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Doors open at 8:30 a.m., Program starts at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16
Ivy Tech - Coliseum Campus, 3800 N Anthony Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Registration is now open for the 2022 Welcoming Fort Wayne Awards honoring outstanding immigrants and refugees and those who work to create a welcoming community.
The event takes place at 9 a.m. on Friday, September 16 at Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne, Room 1640. Registration is free and a light breakfast will be served.
There are three categories:
Lifetime Achiever: Honors an experienced leader who has devoted a significant portion of their career and volunteer work to the immigrant and refugee community. Their service has deeply impacted multiculturalism in Allen County for more than a decade.
Emerging Leader: Honors a newcomer to the multicultural community who has demonstrated exceptional resilience and commitment to improving the community and lives of immigrant/refugee families through their burgeoning career or volunteer work.
Welcoming Organization: Recognizes a for-profit or nonprofit organization that has made a lasting effort to be inclusive and welcoming through engagements with the refugee and immigrant refugee community. In addition to its external efforts, the organization demonstrates multicultural representation at various levels of leadership and has taken initiative in hiring immigrants and refugees in Allen County, Indiana.
