Cincinnati’s Table
Cincinnati’s Table is a series of dinners held at neighborhood community centers around the city. The series aims to bridge relationships within neighborhoods including but not limited to helping immigrants connect with each other and their neighbors through shared meals. Each of these meals revolves around a theme, which are introduced by a local artist through an interactive artwork or installation and are strengthened by food cooked by an immigrant or refugee in order to best start conversations across many groups and bridge divides within our city.
In 2018 The Welcome Project was chosen as the partner organization for a pilot project developed as part of United Way’s ‘The Shift’ program, entitled ‘Cincinnati’s Table’. With this grant The Welcome Project will held one meal per month for a year. These dinners were held in neighborhoods where we have immigrant and refugees living, inviting the local neighborhood to be part of the meal, allowing everyone a chance to get to know each other, building friendships, and highlighting the neighborhood.
The program has been running for many years and we’re excited to continue it.
In 2023 the program is funded in part as part of our Welcome (M)Art program through an Arts Projects Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
From April through December we are doing monthly Cincinnati’s Table programs as part of a Fund to Foster Belonging project funded by Welcoming America. Please read more about that project and upcoming dates here.
Visit our calendar listing for registration information.
The Welcome Project is a social enterprise that empowers marginalized and at risk refugees and immigrants in Cincinnati by providing jobs, education, and community. The Welcome Project is a project of Wave Pool.