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... Immigrant women whose immigration status is dependent on their partners and women who are undocumented are ... assault. VAWA, enacted in 1994, also provides federal resources and technical support to law enforcement and ... and refugee women, and we encourage you to view resources from our recent webinar, Building Immigrant Women’s ...
April 4, 2023
Issue Spotlight
... Castañeda and Kaxh Mur'al, two people who were driven from their home countries to seek security in the United ... credit: "Finally See the Light," written by Bryan Teoh on freepd.com . Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Public ... with the Skylight team. On their vision for the next 5-7 years and how narrative power-building will help realize ...
May 30, 2024
GCIR Blog Series
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
... are unable to complete the asylum application process on their own and end up missing the application deadline. ... As we learned in our last newsletter , many migrants from Mexico and Central America do not speak Spanish and only ... are moved to invest in efforts to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the legal ...
August 30, 2023
Response Fund
... Law, Policy, and Innovation at Loyola Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for ... woman and the first in my immediate family to graduate from college. I developed a deep sense of disability justice ... disability justice at all—there wasn’t a single class on the topic. I wanted to do for disability issues what ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... The fourth consecutive year of escalating policy attacks on immigrants and many other marginalized communities. A ... broader philanthropic sector. As our country enters the final countdown to the most important election in modern ... courage, conviction, and hope. Together, we will fight on. The future of our country depends on us. "Vote Like Your ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
... provide essential support to their communities. Read on to find out what holistic case management is and how it ... needs – legal aid, housing, food, transportation, job resources, mental health counseling, language translation ... and efficient way to meet the needs of immigrants and refugees. We encourage funders interested in addressing the ...
February 27, 2023
Response Fund
... of the supposed political expediency of “getting tough on the border.” We recently partnered with Hispanics in ... order underscores the need for philanthropy to double down on deep, long-term funding that supports the power-building ... sorts of extreme policies. We must work to put the US on a path to a more just immigration system . Photo by ...
June 5, 2024
Statement