CRI Receives Bremer Foundation Grant!

CRI is delighted to announce receipt of a $40,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation of St. Paul.  Bremer is dedicated to sustainable community development primarily in the rural communities served by its banks in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota.

The first project that the grant will support is “Many Voices, One Community,” a collaboration between CRI and Alma-based Puentes/Bridges*, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the immigrant experience in rural Wisconsin for both new and long-term residents.  The project will provide training and support to teams of local community leaders for building immigrant integration programs with public education, opportunities for building cultural competency skills, social interaction, cultural exchanges and mutual appreciation.

Planning for the project is underway with curriculum development, site selection, leader identification the first planning goals.

*For more information about the fine work of Puentes/Bridges, see www.puentesbridges.org.