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30 Nov 2023

Building Rural Worker Power: Funder Briefing

Thursday, November 30, 2023 -
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
PST
Virtual Event

Join GCIR and our partners at Neighborhood Funders Group to hear directly from leaders at Food Chain Workers Alliance and Demo Lab South about current efforts to build rural worker power in the agricultural sector, from farm and dairy workers in the Northeast to poultry workers in Georgia.

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18 Oct 2022

Building Immigrant & Worker Power in Rural America

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 -
10:00 am to 11:00 am
PDT
Virtual Event
Zoom Webinar

Over the last two decades, waves of immigrants have made rural communities their homes. According to the Pew Research Center, from 2000 to 2018 immigrants accounted for 37 percent of overall rural population growth. Driven by demand for labor in the argricultural, meat packing, and dairy processing industries, this growth has led to an economic revival of parts of rural America where communities were once on the decline.

11 Jun 2019

Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative Workforce Approaches

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -
9:30 am to 10:30 am
PDT
Webinar
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This webinar will consider models of improving immigrant access to, and experience of the U.S. labor market, advocacy strategies for expanding workforce protections, and how philanthropy can apply these lessons.

16 Mar 2017

Monthly Immigration Policy Calls: What Does the Future Hold for Immigrant Workers and their Families?

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
PDT
Webinar
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This one-hour call will examine the impact of the administration’s policies on low-wage immigrant workers and the role of employers, labor unions, and community-based groups, such as worker centers, in helping to protect their basic rights.

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