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... lifted up in the media." “There was an urgent need for us to create spaces to exchange ideas and first-hand accounts ... center, which provides personal development programs for immigrant families living in the Colonias in McAllen. ... shared their efforts to create safe spaces for LGBTIQ+ youth, provide education for children in Matamoros, and ...
May 28, 2024
Blog Post
... the transition, I leaned into what I knew: people and purpose first, build power with others next. In the early ... leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these reflections because we must ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... We also invite you to read "A Powerful Journey to the US-Mexico Border," a blog post about the trip authored by ... to other experiences, other knowledge I have from the youth justice space, from the reproductive justice space, ... example of what's at stake and also the barriers in place - and the systems. It's not on an individual basis, ...
June 3, 2024
Blog Post
... Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and Refugee Women of Color Collaboration will be supported by ... employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund. The Fund, launched on April 15, ... who announced a separate $75 million state-financed immigrant relief fund , the first of its kind in the ... Foundation . “Our Foundation believes that those of us with the resources have the obligation to step up and help ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... children; and reducing our longstanding commitment to refugee protection and resettlement. Most recently, the ... impact in California, where one in four Californians is an immigrant; one out of every two children in our state has at least one immigrant parent; and the vast majority of foreign-born ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... willful ahistoricism, white supremacy, and virulent anti-immigrant sentiment, I remain hopeful for and inspired by a ... movement leaders to shift the narrative on immigrant and refugee justice and boldly advance a pro-immigrant and ... Inauguration Day, “We are striving to forge a union with purpose,/ to compose a country committed to all cultures,/ ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... in Texas, which has some of the toughest state-level anti-immigrant laws in the country. At the same time, we wanted to ... from philanthropic investment, including trans migrants, refugee leaders, and disability justice advocates, among ... organizations to receive grants. Expanded the Fund’s purpose to include support for Afghan and Haitian migrants ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... migration, the intersection between disability justice and immigrant rights, and the interplay between imperialism and ... The foremost gathering in philanthropy on immigrant and refugee issues, the convening brings together the sector’s ... Black immigrant leaders, Indigenous migrant leaders, and youth activists. We are also excited to amplify the work of ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
... investment of $25 million for services to unaccompanied youth and children in support of the safety and well-being of ... the Covid-19 pandemic through the private California Immigrant Resilience Fund and the state-funded Disaster ... initiative. “California’s diversity makes us a more vibrant and resilient state, and we are a better ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... and strategy, the ways learning processes can hold us accountable to the communities we serve, and how funders ... of how we got here and how systems operate can help us make the change we want to see. Sharing up-to-date ... Thus, there is an unlearning that needs to take place so that the evaluative methods we carry out may result ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
... across the state. In August, GCIR expanded the Fund’s purpose to include support for families and individuals from ... Assistance also supports unaccompanied children and youth after they are released from federal care and reunited ... members include Dulce Garcia ( Border Angels / San Diego Immigrant Rights Coalition ), Mitzie Perez ( California ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... as we face impending challenges for immigrants and the immigrant justice movement. As we continue to mobilize ... enormous power and privilege to stand with immigrant and refugee communities, one of the primary targets of the ... communities. And – as we know – an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Immigrant justice movement ...
December 19, 2024
Statement
... I was reminded that these efforts should also include youth leadership, which is essential to securing wins for ... the workshop “Using c3 and c4 Strategies to Advance Pro-immigrant Policies”, we looked at how 501c4 strategies can ... participants to destinations across Houston to learn about immigrant justice work happening in the city. One site visit ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... In January 2019 , I reflected on the extreme anti-immigrant policies that have come out of the White House ... GCIR’s plan to develop an affirmative vision to drive immigrant-related investments over the next decade. Since the ... As part of this expansive effort, I invite you to help us understand immigrant-related funding trends and ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... migrants, the recent deadly fire at an overcrowded immigrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, and ... ). Beginning in 2020, our nation largely shut down our refugee and asylum systems - the avenues through which ... around the country, we know it will take a village to move us closer to our vision of collective liberation. To learn ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... reason to be outraged, we cannot let that outrage flood us and stop our minds.” And it must not stop our actions, ... has a responsibility to act, and to act now. Protecting immigrant communities – and by extension the fate of our ... A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse , Norma ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
... for Families Fund (CDFF) Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. Thank you for reading and subscribing to ... but this excludes rural areas. Funders need to engage in place-based philanthropy, in which a geographical location is ... Legal Assistance Program (MILA) Provide unaccompanied youth with mental health services Just last year, 127,447 ...
January 22, 2024
Response Fund
... and their grantee organizations. More than harming immigrant communities, these acts bear the hallmarks of ... before, I urge you to redouble your efforts on behalf of immigrant children and families, reaffirm your commitment to ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... attempt to locate additional resources to supplement or in place of the assistance funds. Let's continue to support ... provided will be kept confidential. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund