Mission

Welcoming Fort Wayne promotes immigrant integration into the greater Fort Wayne area by supporting economic development, ensuring equity in education, government, health, and social services, as well as promoting an appreciation of arts and culture.

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This will be accomplished through:

• Raising awareness about immigrant issues

• Connecting immigrants, providers, and the greater community to trainings, educational opportunities, and cultural events

• Supporting existing organizational policies ensuring inclusion

• Supporting expansion of and greater coordination between service providers

• Supporting workforce development opportunities including English language learning, skills and credentialing assessments, business mentoring, connector programming, and strategic neighborhood business districting

• Supporting language access and service equity in education, government, health, and social services

• Supporting comprehensive cultural orientation and integration opportunities for immigrants

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Scripture tells many stories of immigrants and outsiders and how we are to respond, even Jesus was a political refugee according to the Gospel of Matthew.  Welcoming Fort Wayne is a Biblical response to do what our scriptures call us to do, “Love him as yourself” Lev. 19:33-34. 

 

Perhaps most compelling, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” Matt. 25.  We know how that ends, “Just as you did to the least of these, you did to me”.

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Thus, Welcoming Fort Wayne desires a community where everyone, because of background, culture, or heritage, is valued and included in all aspects of daily living.

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