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Immigration & Belonging Challenges:

I challenge you to design a campaign that fosters empathy and creates an inclusive community where all immigrants regardless of their documentation status, feel a sense of belonging.

Gaby Pacheco

I challenge you to work with immigrants and refugees in your community to help them find pathways toward civic engagement and participation.

Patrick Litanga

I challenge you to design a program that creates support for immigrants in your community, one that moves beyond fear and tolerance to an authentic state of welcoming.

Liz Cedillo-Pereira

I challenge you to design a program that fosters empathy and creates support for all immigrants, regardless of their documentation status.

Gaby Pacheco

I challenge you to work with Louisville's immigrant communities and other partners who care about immigrants' rights to create and promote a program that both integrates immigrants and celebrates this city's diverse cultures.

Wajahat Ali

Immigration & Belonging Solutions:

I challenge you to design a campaign that fosters empathy and creates an inclusive community where all immigrants regardless of their documentation status, feel a sense of belonging.

Gaby Pacheco

Doral DESTINY Project

We will develop community-based education program consisting of a website, social media platforms, and a resource Hub at Reagan Doral senior that will foster inclusivity among the Immigrant community by providing resources to help them understand and navigate the educational, financial, and legal systems in the US. In the next eight weeks, we will assist 50-100 recent immigrants through this program.

Monarch Co-OP

It is our goal: To create a multicultural club that will improve student/parent engagement by 25 percent among underserved and underrepresented 9th - 12th-grade students and parents surveyed at North Miami Senior High School by June 1, 2021.

I challenge you to work with immigrants and refugees in your community to help them find pathways toward civic engagement and participation.

Patrick Litanga

Southern High School

We work to promote inclusivity among our immigrant and refugees communities by learning from them and connecting them with resources via local officials.

Fern Creek Traditional High School

We provide opportunities to learn from one another and feel at home in the Fern Creek area through a teen-focused language exchange program for refugees and immigrants.

Jeffersontown High School

We work on behalf of local immigrant and refugee communities to provide adequate tools and translation services for finding food and grocery resources. Our solution is to use QR codes in restaurants and grocery stores that will translate food items into our communities immigrant languages with pictures included so that they can get their basic needs without stress.

Seneca High School

We provide a home away from home for new coming immigrants and refugees.

Newcomer Academy

We help immigrants and refugees find pathways to civic engagement and gain the economic and cultural footing to integrate with their new communities in the U.S.

I challenge you to design a program that creates support for immigrants in your community, one that moves beyond fear and tolerance to an authentic state of welcoming.

Liz Cedillo-Pereira

W.H. Adamson High School

Oak Cliff Culture plans to foster cultural awareness and empathy toward immigrants from all around the world by creating an art gallery with contributing pieces from all schools in our neighborhood.

Skyline High School

RESILIENCE's goal is to empower minorities and immigrants by creating a One Stop Shop Community Resource Fair that will connect them to the people, places, and resources that enable them to build successful lives and enrich our community.

Moisés E. Molina High School

Los Coyotes will advocate for immigration reform by organizing a town hall meeting with local leaders, the mayor, and other politicians, as well as connect community members to resources that assist families to become legal citizens.

I challenge you to design a program that fosters empathy and creates support for all immigrants, regardless of their documentation status.

Gaby Pacheco

Wajahat Ali

Valley Traditional High School

We will strengthen unity within our communities and improve intercultural relationships through cultural awareness meetings and lessons on how to provide medical care that incorporates various cultural traditions.

Southern High School

Culture Quest is a scavenger hunt for children and families to explore a variety of immigrant-owned businesses throughout Louisville. We chose to take on a challenge to celebrate diversity because we found that many cultures in our community are misrepresented.

J. Graham Brown High School

We launched We Call Louisville Home to promote and celebrate immigrant-friendly businesses. We will launch a website to highlight immigrants that contribute to our community.

Iroquois High School

We are young adults of the future. FUTURUM represents teens from six nations and four continents who are advocating for teen immigrants and refugees. Our goal is to integrate, celebrate, and protect the rights of these communities in Louisville by raising awareness on issues that concern diverse cultures.

Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program

To create a community that appreciates all immigrants, we will highlight personal stories through videos that raise awareness about the harsh reality for many immigrants in Louisville.

Challenges and Solutions

Immigration & Belonging Challenges:

Immigration & Belonging Solutions:

Doral DESTINY Project

Monarch Co-OP

Southern High School

Fern Creek Traditional High School

Jeffersontown High School

Seneca High School

Newcomer Academy

W.H. Adamson High School

Skyline High School

Moisés E. Molina High School

Valley Traditional High School

Southern High School

J. Graham Brown High School

Iroquois High School

Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program

Aspen Challenge

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