OUR MISSION

The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center serves as a hub of collaboration that strengthens the immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.

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Our Land Acknowledgement

The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center is located on ancestral grounds originally cared for by the Aucocisco Band of the Wabanaki, which also includes the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot people, for thousands of years. Across Turtle Island, known to settlers as North America, the violence of settler colonialism has led to the traumatization and destruction of Indigenous bodies, communities and cultures and to irreparable damage to this planet. We in this workplace acknowledge that we live on and benefit from this land, that is not ours and was taken by force.

Our Programs

Citizenship and civic engagement Initiative

THE LATEST

Introducing…Women Lead

After multiple rounds of information sessions, our Women Lead program is officially up and running!

This first cohort is Job Readiness and will run from October 17th to December 21! Including learning the ins and outs of becoming a professional in the work place, we will be providing childcare reimbursement, transportation assistance, case management, a mentor for a minimum of six months post program completion, 1:1 English tutoring support from one of our in house teachers, education supplies, beverages and snacks, and an official certificate.