The Sisters of Saint Joseph Welcome Center has been serving the immigrant and Kensington community since 2003. They serve around 200 immigrants on a yearly basis through English and Citizenship classes, which are offered online and in person. In addition, immigrant friends and their families can also find help through our Outreach and Legal Services. […]
Project Category: Community Fund for Wellness
Building Resilience for Emerging Asian Leaders
The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation’s program, Building Resilience for Emerging Asian Leaders will mold a selected cohort of young Asian Americans into future AAPI leaders. Future leaders will have the opportunity to learn vital leadership skills, boost their self-confidence, show pride in their respective cultures, and gain meaningful connections and opportunities for their career and […]
Reducing Environmental Stress Together
AFAHO’s Wellness Program, REST (Reducing Environmental Stress Together) utilizes a community behavioral health care model that aims to overcome barriers and expand access to services for greater Philadelphia’s African and Caribbean immigrant and refugee (ACIR) communities. ACIRs are critically underserved through existing behavioral health services, most of which are not culturally, linguistically, or economically accessible […]
Intercultural Wellness Program
The Intercultural Wellness Program (IWP), is dedicated to fostering mental health and emotional well-being within immigrant communities. Unlike clinical approaches, IWP adopts a community-based strategy, addressing social and emotional wellness challenges, particularly within the context of employment. IWP utilizes a whole-person, holistic perspective that acknowledges each person’s unique journey, actively combating stigmatization. Central to its […]
Centered: Community Wellness Hubs for Muslim Immigrants
CAIR-Philadelphia’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. They believe America’s greatness comes from the endless opportunities for all of her citizens and that this greatness is maintained through active civic participation, and that advocacy through the American Muslim experience is advocacy for a better America. […]
PhillyRoots
PhillyRoots is VietLead’s youth organizing project focused on healing systemic trauma and reclaiming stories, resisting structures harming working class communities, and growing readiness to win significant victories in solidarity with other communities of color. VietLead teaches young people the skills and take action together to forge relationships and organize their communities to build intergenerational people […]
Empowerment Through Understanding: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-being in Immigrant Communities
Moder Patshala is expanding its programming with “Empowerment Through Understanding: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-being in Immigrant Communities,” thanks to funding from the Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness. This initiative enriches their existing educational efforts, introduces a new cultural program designed to strengthen identity among immigrant and refugee families in West Philadelphia, seeks to introduce […]
Jaisohn Wellness Center, Senior Community Outreach Center and Outreach/Navigation
Jaisohn Wellness Center, Senior Community Center keeps vulnerable immigrant Asian American senior citizens healthy through various activity driven programs and preventive health classes. Language and cultural differences and need for culturally sensitive ethnic foods have kept the Asian American seniors from participating in the mainstream senior centers and the stigma around mental health in the […]
Cultivating a Community-Centered Ecosystem for Behavioral and Mental Health Care Project
The mission of Puentes de Salud is two-fold: First, to partner with local Latinx immigrant communities to build long-term prosperity by addressing immediate education, health, and social service needs. Second, to create a responsible learning environment for future generations of artists, advocates, educators, and healthcare providers to examine social justice and structural violence and to […]
Accompaniment and Immigrant Leadership Development
New Sanctuary Movement’s Accompaniment and Immigrant Leadership Development Programs support immigrants of color to meet their holistic needs while creating systems of healing, resiliency, and resistance. NSM’s Accompaniment Program recognizes that immigrants of color face interlocking systems of oppression and require an antiracist casework model that is culturally sensitive, all-encompassing, and empowers immigrants to collectively […]