Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

To build upon the momentum of learning and sharing at GCIR’s convening in May, Investing in Newcomers and Our Shared Future in the Pacific Northwest, this webinar -- designed specifically for Northwest funders -- highlights the work of three foundations representing different approaches to grantmaking in immigrant and refugee communities. While they may define and tackle from varying angles the pressing needs of newcomers in the Northwest, their efforts work collectively to improve the lives of residents throughout the region.

Join us and learn how funding colleagues address issues facing immigrant and refugee communities. How does immigrant and refugee funding fit with a foundation’s overall grantmaking strategy? How does this investment advance strategic goals? How do the ongoing and impending cuts at the federal, state, and local levels affect immigrant communities and funding strategies?

Speakers:

• Sharon Gary Smith, Executive Director, McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, Oregon
• Michael Brown, Vice President, Community Leadership, The Seattle Foundation, Washington
• Ruby Lee, Program Director, Northwest Area Foundation, Minnesota

Moderator:

• Daranee Petsod, Executive Director, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

For more information about this program, please contact GCIR's Program Director, Diana Ip.

Registration:
Don’t miss this opportunity for peer learning! To RSVP, please visit the event registration page.

Northwest Area Foundation and The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation invite you to an informal reception with Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP ) and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant and Refugees (GCIR).

Don't miss this unique opportunity to catalyze your relationships through GCIR and NAP networks and identify opportunities for building vibrant communities across the Northwest! Wine and light hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

For more information about this event, please contact Kaying Hang at GCIR or Carly Hare at NAP.

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Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with your colleagues in the Pacific Northwest! To register for the Philanthropy Northwest conference, please visit the conference registration site.

Led by Neighborhood Funders Group’s Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships with co-sponsorship from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.

Just sixty miles east of Los Angeles, a huge workforce of some 90,000, comprised mainly of immigrants and people of color, unload, sort, and send out the goods we purchase in big box stores across the U.S., playing a vital role in our national economy. The residents of San Bernardino and Riverside experience wage theft, immigration raids, discrimination, health and environmental hazards at work and at home, as well as a hostile political climate. Despite these challenges, diverse and committed local leaders across the Inland Empire, with the support of public officials, are making positive changes to improve their communities.

Join the Neighborhood Funders Group’s Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships and GCIR as we explore the connection of our issues and grantmaking to improve the working, living, and community conditions in two counties that are a microcosm of the issues that the U.S. is struggling with today – demographic change, high unemployment, low wage workers, foreclosure, and immigrant integration.

Where:

The funders’ tour will begin near Ontario, CA with a working dinner. The next morning funders will hear from an opening panel and take a bus tour of key sites; meeting with activists and leaders along the way in the afternoon. Finally, the tour will spend the late afternoon in a funders-only space debriefing and reflecting, and close before dinner.

To view the promotional flyer and additional event details, please visit NFG’s event page.

Registration:

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about issues facing vulnerable communities in the Inland Empire!  To reserve your spot, please contact NFG Consultant, Dania Rajendra, at (718) 730-4672.

Co-Sponsored by GCIR, Northern California Grantmakers, The California Endowment, Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Rosenberg Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

As Arizona’s Attorney General from 2002 to 2011 and former mayor of Phoenix, Terry Goddard has unique insights on the immigration debate and how it is being used as a wedge issue across the country to dismantle wide-ranging issues important to philanthropy from health and education to economic mobility and civic participation.

Join your funding colleagues for a conversation with Mr. Goddard as he speaks from his experience as Arizona’s Attorney General during an increasingly hostile environment for immigrants. Hear his insightful analysis on the state of the immigration debate and how it may play out in California and nationally. And discuss his recommendations for what the field and philanthropy can do to advance immigration reform and promote immigrant integration in today’s tough policy and economic climate.

Cathy Cha, senior program officer at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, will set the context for this lively discussion, and Daranee Petsod, executive director of GCIR will moderate the program.

For any questions regarding this program, please contact Rebecca Dames.

Register Here!

Mark your calendars now and join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and the Northwest Area Foundation for a dynamic conversation about immigrants and refugee-related grantmaking.

