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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
... the successful efforts against detention from outside of California, funders heard a series of case studies and ... lessons learned and reflections from this work. Read GCIR member, Sara Campos's reflection and view of detention . We appreciate all the ...
September, 2019
Program Materials
... immigration enforcement, have important implications for state and local child welfare agencies. A growing share of children in the United States have at least one immigrant parent—slightly more than one in four as of 2017. ... children were born in the country and are therefore U.S. citizens, and about one-quarter have an unauthorized ...
April, 2019
Report
... at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California. Reverend Deborah Lee, Executive Director for the ... from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), program officers from the Firedoll Foundation, the ... that came soon after the Contra Costa Sheriff’s announcement of plans to end the county’s contract with ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
... from across the country have signed onto this joint GCIR statement in support of children and families seeking ... role as a beacon of hope and freedom for the world’s most vulnerable people. In response to widespread public ... Washington, DC Peter Long, President & CEO Blue Shield of California Foundation San Francisco, CA Paul Grogan, ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... well as longer-term systems change opportunities at the U.S. – Mexico border, GCIR is partnering with Hispanics in Philanthropy to host a ... to interested funders in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California, as well national funders with the ability to ...
April 22, 2021
Partner Program
... that protects asylum seekers and refugees coming to the U.S. From limited shelter capacity to harmful narratives ... critical services along the migration route. Join GCIR and Hispanics in Philanthropy for a two-part series with ... to interested funders in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California, as well national funders with the ability to ...
April 15, 2021
Partner Program
Description Between April and June of this year, the U.S. government forcibly separated more than 2,300 children ... as well as legal services to seek asylum or appear for immigration court. According to the administration, ... this developing situation and learn strategies to support immigrant families. Speakers Shalyn Fluharty, Attorney at ...
August 16, 2018