Madison Welcome Corps
We are a non-profit created to help refugees resettle in Madison, Wisconsin
110 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced from their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and events seriously disturbing public order.
UNHCR.org, JUNE 2023
“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
EMMA LAZARUS, “the new colossus”
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”“
PLAQUE ON THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
For more information on the Welcome Corps program or to become a sponsor yourself, visit https://welcomecorps.org/