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... lifted up in the media." “There was an urgent need for us to create spaces to exchange ideas and first-hand accounts ... center, which provides personal development programs for immigrant families living in the Colonias in McAllen. ... shared their efforts to create safe spaces for LGBTIQ+ youth, provide education for children in Matamoros, and ...
May 28, 2024
Blog Post
... the transition, I leaned into what I knew: people and purpose first, build power with others next. In the early ... leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these reflections because we must ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities and legal service providers, GCIR and the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) launched a study to ...
February, 2020
Report
... Convening plenary, "Moving Money and Power: Investing in Immigrant Leadership." Materials: Moving Money and Power: Investing in Immigrant Leadership ...
May, 2022
Program Materials
... We also invite you to read "A Powerful Journey to the US-Mexico Border," a blog post about the trip authored by ... to other experiences, other knowledge I have from the youth justice space, from the reproductive justice space, ... example of what's at stake and also the barriers in place - and the systems. It's not on an individual basis, ...
June 3, 2024
Blog Post
... Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and Refugee Women of Color Collaboration will be supported by ... employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... Philanthropic role and practice Partnering with immigrant justice organizations Beyond cash assistance to ... most marginalized, and to continue to direct resources to immigrant infrastructure. The final recommendation encourages ... and records promising practices for crisis grantmaking in immigrant communities. The report addresses issues of ...
October, 2021
Report
... that will provide funders with a baseline understanding of immigrant and refugee issues and insights into how they can support these ... will gain insights into how nonprofit partners serving immigrant communities are preparing for potential risks of ...
September 12, 2024
Webinar
... for GCIR's webinar "Funding a Movement: Investing in Immigrant Justice Infrastructure" here, including the session ... PowerPoint. Materials: Funding a Movement: Investing in Immigrant Justice Infrastructure ...
June, 2023
Program Materials
... Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund. The Fund, launched on April 15, ... who announced a separate $75 million state-financed immigrant relief fund , the first of its kind in the ... Foundation . “Our Foundation believes that those of us with the resources have the obligation to step up and help ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... pay careful attention to the condition of the movement for immigrant justice. In particular, strategic investments ... in powerful and purposeful infrastructure in support of immigrant justice and belonging. SPEAKERS Rosie Arroyo , ... under CC by 2.0 Funding a Movement: Investing in Immigrant Justice Infrastructure ...
May 23, 2023
Webinar
... children; and reducing our longstanding commitment to refugee protection and resettlement. Most recently, the ... impact in California, where one in four Californians is an immigrant; one out of every two children in our state has at least one immigrant parent; and the vast majority of foreign-born ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... our new report aims to inform philanthropy and the broader immigrant justice movement of the ongoing and emerging needs ... the Fund strengthened connections and collaborations among immigrant justice organizations. The report also identifies ... effect transformative change in support of immigrant and refugee communities continues. We hope the learnings ...
October, 2023
Report
... MEETING GOALS Provide federal and state updates on immigrant and refugees related issues Provide funders an ... assessment SPEAKERS Hamid Yazdan Panah, Advocacy Director, Immigrant Defense Advocates (IDA) Jackie Gonzalez, Policy Director, Immigrant Defense Advocates (IDA) Materials: CIII Bay Area ...
February, 2020
Group Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's meeting "Southeast Regional Community of Practice Q1 2024 Meeting" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
March, 2024
Program Materials
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening plenary, "Achieving Transformative Change: Merging Power Across Movements."
May, 2022
Program Materials
... willful ahistoricism, white supremacy, and virulent anti-immigrant sentiment, I remain hopeful for and inspired by a ... movement leaders to shift the narrative on immigrant and refugee justice and boldly advance a pro-immigrant and ... Inauguration Day, “We are striving to forge a union with purpose,/ to compose a country committed to all cultures,/ ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... example of philanthropic collaboration in pursuit of immigrant justice. Through a unique partnership model that ... engage in coordinated grantmaking to strengthen the immigrant rights and service infrastructure in diverse ...
January, 2023
Report
... in Texas, which has some of the toughest state-level anti-immigrant laws in the country. At the same time, we wanted to ... from philanthropic investment, including trans migrants, refugee leaders, and disability justice advocates, among ... organizations to receive grants. Expanded the Fund’s purpose to include support for Afghan and Haitian migrants ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message