... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Immigrant ... issues facing immigrant families and organizations.” GCIR will bring its more than 30 years of experience as the ... hit hardest by this unprecedented crisis. # # # GCIR galvanizes philanthropy to advance immigrant justice and ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... tackle the most pressing issues facing our communities. GCIR is committed to supporting an equitable and sustainable ... essential work on the front lines. To learn more, read GCIR’s 2020 report on secondary traumatic stress and ...
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system . Health care workers include “Healthcare ...
April 6, 2020
News Article
... payments, and any future stimulus support. Everyone who files tax returns, regardless of immigration status, should ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
The Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund has been established by more than 20 community groups and leaders to raise funds for undocumented working families who support our economy, industries, and communities every day, but who are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits or most of the federal disaster relief funds.
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
The Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund has been established by more than 20 community groups and leaders to raise funds for undocumented working families who support our economy, industries, and communities every day, but who are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits or most of the federal disaster relief funds.
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
... “You can have either a large outbreak and the whole system breaks down, or, as we’re trying to do now by what ...
April 4, 2020
News Article
... finding confirmed by recent unemployment data (PDF) . But the survey also found wide disparities among ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
... to suffer from mass unemployment, a strain on the medical system and hospital infrastructure, and we will have a ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... these local partners already have long waiting lists. “GCIR is deeply grateful for the leadership and generosity of ... communicate with her in her native language of Mixteco. GCIR oversees the Fund, bringing more than 30 years of ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
October 15, 2020
News Article
... do as a state. We have been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly ... is one step towards addressing structural inequities. For GCIR and for the funding partners, this is about justice, ... immigrants, and to do so with private philanthropy. The GCIR team has been fielding inquiries from other states about ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
... and their peers at all ages and levels of the education system. The equity imperative has never been clearer; lack ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.
April 21, 2020
News Article
Americans are eligible for up to $1,200 in coronavirus stimulus money — unless they're married and filing taxes jointly with an immigrant who doesn’t have a Social Security number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that.
May 1, 2020
News Article
... form of 'mutual aid' recognizing that our current economic system fails us and it's up to us to create alternative ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
Somali Family Service of San Diego seeks to meet the urgent needs of refugee and immigrant families in San Diego impacted by COVID-19. The communities that we serve experience housing and food insecurity, are often from low-income households, and have difficulty navigating systems and resources due to cultural and language barriers. Therefore, they are hit particularly hard by the current crisis.
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
AHRI for Justice (AHRI) and Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) recognize that our communities have been greatly impacted by COVID-19. For many in our communities, COVID-19 is no longer just a public health crisis, but a humanitarian crisis on many levels.
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
Resources available for immigrants.
We are all in this together. We stand with immigrant families and continue to advocate policy changes that ensure the health and well-being of ALL Californians. During this public health crisis and beyond, immigrant Californians should have equitable access to food resources and other vital services.
April 3, 2020
News Article
