE: WELCOMING = PROSPERITY

in 2012 in the United States and in the top

seven of major US cities ever since

#1 in Job Growth

BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS

7 OF 10 business and community leaders in Nashville believe immigrants help make their city a more innovative and productive economy.

DAYTON: WELCOMING = REVERSING POPULATION DECLINE

which has helped to offset years of rapid population decline. Now, tax revenue decline has halted and population growth has restarted.

INCREASED 40%, Dayton’s immigrant population

BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

BUILDING A NATION OF NEIGHBORS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE