St. Louis Mosaic Project’s STL101 webinar focuses on immigration updates and local support resources
A midday session aimed at newcomers, longtime residents, and organizations
The St. Louis Mosaic Project is scheduled to host an STL101 session on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Zoom, framed as a discussion on “Supporting Our International Community” with a focus on immigration updates and local resources. STL101 is the Mosaic Project’s recurring public program designed to connect St. Louis newcomers, longtime residents, and internationally connected community members through guest speakers and practical information.
The Jan. 20 session is billed as a conversation about who is arriving in the St. Louis region, how newcomers are settling in, and what tools are available to help international residents build stable lives locally.
Who is organizing the program and what STL101 typically covers
The St. Louis Mosaic Project is a regional initiative professionally managed within the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership and the World Trade Center St. Louis. The organization was launched in 2012 and has described its mission as retaining and expanding the region’s global talent pool and supporting the integration of immigrants into the civic and economic life of the metro area.
STL101 sessions are held most second Tuesdays of the month and frequently feature speakers from local institutions involved in cultural exchange, workforce development, and immigrant support. Past sessions listed by the organization have included topics such as international mentoring for women, the Sister Cities program, and engagement initiatives tied to major local institutions.
Featured speakers and the stated agenda
For the Jan. 20 webinar, the Mosaic Project lists two featured leaders: the executive director of the St. Louis Mosaic Project and the president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis. The program description outlines two main themes for the session: demographic trends affecting St. Louis and ways to support connection and belonging for international residents.
- Demographic trends in the St. Louis region
- Ways to support connection and belonging
- Efforts to keep St. Louis a destination where foreign-born residents choose to stay
How the International Institute fits into the local support landscape
The International Institute of St. Louis is a longstanding local hub for immigrant services, offering programming that includes English-language instruction, employment-related services, orientation, and citizenship preparation. The Institute also operates interpretation and translation services and community engagement initiatives, including large public cultural programming such as the Festival of Nations.
Why “updates and resources” are a recurring focus
In recent years, immigration-focused nonprofits have emphasized the operational challenges of sustaining services that depend on reimbursements and public funding, alongside continuing demand for employment assistance, language access, and navigation of complex immigration processes. Within that context, community briefings that combine demographic trends with practical resource information have become a regular feature of regional immigrant-support programming.
Event details: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m., Zoom (registration required).
The Mosaic Project has positioned the session as an open, solutions-oriented forum intended to connect residents and organizations to information and to one another, while situating immigrant integration as part of the region’s broader economic and community development strategy.