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The Boston Foundation issued a statement expressing their opposition to the proposed changes to the "public charge" rule.
![The Boston Foundation Criticizes Proposed Rule Change on Immigrants and “Public Charge”](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/The%20Boston%20Foundation%20Logo_0.png?itok=Z9NlX8mm)
September 2018
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Source: The Boston Foundation
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More than 200 philanthropic institutions from across the country have signed onto this joint GCIR statement in support of children and families seeking refuge in the United States.
![Philanthropy Responds to Inhumane Family Separation and Detention Policies](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/girl-hugging-father-Flickr-ybs-CC-2896px.jpg?itok=bRnOzH6w)
June 2018
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A group of leading California foundations issued this call to action on immigration to philanthropy.
![California Foundations and Philanthropy Call to Action on Immigration](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/farmworkers-in-field-Russ-Allison-Loar-CC-license-2048px.jpg?itok=_hw_MIQk)
January 2018
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More than 40 leading California foundations signed this statement in support of DACA following the program's cancellation.
![](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/NC-dream-team-Flickr-Justin-Valas-CC-license-1024px.jpg?itok=MOAR1_3f)
September 2017
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GCIR's statement on the cancellation of DACA and a call to philanthropy to respond.
![](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/our-dream-cant-wait-banner-Flickr-Antonio-Villaraigosa-CC-license-650px.jpg?itok=24DBwPrw)
September 2017
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Twenty-six members of GCIR's Delivering on the Dream collaborative have signed onto this statement in support of DACA.
![](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/defend-daca-la-9-5-17-flickr-Molly-Adams-2048px.jpg?itok=zL9YQlP_)
September 2017
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GCIR's statement on the events in Charlottesville and the rise of white nationalist and supremacist groups nationally.
![](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/Downtown-Charlottesville-Flickr-Bob-Mical-CC-license-4000px.jpg?itok=vvYEhUV_)
August 2017
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More than 200 philanthropic institutions signed in support of this statement on immigration, representing local, state, regional, and national foundations from across the country.
![](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/Statue-of-Liberty-Flickr-user-russellbernice-CC-license-v2.jpg?itok=H-DhbGMf)
February 2017
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GCIR's statement on the 2016 election outcome and the deep divisions it exposed in our society.
![Post 2016 Election Statement GCIR](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/news/US-Capitol-Flicker-user-tara_siak-CC-license-640px.jpg?itok=2HNcLCS6)
November 2016
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