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... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Blue Shield of California Foundation . In addition, the GCIR membership re-elected Shawn Morehead , Vice President ... policies. For more information, visit www.gcir.org . CONTACT: Dianna Truong, Director of ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... immigrant communities. In the face of these challenges, GCIR doubled-down this year on developing programming, ... de Onis and Pamela Yates on What Philanthropy Should Know About Narrative Power , May 2024 Blog: Florida’s Child ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
... and demonstrating collective impact. What I enjoy most about my role is working on granting unrestricted funds to ... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... finding an intermediary organization, which could help me form relationships with, or directly make grants to, a ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners ... for Families Fund, also launched today. To learn more about the Fund, visit www.gcir.org/CADignityFund . Led by ...
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 ... serving Black migrant communities. You can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with ... learnings from these early “plantings,” we are excited about new projects we are sowing, including our partnership ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which ... journey with you, and we are eager to hear from you about what you think of our new theory of change. What resonates with you? What are you curious about? What role might you play in helping us achieve the ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging ... to come. Joel Morales at 2022 Convening 350x304px.jpg GCIR’s lineup of plenary sessions, workshops, and ... took participants to destinations across Houston to learn about immigrant justice work happening in the city. One site ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... debate, with its divergent and often troubling messages about the future of our country, it is essential that we ... homes they can afford, and enough food on the table. At GCIR, we support the right of individuals fleeing violence ... on iStock , is licensed under standard license . GCIR Statement: Honoring the Rights and Dignity of All at a ...
September 11, 2024
Statement
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... hostile times. Sincerely, Daranee Petsod President GCIR President's Q3 Update, 2018 ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... problems we're trying to solve? I moderated a recent GCIR webinar asking this exact question, hearing from ... might furthermore embark upon their own internal learning about the issues they seek to address. The major challenges ... Programs Learning Manager, or reach out to GCIR using our contact form . How Strategic Learning can be a Value for ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
... Sara Feldman, Angelica Laguna, and Ivy O. Suriyopas GCIR logo.png This past year, GCIR embarked upon an exciting ... the end of each quarter. Several key insights emerged about how imperialism, anti-Blackness, racial capitalism, and ... opening and deeply troubling. We have had conversations about how best to mobilize philanthropy to support community ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, ... the organization’s and our key partners’ best thinking about how to address the problem at hand; namely, that racial ... learning on absolutely everything. This principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... November, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition ... going to work. So, to lead and support this amazing GCIR team through the transition, I leaned into what I knew: ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
Our work at GCIR is grounded in the belief that affecting transformative ... to author their own experience, and narrative power is about building agency and self-determination. GCIR has made ... invite funders to join us in our own political education about forced displacement, as we seek to understand better ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... also found significant value in applying a global lens to GCIR’s work, and saw this as a ripe opportunity to strengthen GCIR’s commitment to addressing the global forces that ... the past two decades. We are currently reading articles about the connections between Black liberation and immigrant ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating ... could even be proposed. The prevailing narrative about immigrants has been designed to evoke a constant state ... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is announcing the California Dignity for Families ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
As we approach 2025, we at GCIR know that working together will be our greatest asset as ... uplift the strategies being deployed by frontline groups, GCIR hosted a series of scenario planning webinars this past ... the week before the election. Over the past months, the GCIR team has been putting our post-election plans into ...
December 19, 2024
Statement