Pillar 3: Inclusion
Community Connections
Immigrants represent a strong, positive force for St. Louis regional growth. First and foremost, we are relying on them to fill economic niches, from high tech, to entrepreneurship, to workers for our growing service industries. They are a growing segment of our community’s homebuyers, shoppers, taxpayers and voters.
All of us are strengthened by a positive two-way relationship between the foreign-born and the wider community. So, the Institute helps newcomers become better integrated by offering training in civic engagement, mediation, and community-building to benefit our clients and the community-at-large. And we help St. Louisans build appreciation for cultural diversity by sponsoring special events, including our annual Festival of Nations.
The International Institute’s deep roots and vast multicultural experience mean that the agency plays a critical role in providing services and building public appreciation of immigrants’ contributions. By integrating newcomers into the wider system we can reach the Institute’s vision of a “thriving community with an ethnically diverse and engaged citizenry.”
Contact Information:
Kate Howell
(314) 773-9090 ext. 189
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