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... at our national convening, we had the gift of learning from two extraordinary Black women: Stacey Abrams and ... you to listen to their powerful insights and reflections on their experience as women of color and what is needed to ... Community in the U.S. , GCIR, March 2019 Juneteenth Resources 2020 ...
June, 2020
Resource Portal, Video & Audio
... currently the main vehicle for providing immigrants and refugees with the English—and to a lesser extent, ... the Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy has worked—in partnership ... their state systems. Drawing on these efforts and research from the integration, adult education, and post-secondary ...
October 11, 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
... subset of the Black community, one that is impacted on multiple fronts of race, ethnicity, faith, gender, ... of all slaves forced into labor in the U.S. were Muslim, America was literally built on the backs of Black Muslims. In this session, we aim to ...
October 1, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... Director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas . Read on as Mily shares how the work of farmworker women intersects ... Like all of those who helped start this movement, I come from a migrant worker family. I am one of ten siblings, some ... have better laws and regulations to protect us? Mily_quote 7.png What strategies have workers identified or ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... Approximately 45 million foreign-born individuals from all over the world reside in the United States, more than in any other country, comprising nearly 14 percent of the U.S. population. A 2021 poll from the Cato ... continue to have complicated and conflicting opinions on the issue, often based on a lack of understanding of how ...
December 12, 2023
Webinar
... of the law. More than 825,000 immigrants have benefited from DACA’s protections Over the past eight years, more ... apply for DACA, they never established a direct reliance on DACA’s protections. During this time, however, many of ... should announce that it will end its attacks on DACA recipients and reopen the program to new applicants. ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening plenary, "Moving Money and Power: Investing in Immigrant Leadership."
May, 2022
Program Materials
June 18, 2020
News Article
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening plenary, "Achieving Transformative Change: Merging Power Across Movements."
May, 2022
Program Materials
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Dismantling Ableist Immigration Policies."
Program Materials
Statement Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy ... as a unifying force in defiance of racism and deploy resources needed to protect our democracy and bring about ... There are no simple solutions. But all of us can take on the task of speaking up and denouncing acts of hatred." ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... enable this behavior and also hold those responsible—from the president to members of the House and Senate to ... their actions, whether during a Congressional roll call or on the Capitol steps. Our country is at a choice point. Will ... security of those movements and organizations working on the front lines to build enduring social change. We all ...
January 8, 2021
Statement
... Four Freedoms Fund and GCIR for a discussion with leaders from these movements and the release of a report with ...
April 12, 2021
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Strategies and Tactics for Moving Hearts and Minds" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
December, 2023
Program Materials
Resources for DACA Advocacy IMMIGRATION, AND COVID-19 Even ... workers—the Supreme Court may still render a decision on the Administration’s ability to terminate Deferred ... Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). A negative decision from the Court and corresponding action by the Administration ...
June, 2020
Resource Portal
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Building AAPI Immigrant Power in Houston."
May, 2022
Program Materials
... for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). While the decision was made on procedural grounds and not on the merits of the program, it nevertheless provides a ... ideology. This week’s Supreme Court decisions on DACA, California’s sanctuary law, and LGBTQI rights ...
June 18, 2020
Statement
... Kevin Douglas, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. Despite the promise of a new administration, ... At the same time, the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on low-income, Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) ... workers, made clear the need for philanthropy to deploy resources swiftly and with maximum flexibility to support ...
September, 2021
Analysis
... border following their secondary displacement from Brazil, a country in which they had settled after ... organizing medical, legal, and humanitarian assistance on both sides of the border. Up to an estimated 4,000 Black ... and legal service needs—coupled with a sizeable gap in resources for culturally fluent organizations—means ...
February, 2019
Program Materials
A pledge from California philanthropic organizations: The COVID–19 ... our state. We need bold steps to ensure a future based on economic inclusion, racial equity, and compassionate ... basic needs for all Californians will require increasing resources. Ultimately, how we spend public resources and what ...
July 9, 2020
Philanthropic News