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In this conversation, we'll here from Houston-area leaders who will share their strategies for welcoming newcomers to the region despite the Texas State government's hostility to immigrants and communities of color. We'll also explore how funders can support the work being done in Houston and beyond to welcome immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Join this webinar to learn about funding opportunities to protect the safety, security, and well-being of populations under assault, support rapid response and mutual aid interventions, bolster legal representation and litigation efforts, resource organizing, advocacy, and power-building funds and campaigns, and more.
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Building a Multi-Racial Democracy by Investing in Immigrant and Refugee Movements Before, During, and After Elections" here, including the session recording, transcript, and other materials shared.
This briefing will feature a panel of speakers representing nonprofit organizations working on the front lines to strengthen our democracy and advance immigrant rights in their communities.
These funding recommendations focus on how funders can support refugees along their resettlement and integration journey in the United States.
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
This presentation covers intersectional community-based projects on refugees, the evolving perspectives on refugee integration, and what funders can do.
Join us to learn about how public-private partnerships were formed and how they are structured. In this webinar, you will understand how these partnerships are leveraging expertise and resources to address urgent needs and lay the groundwork for long-term equitable recovery and rebuilding.
Over the past year-and-a-half, the systems and infrastructure that support and protect the most vulnerable immigrants have been gravely damaged. Please join the Southern California Grantmakers (SCG) to learn how these issues impact local communities in California, what leaders are doing to respond and opportunities for philanthropy to engage.
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.