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Rock the Block! Block Party | Welcome Iowa City Area
September 13, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Rock the Block! Block Party
Time: 2:00–5:00pm
Location: IC Compassion (1035 Wade St. Iowa City, IA, 52240)
About:
- The festival kicks off with a lively block party in the Towncrest area featuring food, entertainment and community engagement. We aim to create a welcoming atmosphere for both long-time residents and newcomers.
Educational Program
Time: 5:30–7:30pm
Location: IC Compassion (1035 Wade St. Iowa City, IA, 52240)
About:
- As part of the block party, we will host a special session focused on welcoming new neighbors to foster understanding and connections among diverse community members.
Whether it’s starting a new job, changing schools or neighborhoods, we’ve all had moments where we felt like we didn’t belong. For people who moved to this country, this experience can last more than a moment. From language barriers to cultural differences, feeling excluded can take years to overcome. Yet, because we all know how it feels to be excluded, we also know how to make others feel they belong. When that happens, communities can fully harness the strengths, talents, and contributions of each person to build shared prosperity.
This Welcoming Week, let’s declare that #BelongingBeginsWithUS – that each and every one of us has the power to help others, regardless of their background, to feel like they are seen, embraced, welcomed, and included in our communities.
Welcoming Week is an annual campaign that celebrates the work in communities to become welcoming places for all, including immigrants. Launched in 2012 by Welcoming America and its members, Welcoming Week provides individuals and organizations the opportunity to showcase their values through events and initiatives that foster connections and collaboration between immigrants and non-immigrants, as well as belonging for all.