Press Release
January 16, 2019
The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected three new members to its board of directors, as well as re-electing several board members.
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News Article
January 15, 2019
A federal judge in New York has ruled against the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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NPR
Philanthropic News
January 11, 2019
The nation’s leading philanthropies are banding together to ensure a fair and accurate 2020 Census.
Press Release
January 8, 2019
The Board of Directors of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund today announced that Cathy Cha has officially stepped into her new role as President of the Fund.
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Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Statement
December 10, 2018
More than 60 philanthropic institutions submitted comments in response to the Trump administration's proposed changes to the "public charge" rule.
Statement
December 6, 2018
A statement by multiple Chicago-based foundations denouncing the Trump administration's proposed changes to the "public charge" rule.
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Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance
Conant Family Foundation
Healthy Communities Foundation
Michael Reese Health Trust
The Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
The Field Foundation
The Wieboldt Foundation
United Way of Metro Chicago
VNA Foundation
Woods Fund Chicago
Blog Post
November 5, 2018
Philanthropists can help address over-incarceration in America and the serious harm it does to communities supporting efforts to better understand and confront “the prison-industrial complex.”
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Arabella Advisors
Commentary
October 11, 2018
The Trump administration’s goal has been clear: It wants as few people as possible coming to the United States without papers. And if they do come, it wants to deport them as quickly as possible. That goal might finally be within their grasp.
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Vox
Statement
October 10, 2018
The proposed “public charge” overhaul, issued today by the Trump administration on October 10, would radically change immigration policy to favor the wealthy and privileged and turn away those with limited means but big dreams for the future.
Statement
October 10, 2018
Today, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) sent a letter signed by 90 bipartisan mayors from 29 states and the District of Columbia to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen calling on her to drop the proposed expansion of the “public charge” rule
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The United States Conference of Mayors
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