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OneMorgan County
Mission
 OneMorgan County is an immigrant and refugee integration initiative. Integration is a two-way process of helping established and newly arrived residents work together for a stronger community where everyone feels they belong. The program helps immigrants and refugees to become productive and engaged members of the community through presentations, workshops, trainings and resource referral. Simultaneously, the program helps members of the receiving community better understand their new neighbors by offering community presentations, meetings, cultural festivals, and other resources.
Philosophy & Approach
OneMorgan County recognizes the value of building a sense of acceptance and belonging among people based on trust, shared values, and common experiences. This in turn helps bridge social, cultural and linguistic differences within our community. Our two-way approach helps immigrants adapt and learn about their rights, opportunities and responsibilities as community residents while also sensitizing established residents to the diversity of cultures in our community and how that strengthens us. To these ends, OneMorgan County is a partnership of long-time residents, immigrants, community leaders and representatives from education, business, faith-based organizations, health care, law enforcement, local government, and nonprofit agencies working together to promote and provide a positive integration experience, both for immigrants and for our community.
Community Partners
Over the last several years, OneMorgan County has formed valuable partnerships with organizations and agencies both local and statewide that have significantly strengthened the program and its outreach. These partnerships include:
- Lutheran Family Services of Colorado
- Rural Frontier Women’s Health Coordinating Center
- Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services (CBOCES)
- Morgan Community College
- Fort Morgan Public Library
- Northeast Colorado Health Department
- Morgan County School District Re-3
- Morgan County Family Center
- Fort Morgan Police Department
 Coordinator
For more information about OneMorgan County, to learn more about our events or to volunteer, please contact Brenda Zion, OneMorgan County Coordinator, at (970) 542-3280 or by e-mail at brenda.zion@morgancc.edu.
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