Program Officer Gislaine Williams oversees Houston Endowment’s strategies to increase immigrant civic integration in the Greater Houston area. Here, she shares insights about her work, what it means to Houston, and how it has impacted her personally.
Independent Sector speaks with President and CEO Ann B. Stern about the Foundation's recent grant to the National Partnership for New Americans as well as its efforts to create a vibrant, thriving, and inclusive community.
Rice University has launched the Voter Engagement Project, a nonpartisan, two-year pilot program to identify neighborhoods across the region with historically low voter participation.
The Houston Endowment has awarded National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) $2.13 million over three years to strengthen and expand naturalization programming in the Greater Houston area, fostering the successful inclusion of immigrants into the local society, economy, and democracy.
With the grant, Justicia Lab will work to improve and integrate digital infrastructure in the Houston area to allow immigrants to gain better access to justice in the legal system.