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Why have so many people in the Americas made the perilous migration journey to the United States, especially in recent years? Why have migration patterns in the Western Hemisphere shifted over the years, and why are migrants from some countries treated differently than others? How are the policies and practices of the U.S. connected to the reasons people in the region have moved over time? To get at the root of these questions, GCIR is releasing a new timeline: U.S. Intervention and Modern Migration in the Americas, which delves into this history to allow for a nuanced analysis and deeper understanding of the migration flows and patterns we see today.
September, 2024
Data Tool
... and include newcomers in the future. Escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment have created the conditions ... in working toward that future, one in which: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to ... and inclusion of immigrant communities. Funding with Purpose to Meet the Moment ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... of Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Migration . GCIR’s latest timeline features the ... that includes a diverse foreign-born population and large refugee population, and its welcoming culture. Additionally, ... Michigan has been one of the top states in the country for refugee resettlement, resettling 5% of all refugees ...
October, 2024
Infographic
... 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
... speech) increased threats to the safety and security of immigrant, migrant, and refugee communities are responses to – and the conditions ... Hearts and Minds .” We also invite funders to join us in our own political education about forced displacement, ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... ITS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Long-time advocate for immigrant justice brings more than 15 years of experience to ... serves as a program officer focused on immigrant and refugee rights and manages a multimillion-dollar portfolio. ... the racial justice, immigrant rights, and Muslim Arab South Asian movements to cultivate solidarity in a ...
April 14, 2021
Press Release
... 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
... vision, mass deportations are only one of a litany of anti-immigrant and anti-democratic plans the incoming ... has a responsibility to act, and to act now. Protecting immigrant communities – and by extension the fate of our ... from funders that takes seriously the threat before us in this moment. While it is important to be clear-eyed ...
January, 2025
Funding Recommendations
... partners, has mounted a wide range of efforts to advance immigrant justice and belonging and create a society in which ... where they were born. This four-page timeline summarizes immigrant and refugee policy developments and philanthropic responses from ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... help immigrants and refugees reach their full potential. Immigrant and Refugee Policy Developments: Major policy changes between ...
January, 2016
Infographic
... creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities. To that end, we asked the Luminare Group ... In these complex and uncertain times, we seek to move with purpose, towards purpose, and on purpose, and we believe that ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... 2022 to heighten funder awareness of key priorities of the immigrant justice movement , in 2023 we highlighted policy ... philanthropy understand what is at stake for immigrant and refugee communities while mobilizing funders to seize ... along the way. The strength of those partnerships helped us create strategic opportunities to move money and power to ...
October, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... 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
... creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities and galvanizes funders to resource a ... partners, and the Luminare Group , which helped us design and facilitate a strategy development process that ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... 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
... Told through powerful interviews conducted by VietLead youth organizers, Taking Root reminds viewers both of the ... of designing our new Theory of Change in early 2022, immigrant justice and other movement leaders involved in the ... conviction that any strategy supporting immigrant and refugee communities must be rooted in a global analysis. Many ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities. As part of this evolution, we will be ... each place. Growing GCIR’s work in this way will require us to be adaptable, responsive, and strategic. As opposed to ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... investment of $25 million for services to unaccompanied youth and children in support of the safety and well-being of ... the Covid-19 pandemic through the private California Immigrant Resilience Fund and the state-funded Disaster ... initiative. “California’s diversity makes us a more vibrant and resilient state, and we are a better ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to Migrant Communities" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting, and relevant links.
August, 2024
Program Materials
... to guide my work. The learning must be: Timely and fit for purpose. I aim to help the team ask the right questions at ... learning framework and include metrics on what can help us define success, I am cautious not to let numbers have the ... to that effort. My firm belief is that in justice work, immigrant justice included, there’s a place for everyone. ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature