Our Mission
We bring passionate people together to help immigrants and their families succeed in the community.
Our Vision
We focus on creating one community in which all immigrants are active, contributing members and where we apply our knowledge and experience to inform immigration policy at all levels.
Our Promise
We deliver compassionate service to make all immigrants feel welcome and to enrich the entire community.
Our Mission
We bring passionate people together to help immigrants and their families succeed in the community.
Our Vision
We focus on creating one community in which all immigrants are active, contributing members and where we apply our knowledge and experience to inform immigration policy at all levels.
Our Promise
We deliver compassionate service to make all immigrants feel welcome and to enrich the entire community.
B1C helps immigrants become self-sufficient contributors to the community.
As an organization solely dedicated to this underserved population, our mission of bringing passionate people together to help immigrants and their families to succeed in the community resonates among clients, donors and volunteers. We engage the community in our work and in ongoing dialogue about the benefits and challenges immigrants bring to our community.
In 7 years,
we have served over 8,850 immigrants
from 96 different countries.
We are a hub, where volunteers and community partner organizations offer their experience and expertise to local immigrants in a safe, welcoming place, where people learn from each other, and unmet needs are satisfied.
Through Building One Community, immigrants acquire the tools they need to be self-sufficient and successful, strengthening their families and the entire Stamford community in the process.
At B1C we provide free services that educate, employ, empower and engage immigrants and the broader community.
Our programs include:
- ESL Programs
- Family and Individual Support Services
- Parent Organizing Program POWER
- Immigration Legal Services
- Workforce Development Program
OUR PROGRAMS
Learn English
A common language is essential to being part of a community.
Individual and Family Services
Finding sources of support is crucial for immigrants settling into new lives.
School Services
Parent involvement in the school community helps children succeed.
Adult Literacy
Making sense of many different kinds of communications is a valuable skill.
Learn Skills & Get Hired
Focused, specialized training helps immigrants become employable more quickly.
Immigration Legal Services
Information and support to help immigrants navigate the complicated legal immigration system.
DON'T MISS
Adilah came to the United States from Northern Africa
with her 10-year-old daughter. As a single mother,
she knew that building a life here would be challenging,
but she also knew that she could not build a life in her
home country. So she took English as a Second Language
classes and enrolled in our Home Health Aide training program...
Annual Appeal
Read her story
Photos from the event are available on our Facebook
page. If you are interested in sharing the handout
with someone not able to attend, you can find it here.
We were thrilled that so many community members
were able to leave our panel with more knowledge
on community advocacy and how to support the
immigrant community.
Immigrant Rights Handout
We reached our goal!
Thank you to all our community members
who donated to our campaign through #TheImpactVine!
We've reached our goal in support of our
#FamilyServicesProgram and will be sending
100 immigrant family members to the
Hey Stamford Food Festival!
Find out more
Your support changed the lives of many in our community this past year!
We proudly share our 2017 Annual Report with you!
These accomplishments were made possible
by our volunteers, donors, staff and clients.
Read the report
"Why Welcoming Immigrants is
Smart Policy"
Slides from Rich André's keynote address
at our Benefit Breakfast.
See the slides
Each certified Party Helper has graduated from Building One Community’s Culinary and Catering Program.
Party Helpers are hard-working, friendly and punctual – everything you need to ensure a successful event!
at your own party!
Leave the preparation and cleanup to trained Party Helpers.
Be a guest
Party Helpers will:
• Set up your party space
• Welcome guests and take coats
• Bartend and serve beverages
• Prep, set and pass appetizers
• Clear and wash plates and glassware
• Help with clean up
Find out more
Ratatouille and Company
Visit Us
Our address
75 Selleck Street, Stamford, CT 06902
Phone
(203) 674-8585
We are open
Monday - Saturday from 7:30am to 8pm;
Sunday from 8am to 6pm
Ximena
Colombia
I like B1C because it’s a place of support, where they teach immigrants, like myself, how to navigate the Anglo Saxon community.
Mario
Guatemala
B1C is a place of opportunity for people to get a job and learn English. You get help and guidance on what you need.
Patricia
Guatemala
B1C is like a big family. They help us in our needs. I appreciate very much the support that they have given me. I have progressed on my English skills.
Dolman
Guatemala
My experience - they were very lovely, it's a good service, excellent people, they wait on you very well. They always treated me so well.
Amal
Morocco
B1C set my children and I on the right way, illuminating it with aid and guidance, giving me the tools needed to persist and setting us on a path towards success.
Building One Community is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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