From the St. Louis Mayor's office to a program called "The Mosaic Project" at the World Trade Center, to local church activity, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON which focuses on immigrants and refugees. The following is a list of programs and events FYI.
St. Louis Cup Soccer
Bosnia vs. Ivory Coast
May 30 7:30pm
Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis Mosaic Project:
Immigrant Inc. St. Louis regional economic conference:
Hold your calendars for the annual Immigration Economic Report to the community which will be Thursday, June 26, from 4-7pm at the Danforth Plant Science Center. The theme will be “ Immigrant, Inc. St. Louis”, highlighting the role of high tech and neighborhood immigrant entrepreneurs. There will be an update on the St. Louis Mosaic Project as well as comments from Mayor Slay and County Executive Dooley. Richard Herman, the author of Immigrant, Inc. on immigrant entrepreneurs, will present. Registration will be in the May time frame.
Soccer:
Soccer will support current immigrant and native-born players as well as be a beacon of attraction to immigrants outside St. Louis that we have a region that develops soccer champions, that has a history and future with soccer. Alex Araiza is leading the work stream on this, so let me know if you want to join Alex’s team. There is a four month calendar of events from May-August around the games in St. Louis, World Cup, Cup of Nations and More. See this story:
Mayor Slay provided a thought-provoking blog last week:
And last week’s census data yielded some intriguing stories- our regional numbers are up proportionately but not as much as other regions are experiencing. We need to accelerate.
St. Louis city continues to lose population but is doing so at a much slower rate ... Of the seven largest counties surrounding St. Louis, all but St. Clair and ... Make St. Louis the fasted growing U.S. metro area forimmigration by 2020.
And, Jorge Riopedre, Executive Director of Casa de Salud, did an excellent commentary on NPR about his own story and why immigration/education are so key to our region’s growth and intellectual acceleration.
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis has long benefited fromimmigrants. At the turn of the 20th century, St. Louis had almost 600,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city ...
IMMIGRANT, INC - St. Louis
 Fostering innovation is about bringing together people and ideas, embracing new energy and talent--and that's exactly our goal for St. Louis! Each year, St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley and City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay host a joint conference on how to grow the regional economy. This year, they've invited Immigrant Inc. co-author, Richard Herman, to highlight how immigrant entrepreneurs are driving the new economy and creating local jobs. |
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