Local businesses, institutions and schools offer an assortment of programs and services to assist in day-to-day interactions between foreign-born and native-born residents. Many may not be aware of the resources already in place, so OneMacomb put together the links listed below to help educate the community about the services and resources available.
For those wishing to add their programs to our list, please contact us with information about your program, service or other immigrant resource.
- ACCESS Growth Center
- Global Talent Retention Initiative of Michigan focuses on strengthening and diversifying Michigan's economy through the retention of top international talent.
- Prosper US Detroit empowers entrepreneurs and community partners to transform low-income neighborhood economies from within.
- Upwardly Global strives to eliminate employment barriers for skilled immigrants and refugees, and integrates this population into the professional US workforce.
- WE Global Network engages in activities that strengthen the work, maximize the impact, and sustain the efforts of local economic and community development initiatives across the region that welcome, retain, and empower immigrant communities as valued contributors to the region's shared prosperity.
- American Arab Chamber of Commerce
- Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce
- Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce
- Connect Macomb
- French Chamber of Commerce
- German American Chamber of Commerce
- Indo American Chamber of Commerce
- Irish American Chamber of Commerce
- Italian American Chamber of Commerce
- Lansing Black Chamber of Commerce
- Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce
- Macomb County Chamber
- Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce
- Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Michigan International Chamber of Commerce
- Anton Arts
- Starkweather Arts Center
- Chaldean Community Foundation
- Welcoming Michigan
- Welcoming America
- Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs
- CultureSource
- Macomb Community College
- Buddhist Meditation Center
- Carpathia Club
- German-American Cultural Center
- Polish Century Club
- Adam Mickiewicz Polish Language School
- Arab American National Museum
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Freedom Hill
- Westview Orchard
- Warren Community Center
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
- Crocker House Museum
- IONA (Warren)
- MI Science Center
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Robert T. Longway Planetarium
- Detroit Historical Museum
- Dossin Great Lakes Museum
- The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad
- Hitsville U.S.A Motown Museum
- Friends of the Loren Andrus Octagon House
- Stahls Automotive Museum
- Michigan Transit Museum
- Selfridge Military Air Museum
- Detroit Arsenal of Democracy Military Museum
- International Institute of Detroit
- Association of Chinese Americans
- Italian American Cultural Center
- Sikh Society of Michigan
- Catholic Charities of South East MI
- Disability Network of Oakland and Macomb (DNOM)
- Habitat for Humanity
- Macomb Community College MMII
- Macomb County Action
- Macomb County Family Resource Center
- Macomb County Food program
- Macomb County Health Department
- Macomb Literacy Partners
- MSHDA
- Samaritas
- Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC)
- Thompson Community Center
- United Way 211
- USCRR
- DHS - Family Automated Screening Tool (FAST)
Local resources
- GLSEN Southeast Michigan (youth leadership, professional development , GSA support, youth networking, summits, consultation, etc.)
- Affirmations (youth safe space, counseling services, support groups, etc.)
- Neutral Zone (safe space for youth, Gay-rilla theater, etc.)
- Ruth Ellis Center (safe space drop-in for youth, clothes/toiletries/meals available, etc.)
- Stand With Trans (trans-specific resources, parent support groups)
- LGBT Detroit (events, support groups, hotter than July)
- Detroit Represent (specifically for LGBT youth of color)
Local PFLAG chapters (youth and parent support)
Local pride
- Ferndale
- Macomb County Pride
- Motor City (Detroit)
- Lansing
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Initiative at Oakland University (annual conference, etc.)
- Planned Parenthood Michigan
- Jim Toy Community Center (support groups, community center in Ann Arbor)
- Common Ground Sanctuary (24-hour crisis line, mental health first aid training, youth sanctuary, etc.)
Statewide resources
- Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (BAMM GSAs project, other youth opportunities)
- Michigan State Board of Education Guidelines for LGBTQ Youth
- Sexual Health Initiative for Transformation, Michigan Department of Education
- ACLU Michigan (LGBT Rights)
- Equality Michigan (victim services, political/legal advocacy)
- Transgender Michigan (24/7 hotline, events, etc.)
- Gender-Identity Network Alliance (Trans Day of Remembrance events, etc.)
- GLSEN SEMI Working List of Local College/University LGBTQ+ Centers and Resources
National resources
- GLSEN (research, days of action, educator resources)
- Trevor Project (LGBTQ suicide hotline, support groups, etc.)
- Human Rights Campaign (surveys, political/legal work)
- GSA Network (K-12 support, GSA development)
- PFLAG (youth and parent support)
- It Gets Better
- Family Acceptance Project
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project
- Trans Student Educational Resources