Weekly clubs that meet to exchange language, culture and friendship

Come visit us once a week and exchange teaching and learning English and Spanish with native speakers of each language through activities, games, and conversation.

In Craig:  at the Boys and Girls Club, every Tuesday at 7pm

In Steamboat Springs: at our intercultural center (718 Oak St) every Monday at 6:30pm

If you would like to start a Language Exchange group of another language such as French, Portuguese, Mandarin, etc, please contact us with your ideas. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Our workshops are designed to help the immigrant community understand “how things work here”, from how to navigate the health care system to their legal rights while leaving in the United States. We often partner with other non-profit organizations and businesses to provide these workshops.  The workshops are usually offered in English, Spanish and French.  Please contact us at 620-1513 if you would like more information, would like to request another language of interpretation, or would like to volunteer.

Integrated Community offers trainings for businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations that would like to increase their ability to work effectively with people from various cultural backgrounds.  The cultural competency trainings can take a variety of formats and time periods.  Some examples of trainings include:

• Presentations and interactive round table activities around differing cultural values and how this affects the perspective of people from the United States and other countries
• Engaging films and pointed discussion around the use of interpretation services, disparities in health care, immigrants in the educational system and more
• Book clubs using literature that involves real stories and experiences of immigrants living in the United States
• Expert panels with panelists from particular countries who offer their time to answer questions about culture and your organizations’ work
• An audit of your organization and business and how it can become more culturally competent

Integrated Community is here to help both immigrant families and long time residents with questions and issues relating to culture, demographic change, living in a new country, etc.

Some sample issues that we have assisted with include:

“Can you help me make a doctor’s appointment for my daughter?”
“Can you recommend some Spanish immersion courses outside of the United States?”
“Do you know how my organization can market its services to the immigrant community?”
“My husband has been deported.  How do I find out where he is being held?”

Please contact us at (970) 620-1513, we’ll return the call in less than 24 hours.

Bridges Mission statement: To support and provide the skills necessary for  immigrant children to succeed in school and adjust to changes in their social and cultural environment through mentoring and language tutoring while increasing the cultural competency of their mentors.

This program came about after a direct request from Steamboat Springs’ immigrant parents and guardians who wanted more resources to help their children succeed in school and adjust to their new lives in the United States.

Community United is a project devoted to “strengthening our community through building respectful relationships between immigrant and local neighbors in Routt and Moffat Counties”.

 

Community United is made up of three committees of individuals in Craig and Steamboat Springs that manage grant monies, organize intercultural events and oversee the implementation of intercultural programs in the two communities.