... NAFTA, restructuring immigrant worker programs, and more. While nativist rhetoric paints foreign ... classification , Economic Policy Institute, March 7, 2017. Top 10 Ways Guest Worker Visa Programs Undermind Immigrant Rights ...
October 6, 2017
Webinar
By Anduriña Espinoza-Wasil, GCIR's Programs Learning Manager women workers_resized_350x233.jpg ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
DESCRIPTION For the past ten years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ... employers with DACA recipient employees are looking for ways to support and retain those workers beyond the possible ... Rising Cairo Mendes , Director of State and Local Programs, GCIR Denia Perez , Legal Services Senior Manager, ...
April 6, 2023
Webinar
... focus on economic empowerment, we will explore how on the ways philanthropy can support the immediate needs of these ...
March 27, 2025
Webinar
Featuring keynote remarks by U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, during this educational webinar, you will hear from immigrant workers, worker center organizers, and funders about how labor-based immigration relief has enhanced efforts to uphold workplace rights, build lasting worker power, and promote labor law compliance.
August 12, 2024
Co-Sponsored Program
... movement, I come from a migrant worker family. I am one of ten siblings, some born in the U.S. and some in Mexico. ... being so outspoken. But I ended up working with them for ten years. mily_quote 1.png While employed at CRLA, but ... we can help them access. We need to be supported in ways that make sense for our communities. Some outsider, or ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... work at least full time, care for their children, and on top of that they manage to find the time to come together and ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
Over the last two decades, waves of immigrants have made rural communities their homes. According to the Pew Research Center, from 2000 to 2018 immigrants accounted for 37 percent of overall rural population growth. Driven by demand for labor in the argricultural, meat packing, and dairy processing industries, this growth has led to an economic revival of parts of rural America where communities were once on the decline.
October 18, 2022
Webinar
... many farmworkers are in the U.S. temporarily through visa programs such as H-2A, which can perpetuate labor abuses ... La Justicia Kevin Douglas , Senior Director of National Programs, Grantmakers Concerened with Immigrants and R ...
July 13, 2023
Webinar
... long hours into the evening, even on school nights. On top of that, House Bill 917 went into effect, targeting 16- ... prevented children from working on dangerous work sites. The law also allows parents or guardians to let their ... children will now have permission to work on construction sites, including roofing, all known to be inherently ...
August 8, 2024
Blog Post
... out to me or to Ivy Suriyopas, GCIR's Vice President of Programs. Onward, Marissa Advancing Gender Justice: Investing ...
July 9, 2024
President's Message
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Supporting and Retaining DACA Talent" here, including the session recording and PowerPoint.
April, 2023
Program Materials
April, 2025
Program Materials
... of the U.S. economy, from corporate suites to construction sites. While concentrated in low-wage sectors, ... AFL-CIO Aryah Somers Landsberger , Director of Programs, GCIR (moderator) Registration Registration ...
March 16, 2017
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar, " Intersectional Justice: Migrant Workers and Economic Justice" here, including recording and powerpoint presentation.
August, 2021
Program Materials
... their respective communities. HTAs self-finance cultural programs and cultural events that pass Indigenous language, ... what it would look like if they have full funding for programs and staff. 3 Things that philanthropy can do now ... linguistically relevant, but there is no funding to run programs. Often, leaders have a day job and go unpaid while ...
June, 2019
Issue Brief
Join GCIR and leaders from the field as they share their insights and expertise on how to support migrant workers.
August 4, 2021
Webinar
... CUNY Moderator Kevin Douglas , Director of National Programs, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees ...
June 11, 2019
Webinar