This one-day convening will provide funders with an opportunity to:

• Reflect on the historical context of migration in the Pacific Northwest and more recent demographic trends, including the latest census data, from Michael Fix, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies and Co-Director of the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC, and Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon.
• Gain insights on the latest policy developments at the local, state, and national level, their impact on immigrant integration, and their implications for grantmaking from Pramila Jayapal, Executive Director of OneAmerica, Marielena Hincapié, Executive Director of the National Immigration Law Center, and Darren Sandow, Executive Director of The Hagedorn Foundation.
• Network with regional and national colleagues and share strategies and best practices to advance immigrant and refugee-related grantmaking, particularly in today's challenging economic, social, and political environment.
• Delve more deeply into specific grantmaking areas, including: economic development and asset-building; health; education, children, and youth; and leadership development. These small group discussions will be led by funding colleagues from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Northwest Health Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, and The Oregon Community Foundation.
• Engage in an interactive dialogue about connecting individual stories of migration and national origin to larger issues of community needs and strengths in the Pacific Northwest.

Arrive early and join us for a networking reception, May 10, 5:00-7:00pm.

Due to generous support from the Northwest Area Foundation, there is no registration fee for this event. 

Co-Sponsors

This one-day convening and reception for funders will be held in partnership with:

• Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington
• Marguerite Casey Foundation
• McKenzie River Gathering Foundation
• Northwest Health Foundation
• Philanthropy Northwest
• Social Justice Fund Northwest
• The Oregon Community Foundation
• The Paul G. Allen Foundation 
• The Seattle Foundation
• United Latino Fund of Oregon
• Western States Center

To receive more information about this free event, please email Felecia Bartow with "Portland Convening" in the subject line.

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Join the Women’s Foundation of California, colleagues in philanthropy, individual donors and grassroots advocates for this interactive exploration of California’s beautiful Central Valley.

The Sowing Change tour provides a unique opportunity to meet the region’s most influential community-based leaders who are developing innovative solutions and leading cutting-edge work on such interconnected issues as:

• Women’s leadership in community and policy settings
• Immigrant rights and civic participation
• Movement of goods, transportation and land use
• Sustainable agriculture
• Healthy lifestyles and healthy communities
• A green economy appropriate for rural communities
• Reproductive health and environmental toxins
• Safe and clean air and water
• Prison reform

For registration, program highlights, and agenda, visit www.womensfoundca.org.

Please join the Advancement Project for an in-depth training on their web-based mapping system that directly supports your outreach and planning to reach Census 2010 "Hard to Count" populations. This webinar will provide step-by-step guidance in putting this resource to use in your community. Webinar Co-sponsored by the Advancement Project, Healthy City, the California Complete Count Committee, and GCIR.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/987771571

Please join the Advancement Project for an in-depth training on their web-based mapping system that directly supports your outreach and planning to reach Census 2010 "Hard to Count" populations. This webinar will provide step-by-step guidance in putting this resource to use in your community. Webinar Co-sponsored by the Advancement Project, Healthy City, the California Complete Count Committee, and GCIR.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/883878538

California, home to nearly one in four of the nation’s immigrants, has a lot at stake in the federal debates on critical policy issues from immigration and health care reform to education and workforce investment. With immigration reform legislation expected to be introduced in the next two months,  this briefing will focus on how any proposed legalization program might be structured and the potential impact of such program on integration services for immigrants, from ESL classes to health care. The briefing will also provide an update on the immigrant provisions of health care reform legislation and the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act and No Child Left Behind.  Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss the funding implications.
 
Lunch will be provided.
 

To Register:
 
Please email GCIR's Membership and Administration Associate Amanda Graves.

Organized by the California Immigrant Integration Initiative of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.

The data gathered from the 2010 Census will provide a comprehensive and critical snapshot of San Diego communities. It will be used to distribute nearly $41.9 billion in federal funding to California each year over the next decade. For each person not counted, $11,500 in federal funding is lost to our region over the next 10 years. Additionally, government agencies, the private sector and nonprofit groups will assess trends and develop programs based on the new Census numbers and the results will also inform redistricting decisions.

San Diego is one of top 50 most "hard to count" counties in the nation. Challenges to a fair and accurate count include:

• Growth in populations that are traditionally undercounted: ethnic groups, immigrants, homeless, and families that double-up on housing, among others
• Post-9/11 and "Internet age" concerns about data confidentiality
• Displacement related to economic downturn.

Funders can play a role in ensuring a fair and accurate count in 2010. Recognizing the need for coordination and leveraged resources, a group of funders has developed a statewide census outreach strategy. Join fellow grantmakers in a discussion about what this strategy and the 2010 census means for San Diego communities and learn about current and past successful outreach, education, and advocacy efforts and how those strategies may be applied in 2010.

Speakers:

Rebecca Dames, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Gigi Barsoum, The California Endowment
John Fanestil, Foundation for Change
Sylvia Martinez, San Diego Census Office, United States Census Bureau

For more information on funders and the census, please click here.