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      <title>What are effective practices and strategies that help build bridges between refugee newcomers and local communities? by Louise Olliff</title>
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         <title>Good data to understand points of friction: Mapping Social Cohesion (Australia)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Longitudinal survey on social cohesion in Australia that has been running since 2007 - includes questions on refugees, multiculturalism and migration - but also provides a much fuller picture of societal attitudes, concerns and friction points</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Lots of local examples: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au/get-involved/hoppers-crossing-refugee-and-migrant-elders-group-community-garden-project">https://www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au/get-involved/hoppers-crossing-refugee-and-migrant-elders-group-community-garden-project</a></p>]]></description>
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         <title>Together We Rise </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://weareallus.org/together-we-rise"><strong>Together We Rise</strong></a> is a national grassroots advocacy and narrative campaign housed at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://weareallus.org/who-we-are"><strong>We Are All America (</strong>WAAA<strong>)</strong></a> and powered by more than 100 partner organizations. The campaign brings together immigrant and refugee leaders, alongside allies across movements, to strengthen solidarity, counter harmful rhetoric and policies, and mobilize collective action for justice, dignity, and belonging. It is grounded in the belief that we all deserve protection and freedom, and we ensure that directly impacted communities lead the fight for their rights.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Collaborating with indigenous communities: Lessons from New Zealand - Welcoming International</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>This is the homepage for the campaign launched by the Canadian Council for Refugees, along with over 180 supporting organizations across the country to counter the rising tide of hate and blame towards immigrants and refugees. Check out the message guide, the toolkit and the list of partners! Also available fully in French!</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Putting Out the Welcome Mat</title>
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         <title>Rural Australians for Refugees</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Fantastic grassroots organising work by RAR groups across Australia - as advocates, educators, connectors, hosts and community sponsors.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>The Strength Within</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Some thinking from the Refugee Council of Australia about the role of diaspora organisations in settlement - with bridge-building with wider society being one of the many strengths.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Putting out the Welcome Mat (Australia)</title>
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         <title>Welcoming Cities Resources</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>A link to the publically available resources from Welcoming Cities</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Colorado Refugee Speakers Bureau </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>The Colorado Refugee Speakers Bureau creates connection and understanding between refugees and the receiving community in order to build a more inclusive, vibrant, and cohesive Colorado.</p><p>We do this through speaking and storytelling engagements of all types, from speaking with school, business, and faith communities to special events and conferences.</p><p>Our values as a bureau drive all aspects of our work, from how we collaborate and learn to how we engage with the community.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-23 20:44:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ECDC African Community Center</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>The African Community Center of Denver (ACC)</strong> is a non-profit refugee resettlement agency whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants rebuild safe, sustainable lives in Colorado. ACC was founded in 2001 as a branch office of our parent organization, the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.ecdcus.org/">Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)</a>.</p><p>With a diverse staff and the help of faithful volunteers and interns, we conduct educational and social service programs that help newcomers rebuild their lives in their new community, navigate U.S. systems and cultures, achieve economic self-sufficiency, and become confident, thriving, integrated members of society.</p><p>Beginning in 2001 with only 3 staff members resettling 60 refugees, we have grown into a team of more than 50 multilingual, compassionate employees who serve over 1,500 refugees, asylees, and other immigrants each year.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-23 20:46:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-23 22:08:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Book:   “In Our Interest:  How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular” by Alexander Kustov. </title>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-24 22:32:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Multicultural festival in Geelong </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>We host this festival every year in partnership with new and established migrant communities.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Settlement Outcome Inventory</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Great tool from Center for Community Based Research in Canada that Brian Dyck presented on. This inventory provides sample outcomes to help organisations build a theory of change - that includes Community-Level Outcomes! </p>]]></description>
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