Welcoming Week makes annual debut [Video]

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A series of events in Champaign and Urbana is working to engage the community through education and inclusion.

The New American Welcome Center has kicked off their annual “Welcoming Week.”

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A total of 30 activities and learning sessions celebrate immigrants and their contributions to our culture, while also teaching them about aspects of American culture.

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District hosted one of the most recent events: a seminar on entrepreneurship. Attendees learned about their rights as employees along with how to bring their own business ideas to life.

The University YMCA is working alongside the New American Welcome Center to coordinate this week’s events.

“(This week is) meant to be an opportunity to really highlight the many diverse aspects of our local community here — to really welcome people from a variety of different communities and to be a way that people come together,” …