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A few months ago, we attended the Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference in Washington DC. Under the theme, Equity in Education: Empowering Community Voice, the conference ... opportunities for funders working at the intersection of immigration status, language, culture, and education for ...
February 26, 2018
Commentary
Political Education Working Group Members: Caleb Beaudoin, Stephanie ... different areas of the organization, GCIR’s political education working group began by developing a learning agenda ... is deeply rooted in our societal structures, including our immigration system, and how this has an insidious impact that ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... economic crisis, and record climate disasters. On the immigration front, he will face the task of undoing four years of polarizing rhetoric and draconian immigration policies, including more than 500 administrative ... and resettle refugees, and more. Also expand resources for education, workforce development, health care, legal ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... race, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, immigration status, and national origin. The recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ... OH Nicholas Donohue, President & CEO Nellie Mae Education Foundation Quincy, MA Michele Lord, President NEO ...
February 6, 2017
Statement
... We frequently dive into this topic within our Political Education Workgroup , where we read and discuss various ... wages and safe working conditions, regardless of age or immigration status. Adults and children should not be used as ... while building long-term power to secure comprehensive immigration reform at the national level. There is no ...
August 8, 2024
Blog Post
June 18, 2020
News Article
... and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will strike many, ... and inevitable. How else is the nation to enforce its immigration laws? But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mass detention ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... at curtailing both authorized and unauthorized immigration; weakening protections for asylum seekers, ... Californians live in families whose members have different immigration statuses. Escalating anti-immigrant vitriol and ... grants to support legal services and Know Your Rights education, received the largest share of funding (49 percent ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... left out. Here are some food resources that do not take immigration status into account. “Grab and Go” School Meals All children, regardless of age or immigration status, can receive “grab and go” meals ... (CDSS) is working with the California Department of Education (CDE) to establish Pandemic EBT in our state. We ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... or who have a family member in detention due to immigration challenges -At-risk individuals or families with ... DED, TPS, or are in deportation proceedings or other immigration status limbo. - Workers in the cash economy or ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... for families and businesses. It also can limit access to immigration-benefit programs such as DACA or citizenship ... across the country are working to provide financial education and services, as well as immigration-related outreach and legal services, to help ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary
... assistance. They face major barriers to accessing the education and training they will need to adapt to the ... essential and most vulnerable members, regardless of their immigration status. Our federal, state, and local leaders ... the city will be accessible to all residents regardless of immigration status. The philanthropic sector is also playing ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... primary and preventive health care to people regardless of immigration status or ability to pay, over fiscal years 2020 ... of 2020, is available for all workers, also regardless of immigration status. The FFCRA also has expanded the Family ... people who would otherwise qualify for Medicaid under the immigration eligibility criteria. Both the FFCRA and CARES ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... up to support our undocumented friends and neighbors whose immigration status puts them in danger of hunger, ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... and their family during this crisis, regardless of immigration status,” added Tegan Acton, President of ... of California owes in large measure to the steady flow of immigration into our state,” said Dr. Thomas Peters, ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. GCIR ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... (She requested KQED not use her real name because of her immigration status and to call her Patricia instead.) The $2 ... insurance are available to workers regardless of their immigration status. But those benefits don’t help the vast ... and results in massive layoffs, workers who lack legal immigration status are particularly vulnerable, said Derek ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... racism are long overdue, and they must expand to include immigration because the two issues are inextricably linked. ... sector must also wrestle with hundreds of years of racist immigration policies — from the 1790 law that allowed only ... over decades to develop an expansive playbook for reducing immigration by people of color. These hate groups often frame ...
September 23, 2020
Statement
Over 70 foundations have signed a joint statement on immigration in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim countries. The statement, ... diversity and equality noting that ‘the recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
Earlier this month, the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund shared its ... —to our partners, to immigrant workers, to workforce and education service providers, to advocates, and to other ... evolve, every facet of society, from public health to education access to the local economy, has been vastly ...
April 30, 2020
Response Fund
... We also invite funders to join us in our own political education about forced displacement, as we seek to understand ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message