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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Partners with Echoing Green to Invest in Social Innovators of Color Addressing Racial Equity and Immigrant Justice

Release Date: 
02/16/2022
Support from the WES Mariam Assefa Fund furthers the efforts of Echoing Green’s Racial Equity Philanthropic Fund which seeks to ensure that the social innovation field is an essential actor in the racial justice movement.

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers

Release Date: 
12/15/2020
The investments will ensure that immigrants and refugees in the United States have access to the tools and capital they need to acquire digital and other job-related skills, establish credit, increase their earning potential, and start businesses of...

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces COVID-19 Response Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Workers in the U.S.

Release Date: 
05/11/2020
Earlier this month, WES Mariam Assefa Fund shared its initial responses to the needs exposed and created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrants are America’s workers, and 12 million are currently on the front lines of the...

World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund Supports Launch of Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative in Philadelphia

Release Date: 
01/15/2020
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office of Workforce Development, announced today an 18-month initiative to advance employer-informed immigrant workforce integration, at all skill and education levels and...