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By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... communities in the United States and across the globe. Building Infrastructure Delivering on the Dream (DOTD) : ... states to launch new collaboratives by year's end. California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII): We ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) holds a commitment to the inherent value of every human ... Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities and legal service providers, GCIR and the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) launched a ...
February, 2020
Report
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) partnered with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an ... as communications. Advocates saw a need for capacity building and structure for asylum groups and for creating a ... 2018). https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1070866/download [13] Jennings v. Rodriguez, 583 U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. ...
March, 2019
Report
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Tech for Good: Building Innovative Tools to Serve Immigrant Communities" ...
March, 2025
Program Materials
... leaders in the nonprofit sector are leveraging and building new technologies to better deliver culturally ... the intersection of AI, technology and immigrant justice, GCIR invites funders to deepen their knowledge in the space ... can deploy investments that build the movement’s capacity to respond to emergent threats and ...
February 13, 2025
Webinar
... IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces $2.8M ... is announcing the California Dignity for Families Fund’s first round of grantmaking investments. The Fund, launched ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
Quarterly meeting of GCIR’s California Immigrant Integration Initiative , comprised of statewide, ...
May 26, 2021
Group Meeting
... poses challenges to distance learning and remote work opportunities. And black and brown refugees face the ... omits large employers—and a large share of refugees work for such employers. And navigating these systems and others ... alone refugees who are still learning their new country’s processes and practices. This webinar will consider what ...
June 16, 2020
Webinar
Description While Black-led immigrant and refugee organizations have long confronted ... racial justice movements. Join the Four Freedoms Fund and GCIR for a discussion with leaders from these movements and ... Commons Black Immigrant Leadership: Sustaining and Building Movements for Justice ...
April 12, 2021
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to ...
November, 2022
Program Materials
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Holding the Line: Defending Against ...
May, 2023
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR and HIP's webinar, " Regional Border Response to ...
April, 2021
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge" ...
December, 2023
Program Materials
This presentation covers intersectional community-based projects on refugees, the evolving perspectives on refugee integration, and what funders can do.
June, 2016
Presentation
... humanity, but in our laws. The current administration’s narrative, policy changes, and proposals seek to corrode ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) partnered with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an ... in adapting their work to encompass asylum seekers. Building organizing capacity. Cultivating and activating the ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
... the United States, federal funding cuts to the country’s national network of refugee resettlement agencies and ... and more difficult every day. Please join the Southern California Grantmakers (SCG) to learn how these issues impact ... Speakers Cynthia Buiza , Executive Director, California Immigrant Policy Center Carolina Sheinfeld, Project ...
August 16, 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
... Perspectives on Refugee Integration: Recommendations for Philanthropic Response ...
June, 2016
Funding Recommendations
... funding recommendations cover a broad range of options for funders seeking to respond to the Central American unaccompanied minors crisis. Areas for immediate and ongong response include: Responding to ... Health, education, and other integration services; Support for re-integration work in the countries of origin; ...
May, 2016
Funding Recommendations
... National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Northern California Grantmakers Peace and Security Funders Group ... for this event is now closed. Calls are open to GCIR members, other grantmaking institutions, philanthropic ... is limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.) World Refugee Day: Innovative Solutions and ...
June 20, 2017
Webinar