The Welcome Project PA/El Proyecto de Bienvenida PA

11/11/2025

The Welcome Project stands with our friends from the Rainbow Room and invites you to participate in a Trans Day of Remembrance & Resilience Vigil on November 19th!

🗓️November 19th, 2025
⏰6:30-7:30pm
📍On the lawn of the old Bucks County Courthouse at 55 East Court St. Doylestown 18901.

Let us together celebrate the joy, resilience, and rich diversity of trans communities. Widen the Welcome. For ALL!

❤️‍🔥Together, we will continue widening the welcome and working towards the day when everyone can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.

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11/05/2025

The Welcome Project stands with our immigrant siblings and applauds the voices of the people heard in Bucks County.

The incumbent sheriff had defended his decision to assist ICE, insisting it would make residents safer and even potentially bring new funding and police equipment to the county.

10/30/2025

October marks LGBTQ+ History Month, celebrating the achievements of le***an, gay, bisexual, or transgender Icons. October also includes National Coming Out Day on October 11, a day established in 1988 to celebrate the courage and resiliency of LGBTQ+ individuals, and to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the National March on Washington for Le***an and Gay Rights in 1987.
The Welcome Project PA celebrates with all our LGBTQ+ siblings, across the wide and diverse spectrum of identity, and the partnerships and movements of LGBTQ+ communities and Allies that continue to spread love, solidarity, and affirmation.

Friends, as we close out LGBTQ +History Month, The Welcome Project PA + Love in Action UCC reflect on the state of welcome and advocacy as we continue to work with and uplift LGBTQ+ voices and communities.

We remember journalist, author, and media personality Liz Plank’s visit to our site in 2018 to film an episode of Divided States of Women, featuring Radiance Petro, Rev. Josh Blakesley, and the work and witness of Love In Action UCC. This episode is a reminder of how stories can shift perspectives and curate more belonging.

This month [and every month] let’s show up for each other. Let’s encourage each other as a community, curating more belonging for all. This is our call to action! Let’s continue Widening the Welcome!

If you want to be part of this great cause please contact us via email or donate. More than ever we need your support.
For more info ℹ️ visit: https://welcomeprojectpa.org, click the link in our bio or email us at: info@welcomeprojectpa.org

-“You are a part of me I do not yet know” VK

👀Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Mp0a8_sv8bw?si=lBMocU3NPg-UCQMc

Video 📹: Divided States of Women WITH LIZ PLANK
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10/24/2025

➡️Learning Opportunity: The Power of Words: Creating Impactful Healing

➡️Hosted by The Welcome Project PA, Love In Action UCC

🗓️⏰November 15th, 2025: 2 pm – 4 pm

📍Location: 350 S. York Rd. Hatboro, PA 19040

➡️For: Religious leaders, educators, small group leaders, lay leaders, clergy

➡️Facilitators: Rev. Josh Blakesley & Rev. David Piltz

➡️Cost: $10 suggested donation, pay-as-you-can.
Proceeds will go towards mental health and/or legal services for those in need.

➡️Join us for this interactive workshop as we explore the power of words in religious and spiritual practice and how these words shape one’s experiences.

➡️We will consider the challenge of sacred text interpretation and explore ways to communicate a message that not only does no harm but encourages resiliency and healing.

➡️CEU’s available upon request. Questions? info@welcomeprojectpa.org

➡️Registration: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E357288&id=80
➡️https://welcomeprojectpa.org
➡️or click the link in our bio

“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.” - MW

10/21/2025

The Welcome Project PA continues to gear up for the reopening of our LGBT+ and Allies Library!

⏰🗓️On Saturday, November 1st, 2-4pm, we invite the community to stop by and pick up some books! Whether for yourself, a family member, or a friend. Books are free to pick up!!

🥰Core Friendsgiving elements of the event:
💝Friendship
💝Stress-Free

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” —AN

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10/15/2025

🎉Wishing everyone a happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! We celebrate the rich culture, contributions, and vibrant history of the Hispanic community in the United States.

As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to its last day of celebration, The Welcome Project PA stands with you and offers  FREE LEGAL CLINICS.
Our free Legal Clinics are:
✅Held twice per month.
✅An opportunity to meet one on one with an immigration attorney at no cost at our Hatboro office.
✅Pro bono legal immigration (consultations from immigration attorneys).
📲Contact us today to schedule your
appointment at 267-910-9030 or email us at
📧heidi@welcomeprojectpa.org
❤️‍🔥Together, we will continue widening the welcome and working towards the day when everyone can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.

“La diversidad nos enriquece, y la herencia hispana es un tesoro cultural.” ❤️‍🔥

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10/13/2025

EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL CARE – LGBTQIA+ MARCH ON HARRISBURG
📅 Sunday, October 26th
1:00 PM – March around the Pennsylvania State Capitol
2:00 PM – Rally on the Capitol steps
Please RSVP at the link below!
https://forms.gle/QC1ysyis8ySGt9nA7
Together, we will continue widening the welcome and working towards the day when everyone can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.

10/06/2025

Thank you Foundations Community Partnership for widening the Welcome with us!

to award a Bucks Innovation and Improvement to The Welcome Project PA/El Proyecto de Bienvenida PA to expand behavioral health services, direct therapy, and group support, in . The Welcome Project PA strives to be a diverse, safe place for marginalized and vulnerable populations and seeks to bring about positive social change to improve the quality of life for these individuals and families in Greater Philadelphia.

09/30/2025

We are so pleased to welcome Ariel Virk to the Welcome Project PA’s Board of Directors.

Ariel Virk is a licensed psychotherapist, co‑owner of Welsh Therapy, and resident of Doylestown Borough. She holds a Masters in Counseling from Arcadia University and specializes in working with children, adolescents, and survivors of clinical trauma. Ariel’s clinical passion lies in supporting marginalized identities, particularly immigrant communities and helping families navigate multicultural issues and strengthening parent‑child attachment.

As a co‑owner of Welsh Therapy, Ariel has been deeply committed to building a diverse practice with culturally competent, gender‑affirming services. She is dedicated to creating safe, inclusive environments for all clients, particularly for those whose voices are often underrepresented or silenced.

Beyond her clinical work, Ariel is active in social justice and immigrant rights movements, lending her voice publicly and serving on boards to advance equitable access to mental health care. She previously served on the board of Immigrant Rights Action, and currently serves on the board of Northern Children’s Services in Philadelphia. When she’s not counseling or advocating, Ariel is often seen walking her dog through the borough, spending time with her husband, playing video games, or enjoying time with friends.

We are so excited for her expertise, knowledge and the dedication Ariel brings as we continue advancing our mission of uplifting community members, building resiliency and agency, and working towards a more welcoming world for all.

Together, we will continue widening the welcome and working towards the day when everyone can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.

Thank you for helping us Widen the Welcome!