Welcome to today’s #ImmigrantsThrive Twitter chat! Join us to discuss how #COVID19 is impacting immigrant & refugee workers and how organizations & solutions can support them in the face of economic disruption & challenges. We’ll kick off questions in a few moments.

For anyone joining the #ImmigrantsThrive discussion – we’ll use the standard Twitter Chat Q&A format. Please respond with A1, A2, A3...to the corresponding Q1, Q2, Q3, etc., so that all can easily follow along. Wherever possible, please share links to specific resources.

Over the next hour, we’ll discuss how response efforts ensure that #ImmigrantsThrive.

First question! Q1: #COVID19 is impacting health, livelihoods, and the financial security of all Americans. Are there impacts that are specific to immigrants and immigrant communities? What are you and your organization seeing and hearing? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q2: In response to #COVID19, what resources has your organization pulled together to serve the needs of immigrant workers and immigrant communities? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q3: #COVID19 is making direct service work challenging. What online learning & training programs are available for immigrant workers? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q4: What resources are available to immigrant & refugee jobseekers looking for work during #COVID19? What are the best online resources? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q5: How can we ensure critical information is reaching those who need it? Are there particular strategies for ensuring immigrants who have low trust in the system are able to access needed resources & info? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q6: Let’s turn to #COVID19’s impact on immigrant-serving organizations. How have nonprofit organizations & direct service providers been affected? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q7: What funding opportunities, loans, & resources are available to nonprofits & service providers that serve immigrants? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q8: Overall, what promising approaches have you seen in your community to support immigrant and refugee workers and the organizations working on their behalf? #ImmigrantsThrive #COVID19

Q9: Equitable policy is critical as the #COVID19 pandemic plays out. What are some ways immigrants and refugees are on the frontlines in the fight for inclusive policy solutions? What should people working on policies be thinking about? #ImmigrantsThrive

Q10: What research is critical now? What might help support immigrant workers at the immediate moment, and once we have reached a “new normal”? #ImmigrantsThrive #COVID19

Last question. Q11: What’s one piece of advice you’d offer to the field – perhaps a funder, policymaker, or employer – on how to best support immigrant and refugee communities? #ImmigrantsThrive #COVID19

This concludes our questions for today’s Twitter chat. Feel free to continue using #ImmigrantsThrive to keep this important conversation going! Thank you to everyone who participated today, and for all your amazing work.