Photo: Emily Griffith Technical College representatives at Toronto Convening. Pictured L-R: Barbara Lindsay, director of Workforce Development and Career Services; Tiffany Jaramillo, career navigator; and Heather Colwell, student navigator. Photo by Anthony Castro. Q&A With the Denver Skilled Immigrant Integration Team How has the Denver team progressed since the start of the program? Emily Griffith […]
Louisville Forward, Jewish Family Services, and KentukianaWorks make up the Louisville cohort in the WES Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigration Integration Program. We asked Bryan Warren, who directs the Office for Globalization at Louisville Forward, about the group’s progress. How has the Louisville team progressed since the start of the program? Our professional career […]
In 2017, WES undertook a number of initiatives to empower skilled immigrants and international students. Along with providing thousands of credential evaluations, the organization built the foundation for offering blockchain-based digital badges to its customers, approved the creation of a philanthropic fund to accelerate efforts to help skilled immigrants integrate into the workforce, and conducted […]
As we pass the midway mark of the Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigrant Integration Program, which involves eight U.S. communities working to advance immigrant success, the Ohio team reports great momentum. “We’ve been very successful in getting the attention of Governor Kasich’s office,” says Nadia Kasvin, co-founder and director of US Together, Inc., a nonprofit […]
WES Global Talent Bridge’s Skilled Immigrant Integration Program convened in Toronto for three days in early June to foster cross-border exchange with Canada, peer learning, and community building, while increasing access to the national partners who provide technical assistance to the eight communities in the program. “We couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome from […]
The Refugee and Immigrant Forum (RIF) of Santa Clara County Professional Refugees Subcommittee is leading Santa Clara’s participation in the Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigrant Integration Program (SIIP). The RIF subcommittee was formed in 2016 after a White House National Skills and Credential Institute convening. The subcommittee has created local initiatives, and meets monthly to […]
Our series on the WES Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigrant Integration Program continues this month with the city of St. Louis, Mo., one of the eight sites whose participation in the national pilot program is based on their track record of supporting immigrant professional success. St. Louis’ work with the project has two focuses: Adapt […]
Our series on the WES Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigrant Integration Program continues this month with the state of Maryland, one of the eight localities participating in the national pilot program based on their track records of supporting immigrant professional success through local programs and initiatives. Maryland’s work with the WES project has two thrusts: […]
The WES Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigrant Integration Program is off to a strong start, as the eight communities in the program – Denver, Louisville, Santa Clara, St. Louis, and Boise and its regional partners Twin Falls and Salt Lake City, as well as the states of Ohio, Michigan, and Maryland – are developing and […]
WES Global Talent Bridge has selected eight communities to receive free customized technical assistance to advance their skilled immigrant integration efforts. Denver, Louisville, Santa Clara, St. Louis, and Boise and its regional partners Twin Falls and Salt Lake City, as well as the states of Ohio, Michigan, and Maryland were chosen to participate in this […]
