Items tagged: Champaign County immigrants

Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus Visits Champaign

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, representatives from the City of Champaign’s Equity and Engagement Department, Janel Gomez and April Rosché, accompanied Karen Muchin of the Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus (MMC) on site visits to subrecipients of the Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seekers Services (SMASS) III grant. These visits aimed to observe the impact of the grant, […]


City Staff Attends Welcoming Plan Release

On September 15, 2021, City staff attended the release of the YMCA New American Welcoming Center’s Welcoming Plan for Immigrants in Champaign County. ECHO’s Compliance Manager Rachel Joy, co-chair  of the Welcoming Plan Steering Committee, is pictured participating in a panel discussion. City staff, Mary Catherine Roberson (ECHO), Tracy Parsons (ECHO) and Bruce Knight (Planning […]