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... persists to this day but also the ways in which U.S. immigration policies have reinforced and sanctioned that Islamophobia. Much has been written about how U.S. domestic and foreign policies were transformed ... work over the next five years. To deepen my own learning about the ongoing impact of 9/11 on BAMEMSA communities—and ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is joining with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and The Kresge Foundation to create the Southeast Michigan Immigrant and Refugee Funder Collaborative, which seeks to address a needs gap of the immigrant and refugee population in the region.
September 6, 2019
Press Release
... back to the years of the Trump Administration’s inhumane immigration policies. In 2015, I began my philanthropic ... Pramila Jayapal of Washington, a prominent leader on immigration. It wasn’t until the last hour of the second ... and hand him the policy agenda asking him to advocate for immigration reform. I felt proud to represent my migrant ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
... for the first time, in front of 300 people. I told them about coming to the United States, growing up undocumented, ... whenever someone knocked on the door in fear that it was Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). I shared the ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... and Immigrants (LORI). Stay tuned for more information about the full list of organizations that make up this ... and post-election . We will continue these conversations about the election and broader democracy-building efforts at ... a post-election strategy webinar and will share details about that program soon. In the meantime, if you are ...
September 26, 2024
President's Message
2020 has been a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. The fourth consecutive year of escalating policy attacks on immigrants and many other marginalized communities.
October 13, 2020
President's Message