Samer Saliba
@samermsaliba
Urban inclusivity from an immigrant son. Head of Practice @MayorsMigration. PhD student @TheNewSchool. MUP @NYUWagner. Formerly @RESCUEorg.
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http://mayorsmigrationcouncil.org 12-07-2010 14:09:47
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Uno de los grandes llamados en la #SemanaDelClima es a mayor integración de los gobiernos locales, clamor que comparten colegas alcaldes incluso de Asia y África. En las ciudades conviven la mayoría de personas y desde allí deben originar la mayoría de las soluciones.
My partner & I are kids of immigrants. Thanks to our parents' difficult choices, we don’t have to make them for our son.
But we do have to show him his home city isn’t the only one where kids can thrive.
Read about his first trip to Alcaldía de Bogotá's #GlobalCitiesFund project 👇
GRACIAS Secretaría Distrital de Integración Social for hosting Mayors Migration Council as a #GlobalCitiesFund grantee.
Always inspiring to see how cities care for their migrant and refugee communities, esp. the youngest. Bogotá is setting the standard.
Hear about how Mayors Migration Council helps cities help migrants and refugees on Make Change Happen.
Honored to join friends Lucy Earle Nassim Majidi (نسیم مجیدی)🟩⬜️🟥 Slum Dwellers International to discuss how we can act local, the #GlobalCitiesFund , & what we're learning in Addis, NBO, Amman, & Jalalabad. 🗣️
MMC Head of Practice Samer Saliba discusses how Mexico City is setting a remarkable example of how city governments can make room for newcomers while also creating opportunities for them to contribute to the sustainable growth of their receiving communities.
Mexico City has
We partnered with Mayors Migration Council to implement the building communities' resilience to #climate variability Prjct. As of now, 20 ha of progressive radicals & 1 nursery for 🌳 are completed. Refugees are 40% of employees. We thank all partners C40 Cities IKEA Foundation
City of Choice Project Coordinator Mr. Humphrey Otieno attending Khartoum Process Thematic meeting on Building Resilience and Ensuring the Protection of and Durable Solutions for internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) #globalcitiesfund
#MayorsMigrationCouncil #karakenya
Montevideo es una de las 6 ciudades del mundo en ganar el #GlobalCitiesFund para la creación de un centro de atención dirigido a niñas y niños de familias migrantes y desplazadas.
De esta forma reafirma su compromiso con las poblaciones migrantes, refugiadas y desplazadas🔵
📣REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS📣
We invite individuals, consulting firms & organizations to submit proposals to work with Mayors Migration Council on a progress report highlighting the impact of the #GlobalCitiesFund .
⏳Proposals due 30 June 2023 5:00PM ET
Learn more: bit.ly/3MIXuvp
Mayor Hildebrand received UNHCR representative and discussed on Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees vis a vis the response to the unmet needs of cities as they support migrants and refugees in the face of pressing challenges, from global pandemics to the climate crisis.
Why we love mayors.
Here’s Mayor Carige dancing with the Praia Nova community in Beira at the launch of the rehabilitation of a fish market. Dude’s got MOVES!
Supported by @BoschStiftung via Mayors Migration Council #globalcitiesfund 🕺🏽💃🏽
At #CitiesSummit Closing Plenary w/ Secretary Antony Blinken, Mayors Claudia López Hernández (Bogota) Jaime Pumarejo (Barranquilla) Mayor Bruce Harrell & more committed to building welcoming communities for migrants, while calling on Department of State & President Biden to support.
Press release 👉bit.ly/3Vh6taX
Ahead of #CitiesSummit in #Denver , MMC ED @ToriVZanuso and Mayor Jaime Pumarejo of Alcaldía de Barranquilla Colombia ask President Biden Department of State to partner with cities on regional migration solutions. CC: Special Representative Nina Hachigian Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau
Read op-ed via @WEF
weforum.org/agenda/2023/04…
Proud of this. And the team and partners and cities behind it.
Especially the one and only Vittoria Zanuso.