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... undocumented immigrants, DACA recipients, holders of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), temporary workers and farmworkers, refugees and asylum seekers. The Impact of Natural Disasters on Immigrants and Refugees in the United ...
November, 2017
Funding Recommendations
... average lifespan of Black and Latinx people in the U.S. by two years. Structural racism compounded by the pandemic proved deadly. In response, foundations, state and local governments, and community nonprofits worked ... with the most marginalized, and to continue to direct resources to immigrant infrastructure. The final ...
October, 2021
Report
... billion people will be at risk of exposure to intense heat by the end of the century. Here in the U.S., the Census ... However, there is still time to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. Climate justice leaders and ... are working tirelessly to develop the social and economic infrastructure needed to help protect the ...
August 22, 2023
Webinar
July, 2017
Funding Recommendations
... Grantmakers Philanthropy Southwest Southeastern Council of Foundations Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and ... Foundation Kate Vickery , Executive Director, Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative Aryah Somers ... limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.) Resources Funds Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund , Greater ...
September 18, 2017
Webinar
... here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting. Materials: Investing in Climate Resilience ...
August, 2023
Program Materials
... killed over 2,200 Haitians and left 650,000 more in need of humanitarian assistance, the Biden administration is ... to apply for asylum, a right to which they are entitled by law. The United States has a long history of racist ... UndocuBlack Network, and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration . Resource organizations that support and ...
October 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
Find all program-related materials for GCIR and HIP's webinar, "Regional Border Response to Emerging Migration and Humanitarian Needs Day II" here, including recording.
April, 2021
Program Materials
... rapid response funds, deepened their understanding of complex immigrant and refugee systems, engaged with public ... $5 million and leveraged nearly $3 million in state and county funding to provide mental health services, ... to children in need. This brief provides an overview of the philanthropic response and documents best practices ...
May, 2017
Report
Program Materials
... "Intersectional Justice: Migrants on the Front Lines of Climate Change" here, including recording and powerpoint ... Philanthropy released the report: On the Frontlines of the Climate Emergency: Where Immigrants Meet Climate ... to inspire justice-oriented funders to invest at the nexus of the climate and immigrant justice movements, with a ...
July, 2021
Program Materials
... Across the world, climate change is displacing millions of people from their homes, forcing many from the Global ... they live and work. How do we prevent people displaced by climate change from falling through the cracks? And how do ... immigrant communities who are facing the worsening effects of climate change? We need policy that meets the realities of ...
July 28, 2021
Webinar
October 15, 2020
News Article
... have joined forces at the city, county, and state level to provide direct cash assistance and other key resources to immigrants ineligible for federal relief and ... Carolyn Wang Kong , Chief Program Director, Blue Shield of California Speakers Patrick Gaspard , President, Open ...
May 22, 2020
Webinar
... for policy change and movement building offered by their new report— A People’s Framework for Disaster ... sitting at the intersection of climate, immigration, economic equity and social cohesion—can help break through ... new framework the report outlines for using federal and state recovery efforts—and the unique opportunities for ...
February 26, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... immigrants are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and are ineligible for most federal and state relief. In response, ReWork the Bay, in partnership ...
June 10, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... localized funding efforts; and identify next steps to move resources in the region. This series is open to interested ... America Working Group Felipe Navarro-Lux , Manager of Regional Initiatives, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies ... Photo : Moody College of Communication / Creative Commons . Regional Border ...
April 22, 2021
Partner Program
... reform efforts, real obstacles stand in the way of the U.S. mounting a robust humanitarian response. Fortunately, NGOs on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border have deep experience providing ... Program Officer, ICF Rini Chakraborty, Senior Director of Programs, Four Freedoms Fund Ben Coyle, Senior Director of ...
April 15, 2021
Partner Program
... power. These events burden people with the least access to resources and barrier to mobility including 1) people with ... and 4) older adults and seniors. We are hearing stories of communities pulling together responses to support each ... practices for supporting people with the least access to resources: 1) people with disabilities, 2) immigrants and ...
October 28, 2019
Co-Sponsored Program
... made national headlines as they razed homes, charred tens of thousands of acres of land, and left thousands of ... and agriculture workers whose jobs were displaced by the fires are finding their skills don’t match current ... that share GCIR’s core values.) Photo : State Farm / CC Recovery for All? A Funder Conversation on ...
May 8, 2018
Regional Briefing