Ensuring Diversity Becomes an Asset for Everyone
2013-04-17

Thorbjørn Jagland says empowering newcomers is the “only appropriate policy choice in a democratic society.”

Policy, Politics and Participation
2013-04-17

Fidele Mutwarasibo speaks about “The Challenge of Dealing with Third Country Nationals’ Political Participation.”

Mayor Naheed Nenshi: Community Building as Nation Building
2013-03-13

Mayor Nenshi recalls how voters were more interested in his views on policy than his background.

Chicago’s Plan for a Thriving, Welcoming City
2013-02-20

Adolfo Hernandez, Office of New Americans (Chicago): “We are an international city, we are a city of immigrants, we are a welcoming city.”

Taking It to the Streets: A Municipal Role in Immigrant Integration
2013-01-09

Myer Siemiatycki (Ryerson University) explores the ways integration influences and is influenced by our public spaces.

Migration and the Metropolis
2013-01-09

Audrey Singer paints a picture of shifting metropolitan immigration patterns in North America and internationally.

Practice to Policy Report: Introduction
2013-01-09

Ratna Omidvar: Jane Jacobs observed the level of government closest to the people is best positioned to serve the people.

‘Rich and Happy’ – Good Local Initiatives for the Integration of Migrants
2013-01-08

Roland Roth on how cities are thinking about immigrants as a key to urban prosperity.

National Policies and Local Realities in Immigrant Integration
2013-01-08

Jan Niessen (Migration Policy Group) looks at how national policy interacts with local policy, commenting on gaps and convergences.

Five Reasons Canada Leads the World on Immigration
2012-12-18

Maytree Opinion by Alan Broadbent, Chairman of Maytree Foundation, and Ratna Omidvar, President of Maytree Foundation: If migrants all gathered in one place, they would constitute the world’s fifth most populous country.

Sara Llewellin: Old Cities, New Cities
2012-11-30

The Chief Executive of the Barrow Cadbury Trust calls the UK “a country built on migration.”

On the Trail of Good Ideas with Ayse Özbabacan: Toronto to Stuttgart
2012-10-25

This month meet Ayse Özbabacan, Policy Officer European City network for Local Integration Policies (CLIP).

Why Municipal Leadership Matters: Alan Broadbent
2012-09-13

Alan Broadbent, Chairman of Maytree Foundation: “People move to cities because that is where opportunity exists at scale.”

Steven Wray: From Philly to Hogtown
2012-08-23

The Executive Director of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia speaks about the importance of city-to-city learning.

On the Trail of Good Ideas with Sister Lena Deevy: Kerpen to Boston
2012-08-22

This month meet Sister Lena Deevy, Executive Director, Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), Boston.

Embrace the Choices Before You: Ratna Omidvar
2012-06-28

“Remember that the great work is done through small steps which…ultimately lead to the solution.”

Ratna Omidvar
President, Maytree

Celia Okoyino da Mbabi: A Soccer Star goes VIP
2012-06-28

“Kids are our future. I really enjoy their company. I perceive them as being extremly open-minded. Children have to be encouraged and supported – they are the true VIPs.”

Stephen Frost talks Supplier Diversity at the London Games
2012-05-31

The Head of Diversity and Inclusion for London 2012, the organizing body for the upcoming Olympic Games, talks about the strategic benefits of supplier diversity.

Orkan Kösemen: Learning from Each Other
2012-05-31

Dr. Orkan Kösemen dispels some of the prevailing myths about immigration and Germany.

Listening to Local Leadership in Cologne: Mayor Jürgen Roters
2012-05-31

“…we don’t create programs just ‘for migrants’ but rather with a focus on mutual participation.”

Mayor Jürgen Roters

The Myth of Tolerance: Ricard Zapata-Barrero
2012-04-30

“There is no, so to speak, ‘European’ concept of tolerance. Its meaning varies with context.”

Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Director of GRITIM-UPF

Ziauddin Sardar: In Defense of Multiculturalism
2012-04-25

“It is important to realize that multiculturalism is not about dominance of one culture over another. It is not about the dominance of a single culture over a multiple of cultures. It is about equality of cultures.”

Sarah Spencer: Super-diversity and the City
2012-03-21

“In a short space of time we suddenly have people from a plethora of different places, with different faiths, different languages.”

Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration: Demetrios Papademetriou
2012-03-20

“…both the challenge and opportunity has become to create a new definition of ‘we’ based on a more inclusive idea of national identity and belonging…”

Demetrios Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute

Listening to Local Leadership in Stuttgart: Lord Mayor Wolfgang Schuster
2012-02-16

“There is a common understanding that everybody living in Stuttgart is a Stuttgarter. We do not have foreigners, we have citizens.”

Lord Mayor Wolfgang Schuster

Ayesha Saran Talks Transaltantic Trends: Immigration
2012-02-13

“The survey found that public attitudes are more complex and nuanced than is often reported.”

