Messages that Matter:
Reframing Refugees
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Fostering Community Engagement and Welcoming Communities
is supported by the
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR/ACF/DHHS)
Welcome
Eskinder Negash
Director,
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Goals for Today’s Webinar
• Learn about messaging frames and their importance
• Explore messages that resonate
• Contribute ideas that will help shape messages about refugees
• Think about how to apply these ideas in your work
Reframing Refugees
Holly Minch & Amanda Cooper
September 24, 2013
Welcoming is Reframing
What does reframing make possible?
Shift in Attitudes
What’s possible now?
How are refugees framed now?
What would be better?
What frames work?
Define America
Dignity of Work
People Move
Finish this sentence:
Refugees are an important part of
our community because…
Fill in the blanks:
[Name of refugee] has contributed
to our community by [contribution
here].
Finish this sentence:
One thing our community has done
to welcome refugees is…
Questions?
Comments?
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