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LUZCO Technologies contributed over $90,000 to local organizations and programs
LUZCO Technologies contributed over $90,000 to local nonprofits, youth programs, and mentoring organizations, and serves as an ambassador...
Aug 5, 2022


Business Journal Champions for Diversity & Inclusion honorees include Immigrants and its allies
A hospital president, the CEOs of several nonprofits, and executives from two globally recognized companies are among the 2022 class of...
Aug 1, 2022


St. Louis leaders pushing to double the number of Afghan refugees here
ST. LOUIS — Local leaders are looking to a small country in Eastern Europe to potentially double the number of Afghan refugees here. A...
Jul 25, 2022
St. Louis plans to bring hundreds of Afghan refugees from Albania
ST. LOUIS — Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, St. Louis has opened its arms to well over 600 Afghan refugees. Monday...
Jul 25, 2022


five 2022 watch winners join the World Trade Center association what it means to be a winner
World Trade Centers Association Ex. Director-Business Development Robin van Puyenbroeck is joined by the five winners of the 2022 WTCA...
Jul 25, 2022


Barlay Consulting seeks a balance helping St. Louis young immigrants adjust to US
Brian Barlay, a Sierra Leone immigrant moved to Jefferson City when he was just 15 years old, he brought along his dreams and hopes of...
Jul 25, 2022


International Institute of St. Louis Teams Up with T-Mobile to Ensure Afghan Refugees Have Access to
The International Institute of St. Louis distributed tablets and 5G smartphones enabled with unlimited talk, text, data, and unlimited...
Jul 19, 2022
New Nonprofit Helps Afghan Refugees Resettling in and around St. Louis
About a year after the U.S. ended its war in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans – individuals and families – have resettled and dispersed...
Jul 18, 2022


the Kitchen Offers Vietnamese, Thai and Chinese American Fare in Florissant
In Florissant, a longstanding family-owned eatery recently enjoyed a new lease on life, when The Kitchen debuted in November, filling...
Jul 11, 2022
For Cuban chess player, coming to St. Louis was the right move
St. Louis is widely known as a baseball town, but competitive chess players see it as their sport’s capital of America. The...
Jul 7, 2022


Forai Employs and Empowers Refugees and Immigrants Through Its St. Louis-Based Shop
When Jen Owens opened her door to two refugee families for Thanksgiving dinner in 2008, little did she realize where that open door would...
Jul 7, 2022
Risk pays off as Indian immigrant builds a drug manufacturer in St. Louis
Karthik Raghavan reached what he described as a “real crossroads.” In 2003, he had to choose whether to become a partner at Deloitte or...
Jul 6, 2022
How does immigration impact St. Louis' population? Here's what we found.
St. Louis has a large, and growing, immigrant population. Thousands of the people living in the broader St. Louis region were born in...
Jul 6, 2022


Choosing south St. Louis County as their base, Polish immigrants build trucking company from scratch
Zbigniew and Agnes Matukin didn’t plan to start a business when they immigrated from Poland to the United States. Agnes came first,...
Jul 6, 2022


Telling St. Louis' immigration story
Since early April, the Business Journal has explored the issue of St. Louis' struggle to attract and keep talent.: Our survey of readers,...
Jul 5, 2022
Inside the St. Louis' area's immigration strategy to boost population - St. Louis Business Journal
Among the dozens of job openings at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Clayton, General Manager Amanda Joiner needed an employee to handle...
Jul 5, 2022
St. Louis officials crafted a strategy to help increase population through foreign-born residents
ST. LOUIS — Among the dozens of job openings at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Clayton, General Manager Amanda Joiner needed an employee to...
Jul 5, 2022


International Institute St. Louis thanks the STL community support of refugees, immigrants
Watch the International Institute video here as they thank the community on their work to welcome refugees to St. Louis.
Jul 2, 2022
Bosnian immigrant shows how access to capital can change lives
Ajla Zigic admired the sacrifices her parents made in getting their family out of Bosnia when the war came in 1992. “They could easily...
Jul 1, 2022


African immigrant seeks to help the 'driven and entrepreneurial' acclimate to the St. Louis area
Brian Barlay was 4 years old when his parents immigrated from Sierra Leone to the United States, pursuing opportunity and landing in...
Jul 1, 2022


STL Para Ti, a new digital marketing campaign to attract more Latinos to the region
St. Louis significantly lags its peers in attracting American-born Hispanics and Latinos The article below appeared in the 6/30/22 St....
Jun 30, 2022


Mosaic Project Manager To Moderate A Panel on Collaboration Of African And American Education System
Join the St. Louis African Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 30th as they network with like-minded business professionals while...
Jun 29, 2022


St. Louis Mosaic Project Senior Manager to moderate panel about immigrant entrepreneurship
For centuries, waves of immigration have influenced and shaped the St. Louis region, giving rise to neighborhoods and businesses that...
Jun 29, 2022


Bilingual education helped this 2nd grade classroom thrive after pandemic setbacks
On a recent morning in teacher Geri Ross's classroom at Marion Elementary School, second graders sat at clusters of desks, singing songs...
Jun 28, 2022
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