Nazia Hussain: Cities Leading by Example
2011-12-14

We asked the Director of the At Home in Europe Project at the Open Society Foundations about her work and the role of local government in promoting effective integration policies and practices.

Deputy Mayor of London, Richard Barnes
2011-12-14

“A strategy is a success in itself. It sends out a clear message that integration is important.”

Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes

Listening to Local Leadership in Auckland: Mayor Len Brown
2011-11-22

“I have a vision for Auckland of making it the world’s most liveable city, and our migrants are a vital part of that.”

Mayor Len Brown

Margie McHugh: Talking E Pluribus Unum Prizes
2011-11-21

As the Co-Director of the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy at MPI, Margie McHugh is in a unique position to understand the intersection between practice and policy.

Listening to Local Leadership in Manchester: Sir Richard Leese
2011-10-20

Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council on immigration, local initiatives and ideas that his city.

It’s the Economy, Stupid! Mayor Michael Bloomberg
2011-10-20

“The American dream cannot survive if we keep telling the dreamers to go elsewhere.”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City

Putting citizenship into practice: Carmen Garcia de Andrés, Fundación Tomillo
2011-09-14

Carmen Garcia de Andrés talks about the success of Tiempo Joven, a program that engages young people by allowing them to design their own community activities.

Rethinking Migration: Ian Goldin
2011-09-14

“We live in a dynamic age of global integration, where the reconnection and mixture of the world’s people is challenging dominant norms and practices in many societies.”

Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin School

Dear Sir Lawrence Hill, I Plan to Burn Your Book
2011-07-22

Lawrence Hill comments on how the new Dutch title of his best-selling, The Book of Negroes, became a flashpoint for controversy in the Netherlands.

Imagine the Other: John Ralston Saul
2011-07-22

“Citizenship means that the newcomer will be deeply changed. But so will the established citizen.”

John Ralston Saul, International President, PEN International

Dr. Roland Kaehlbrandt: Don’t forget the Families!
2011-06-27

Dr. Roland Kaehlbrandt on why families as well as children are at the heart of the Diesterweg Scholarship Good Idea.

Migration and the Politics of Proximity: António Vitorino
2011-06-21

Migration and the Politics of Proximity

António Vitorino, Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs

Unscrambling Immigration: Saskia Sassen
2011-05-19

Unscrambling Immigration

Saskia Sassen, Co-Chair of The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University

In Conversation with Suketu Mehta: The City Speaks
2011-05-19

The city has become an obsession for Suketu Mehta from Mumbai to New York City. Now he is in search of the ‘new New York’.

In Conversation with Frank Sharry of America’s Voice
2011-04-19

Few people know the American immigration reform scene as well as Frank Sharry, first as the Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum and now as founder of America’s Voice.

Effective Pluralism Requires Effort: Aga Khan
2011-04-14

Effective Pluralism requires Concerted Efforts

His Highness the Aga Khan

Inclusion Means All of Us
2011-04-05

Inclusion Means All of Us

Ratna Omidvar @Maytree Foundation

In Conversation with Germany’s Cem Özdemir
2011-03-03

Cem Özdemir, Co-Chair of The Green Party/Die Grünen (Germany) is the first party leader in Germany to come from an immigrant background. The son of Turkish “guest workers”, he has become the de facto expert on immigration and integration issues for his party.

Re-thinking Equalities: In Birmingham with Joy Warmington
2011-02-03

Joy Warmington, CEO, brap, explains how inclusive approaches to equalities benefit everyone, irrespective of their ‘race’ or socio-economic status.

Eva Millona: Media as a Tool for Change
2010-12-16

Eva Millona, Executive Director of Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) discusses her organization’s success in using the media as a tool for change.

Kim Clark: CBC Sports and Diversity with Joel Darling and Saphia Khambalia
2010-09-02

Joel Darling and Saphia Khambalia from CBC Sports to talk about the role that sports programming has on diversity.

Interview: Irene Guidikova at Intercultural Cities
2010-05-27

Irena Guidikova, the Head of Cultural Policy at the Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue Division of the Council of Europe, talks about intercultural integration and good practice in the Intercultural Cities network in Europe.

Omar Khan: On Financial Inclusion
2010-04-12

This month we talk to Omar Khan at the Runnymede Trust (London) about financial inclusion and how it can help build a just society.

Ulrich Kober: Education and Integration
2010-02-11

Each year the Carl Bertelsmann Prize honors innovative ideas and exemplary solutions to pressing social issues from Germany and internationally with the mandate of learning from the best examples in the world.

Focus on city partnerships: with Ricardo Gambetta
2009-12-16

An interview with Ricardo Gambetta, Manager, Immigrant Integration Programs at the US National League of Cities. The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest national organisation representing municipal government in the United States….

Focus On Youth: an interview with Natalia Chan
2009-11-10

Interview with Natalia Chan, Research Associate, Young Foundation: “Maslaha has been built on and inspired by conversations with young people right from the start.”