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... In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which reflects our evolution as a national ... of oppression inflict harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, ... must develop strategies that respond to these systemic challenges. As such: We will mobilize resources and ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
Last month GCIR rolled out our new theory of change, which reflects our evolution as a ... build power and expand protections and opportunities for immigrants and refugees 3) Seed and cultivate funder networks to move resources and shift philanthropic practice Our state and ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... 2021 Contact: [email protected] GRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ANNOUNCES IVY SURIYOPAS WILL BE ITS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Long-time advocate for ... partners in the field, and other PSOs to mobilize funder resources on the most pressing issues facing immigrants, ...
April 14, 2021
Press Release
... CA — The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of ... Shawn Morehead , Vice President for Grants at The New York Community Trust ; Robby Rodriguez , Program Officer ... efforts to advance equity, inclusion, and justice for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Inside Philanthropy ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... authoritarian regimes have scapegoated and targeted immigrants, minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ communities as a ... moment. While it is important to be clear-eyed about the challenges we face, we have a large and active civil sector ...
January, 2025
Funding Recommendations
... belief that affecting transformative change in support of immigrants, migrants, and refugees includes combating the ... philanthropic organizations, will host a webinar in the new year on strategies for supporting this much needed safety ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... from Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company NEW YORK: Upwardly Global— a leading workforce development organization focused on connecting immigrants and refugees to skill-aligned employment—is ... color, and shifting philanthropic strategy to invest more resources in immigrant and refugee women leadership. ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... population . Historically, African Americans, European immigrants, and Arab immigrants formed a significant part of the labor force of ...
October, 2024
Infographic
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. and across the globe have ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... a year that brought both challenges and opportunities for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. In 2022, GCIR ... organization’s identity and resulted in development of a new theory of change which we rolled out in the first quarter ... of oppression inflict harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, ...
October, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... two-page infographic covers major policy developments for immigrants and refugees between 1990 and 2015, as well as the ... the two pages feature: Philanthropic Response to Immigrants and Refugees: Milestones and highlights from 25 ... to address the needs, uplift the contributions, and help immigrants and refugees reach their full potential. Immigrant ...
January, 2016
Infographic
... To get at the root of these questions, GCIR is releasing a new timeline: U.S. Intervention and Modern Migration in the ... nations throughout the Western Hemisphere since the 19th century and tracks the migration patterns of people from ... and how we got here in order to adequately address the challenges and opportunities we face today. U.S. Intervention ...
September, 2024
Data Tool
... and congressional leaders have considered imposing new and harsher laws that would have made it harder for ... could even be proposed. The prevailing narrative about immigrants has been designed to evoke a constant state of ... work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources to build the narrative power necessary to change ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... to my growth, and cheering me on. I felt prepared for this new adventure. And yet, executive transitions are ... evolved, or put away. Even when you think you know what challenges and opportunities lie ahead, uncovered challenges ... of movement leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... become Vice President of the United States. Although the challenges of the last four years have been shaped by, among ... As the great-granddaughter, granddaughter, and daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, I come to GCIR with a deeply ... hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world for our children?” Like President ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... Colleagues: In light of the intensifying attacks on immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, I want to keep ... working with funders in two additional states to launch new collaboratives by year's end. California Immigrant ... to new challenges that arise, and provide the support and resources you have come to rely upon. While we will have less ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... and bloomed, and, as someone who is still relatively new to this role, it has been both gratifying and humbling to ... we aimed to shine a spotlight on the challenges facing immigrants in Texas, which has some of the toughest ... on the Black Migrant Power Fund , a new fund driving resources to groups serving Black migrant communities. You ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
Born of our recent strategy development process, GCIR’s new theory of change reflects our evolution as a national ... mobilizing organization that creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and ... and militarism inflict harm upon—and withhold power and resources from—people and communities who seek to stay, to ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... flexibility, they can also provide the greatest number of opportunities. Our work ranges from increasing the capacity of the organization to starting a new program that could benefit the community to advocacy work ... when I would research possible grantee organizations in a new area, my options would be limited since we can only grant ...
November 21, 2024
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