A Regional Approach to Connecting Economic Development, Global

“A Regional Approach to Connecting Economic Development,
Global Talent and Welcoming Communities”
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WE GLOBAL NETWORK MISSION
The mission of WE Global Network is to engage in activities that
strengthen the work, maximize the impact, and sustain the efforts of
individual local initiatives across the region that welcome, retain, and
empower immigrant communities as valued contributors to local
economic development initiatives.
CORE VALUES
1. Immigrant communities are assets to be nurtured and grown as a means of producing
economic opportunity for the entire region.
2. Welcoming immigrants into the economic and social fabric of a region helps to make
that region more economically competitive and more attractive socially.
3. Regional economic development initiatives can play a role not just in attracting
immigrants, but also in retaining them and in enhancing their role in the community’s
economic and social fabric.
Today’s Agenda
• Rachel Peric, Deputy Director, Welcoming America
• Niala Boodhoo, Host Afternoon Shift, WBEZ Chicago Public
Radio
• Steve Tobocman, Director, Global Detroit
• Mary Stagaman, Vice President of Regional Initiatives,
Cincinnati Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Peter Gonzales, President & CEO, Welcoming Center for New
Pennsylvanians
The case for immigrant
economic development
in the rust belt
The ‘New American’
Fortune 500: more than
40% of fortune 500
companies were founded
by immigrants or their
children
23%
FOUNDED BY
CHILDREN OF
IMMIGRANTS
18%
FOUNDED BY
IMMIGRANTS
41%
“NEW AMERICAN”
COMPANIES
SOURCE: Partnership
Report, “The New American
Fortune 500,” June 2011.
28% of small businesses started in 2011 were founded by
immigrants
current population survey (1996-2011)
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
SOURCE: Partnership Reports, “Open for
Business: How Immigrants are Driving
Small Business Creation in the US” (2012)
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Percentage of Immigrant Key Founders
immigrants critical to high-tech startups
Table 2: U.S. States Where Immigrants are Founding Engineering and Technology
Companies
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Immigrants Comprised almost All Net Main
Street Business Growth 2000-2013
IMMIGRANTS ACCOUNT FOR HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF HIGH-EXPORT COMPANIES
SPECIAL TABULATIONS FROM THE SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS (2007)
PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES
EXPORTED OUTSIDE OF THE
U.S
PERCENT OF FIRMS THAT ARE
OWNED BY IMMIGRANTS
NONE
12.7%
LESS THAN 1%
11.1%
1% TO 4%
14.7%
5% TO 9%
17.1%
10% TO 19%
20.2%
20% TO 49%
35.1%
50% TO 99%
50.5%
SOURCE: Partnership Reports, “Open for
Business: How Immigrants are Driving
Small Business Creation in the US” (2012)
STEM SKILLS AND DEGREES
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International students are 3 times (38%
vs. 14%) as likely to major in STEM fields
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Immigrants make up:
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50% of all new U.S. Ph.D.s in engineering;
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45% of all new U.S. Ph.D.s in life sciences, physical
sciences, and computer sciences;
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40% of all new U.S. master degrees in computer sciences,
physical sciences, and engineering; and
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25% of all practicing physicians
the median age of the u.s. workforce is
climbing
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SOURCE: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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2018 (Projected)
immigrants are more likely to be working
age
90%
77%
64%
51%
39%
26%
13%
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U.S.-Born
New Immigrants, 2000-2010
84%
65%
23% 13%
Under 15
SOURCE: US Census 2012 Statistical
Abstract
13% 3%
15 to 64
65 and Older
Global Detroit Launched Initiatives
The View from Cincinnati
Mary Stagaman
Executive Director, Agenda 360
Racial/Ethnic Diversity
Source: United States Census Bureau, Income, Poverty and
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009
Rounded to nearest percentage
Foreign-Born Population
Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey
Rounded to nearest percentage
Racial/Ethnic Diversity in 2020
Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey
Our Strategy
welcomingcenter.org
Our Focus: Immigrants as Assets
Connecting immigrants, employers and communities
• Philadelphia’s population started to
grow for first time in 50 years due to
arrival of new immigrants
• Clear need emerged for a centralized
referral and job placement center for
immigrants
• Anne O’Callaghan, an Irish immigrant,
founded the Welcoming Center with
small group of volunteers in 2003
Core Programs
 Job Placement - Gateway Jobs and
Immigrant Professionals
 Education and Training –
Contextualized English, Vocational
Literacy, GED, English for
Entrepreneurs, English for Academics,
Civics and Citizenship classes
 Global Enterprise Hub- helping
immigrant and US born entrepreneurs,
small business development technical
assistance
 Immigrant Professionals Career
Pathways Program- helping
professionals re-enter their careers or
transition to new ones
Where We Are Today
 Served >13,000 people from 140+
countries
 Regional Economic Development
Organization
 Operating budget: $1.9 million
 27 full-time staff, 20+ volunteers &
interns, 18 board members
 Published 14 major publications,
(including Career Guides and How to
Start a Business guides), plus 2 research
studies and 11 detailed data snapshots
The Power of Partnership
 WE Global Network serves as a platform by which to learn and
share best practices from other organizations in the field
 Connect to a greater movement of immigrant economic
integration at a regional and national scale
 Share our model and resources throughout Pennsylvania and
across the U.S.
Speaker Information
• Rachel Peric – Rachel@welcomingamerica.org
• Niala Boodhoo - NBoodhoo@wbez.org
• Steve Tobocman - Steve@GlobalDetroit.com
• Mary Stagaman - MStagaman@cincinnatichamber.com
• Peter Gonzales - peter@welcomingcenter.org
Moderated Discussion
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