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By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ... change: the revised “public charge” rule. When the new rule goes into effect on October 15, barring delays due ... of U.S.-born citizens would fail to meet the harsh new public charge standards. For many people—my family ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... series—designed by Ola Osaze, Fund Advisory Committee member and former director of Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project ... voices and advocates with the aim of giving funders new tools and renewed enthusiasm to guide their immigrant- ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... will likely surpass previous records (57,000 arrivals in 2014 and 76,000 in 2019). The number of families with ... their stabilization, and supports Americans in welcoming new members to their communities. As the current ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as someone who is still relatively new to this role, it has been both gratifying and humbling to ... we hosted a session on the Black Migrant Power Fund , a new fund driving resources to groups serving Black migrant ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... targets, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. GCIR joins our philanthropic partners in condemning the ... wrongly targeted and with each other. As we outlined in GCIR’s January 2025 Funder Recommendations , there are many ... (including specific funding opportunities) and a new policy resource shortly. Stay tuned! We also ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging ... they faced leaving their home countries and settling in a new one. Some stories were heartbreaking, while others ... from GCIR’s convening with tools, resources, and new friendships that will last a lifetime. Emerging Leader ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... While media reports may portray this as a new crisis in the making, human suffering has been occurring ... the Biden administration hastily introduced yet another new restriction on asylum that is expected to go into effect ... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In January 2019 , I ... the opposition’s in ambition and scope. I also announced GCIR’s plan to develop an affirmative vision to drive ... and engage a wide range of stakeholders, including GCIR members, immigrant rights and service organizations, as ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... increasing the capacity of the organization to starting a new program that could benefit the community to advocacy work ... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... when I would research possible grantee organizations in a new area, my options would be limited since we can only grant ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... from Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company NEW YORK: Upwardly Global— a leading workforce ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... and daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, I come to GCIR with a deeply personal understanding that belonging is ... hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world for our children?” Like President ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... and Grantmakers Concerned with Imigrants and Refugees (GCIR). This delegation traveled to McAllen, Texas, and ... , a program officer at the Andrus Family Fund . He joined GCIR's Vice President of Programs Ivy O. Suriyopas and ... spaces for community because of attacks on public spaces - New York City doesn't have open libraries on the weekends ...
June 3, 2024
Blog Post
... it is now. It has been just over two months since the new administration came into power, and the attacks on ... work, to transform, and to thrive. We are stepping up at GCIR. Recognizing the limited avenues for action at the ... and strengthening our multiracial democracy. In February, GCIR led our 3 rd delegation – our largest to-date – to ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
... Collectively, we have deployed more than $40 million* in new funding across the state to support a range of ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
As we approach 2025, we at GCIR know that working together will be our greatest asset as ... will continue to coordinate and strategize through our new communities of practice with funders who are interested ... in rural communities. In the first quarter of the new year, we will convene funders in Texas, Michigan, and ...
December 19, 2024
Statement
... I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition ... to my growth, and cheering me on. I felt prepared for this new adventure. And yet, executive transitions are ... opportunities lie ahead, uncovered challenges surface and new issues emerge. Most organizational change efforts fail ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces ... their stabilization, and supports Americans in welcoming new members to their communities. The California Dignity for ... Evelyn and Walter, Haas, Jr. Fund and advisory committee member. “It is essential that an effort like this be able ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from the Charles and Lynn ... she and her two children, ages 9 and 12, were building a new life for themselves. Despite limited literacy, Silvia was ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... across our cities and regions face and tackle the new reality and threat presented by the global COVID-19 ...
March 16, 2020
Statement
... problems we're trying to solve? I moderated a recent GCIR webinar asking this exact question, hearing from ... migrant justice movement is of course a key offering of GCIR through our programming and technical assistance. Here ... existing processes, eliminating the necessity for a whole new program of work. The addition of a simple learning log , ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post