{"id":42805,"date":"2015-09-29T05:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/aurora-colorado-to-launch-immigrant-integration-plan-sept-29\/"},"modified":"2015-09-29T05:50:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T09:50:04","slug":"aurora-colorado-lanza-un-plan-de-integracion-de-inmigrantes-el-29-de-septiembre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/aurora-colorado-lanza-un-plan-de-integracion-de-inmigrantes-el-29-de-septiembre\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora, Colorado, to launch immigrant integration plan Sept. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n    <\/p>\n<p><b>Strategies geared to help international residents better engage in community<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">AURORA, Colorado<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 28, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The city of <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora<\/span> has increased its commitment in recent years to include the city&#8217;s international community in civic and public life through such efforts as its International Roundtable, the Aurora Immigrant and Refugee Task Force, Global Fest, the Aurora Welcome Center and the reestablished Aurora Sister Cities International.<\/p>\n<p>But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auroragov.org\/cs\/groups\/public\/documents\/document\/024722.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">three-year comprehensive plan<\/a> to be executed by the city&#8217;s new Office of International and Immigrant Affairs is designed to hone <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora&#8217;s<\/span> immigrant and refugee efforts toward the single goal of integrating these residents into the community.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with local organizations, service providers and the city of Aurora\u2014along with representatives of <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora&#8217;s<\/span> international community\u2014will hear details of this plan during meetings scheduled <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 29<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-chron\">11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/span> at the Aurora History Museum, 15051 E. Alameda Parkway, and from <span class=\"xn-chron\">5:30 to 7 p.m.<\/span> at the Aurora Welcome Center, APS Educational Services Center 4, 1085 Peoria St.<\/p>\n<p>To craft the plan&#8217;s strategies and priorities, the Office of International and Immigrant Affairs worked with the Ponce Agency to gather public input from service providers, immigrant and refugee leaders and community advocates. The plan is designed to align the city&#8217;s efforts with organizations and service providers, and create opportunities for immigrants and refugees to develop leadership skills and help make decisions in local government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s our hope that our efforts will remove obstacles and help our immigrants and refugees fully engage in the community and contribute all that they can to making <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora<\/span> a great place for everyone,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricardo Gambetta<\/span>, head of the Office of International and Immigrant Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The plan touches on civic engagement, public safety, language acquisition, neighborhoods and city services, economic and financial growth, economic development, sports and recreation, arts and culture, and health and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our international community has come to <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora<\/span> because of our comfortable way of life, excellent housing values and access to great schools and job opportunities,&#8221; Mayor <span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Hogan<\/span> said. &#8220;This plan will create opportunities for these residents to become an integral part of <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora&#8217;s<\/span> civic, economic and cultural life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About the city of Aurora Office of International and Immigrant Affairs<br \/><\/b>The Office of International and Immigrant Affairs was created to facilitate the successful integration of immigrants and refugees into <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora&#8217;s<\/span> civic, economic and cultural life, and to oversee the development and implementation of a citywide plan regarding policy programs and initiatives toward the local immigrant and refugee populations. This office will oversee the coordination of the Aurora Immigrant and Refugee Commission, Aurora International Roundtable, Aurora Global Fest and the Aurora International Cabinet. In addition, the Office of International and Immigrant Affairs will lead international efforts focused in the establishment of strategic global partnerships, manage official protocol activities and events, and serve as a liaison to the international community.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:<\/b> <span class=\"xn-person\">Julie Patterson<\/span><br \/>Senior Public Information Officer<br \/>303.739.6617<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jpatters@auroragov.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">jpatters@auroragov.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n    <\/p>\n<p><b>Strategies geared to help international residents better engage in community<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">AURORA, Colorado<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 28, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The city of <span class=\"xn-location\">Aurora<\/span> has increased its commitment in recent years to include the city&#8217;s international community in civic and public life through such efforts as its International Roundtable, the Aurora Immigrant and Refugee Task Force, Global Fest, the Aurora Welcome Center and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inmigracion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}