Rachel Peric

Executive Director of Welcoming America (@WelcomingUSA), building communities where everyone - including immigrants - thrive and belong. Opinions are my own.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

A century ago, my great-grandmother fled present-day #Ukraine w/my grandfather & an infant who perished en-route.

Today, I hold in my heart all who live under threat of conflict, forced to flee. Your rights, your humanity should not be among the things abandoned on the way.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

@cedillo_pereira @DallasBizNews @CityOfDallas Congratulations, so well deserved!!! 👏🏻

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Congratulations all who worked so hard to see justice prevail in this case - especially @NILC and @tnimmigrant and the many brave people who stepped forward to make their voices heard.

https://t.co/sCMkzgyXYz

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Sounds familiar.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Great to be gathering w/mayors at @MayorInnovation #MIPWinter2023 meeting. In a room of such abundant leadership, I can’t help but be hopeful and inspired.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

‘When someone chooses to make our community home, flattery — not indignation — should be our response.’

Reflections on our narrative and how we can shift from crisis to possibility, nativism to #welcoming:

https://t.co/aTZAEpsQXg

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Our statement on new #immigration policies announced by the Biden Administration 👇🏻

Access to asylum, to being American, should be based on principles of equality & human rights, not guided by a hierarchy of human value tied to race, origin, class - or political fear-mongering

[Welcoming America @WelcomingUSA]

We are dismayed that the new migration policy announced by the Biden administration yesterday continues to put limits & barriers on people seeking asylum solely based on nationality & entrenches the use of Title 42 to exclude people seeking safe haven. https://t.co/rMvkXjCcHf

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

The ideal that the best inventions, cultural or otherwise, are made by crossing artificial borders, not being defined by them.

[Jose Antonio Vargas @joseiswriting]

Aside from jazz and the Broadway musical, can you list any other American cultural inventions?

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

As 2022 comes to a close, I want to thank and recognize the incredible team of colleagues and truly wonderful people that are the @WelcomingUSA staff. You inspire me every day with your brilliance, creativity and commitment to a more just world where everyone belongs.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Deeply disappointed by #SCOTUS decision on #Title42. True public health and safety are rooted in human freedom, equality and mobility, not in a vision of an America that limits these based on race, origin and taps fear and racism to drive politics and policy.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

My mother in law died this year, but her sarma (stuffed cabbage) recipe lives on in this cookbook. Coming together around food reminds us of our common humanity - which is why this recipe book contains not only heritage dishes, but recipes for a world in which we all belong.

[Welcoming America @WelcomingUSA]

The holidays are a time for people to come together.

Check out our Taste of Belonging #cookbook for delicious recipes from around the world and methods to strengthen our communities across differences!

Get it here: https://t.co/ffrXe6O3ZW

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Dear @TimothyDSnyder:
Today, I found your inspiring book displayed at my Airbnb in a deeply conservative part of Georgia. This small act not only seemed to affirm your thesis, but thrilled my granddaughter-of-Holocaust-survivors heart. Perhaps democracy will survive.

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

Deeply saddened to hear of yet another killing spree incited by hatred. Let us now all redouble our efforts to create a world where all of us can be safe and belong. https://t.co/sGfH65obK2

[Rachel Peric @RachelPeric]

ARGENTINA!!!!! What a game!