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By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... DACA implementation, the DOTD network now comprises 20 sites in 15 states working to expand legal services, outreach ... to new challenges that arise, and provide the support and resources you have come to rely upon. While we will have less ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... GCIR doubled-down this year on developing programming, resources, and partnerships that reflect our dedication to ... Over three days, we explored how to leverage philanthropic resources in support of people who move, enjoyed meaningful ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
... 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 ... refugees. I returned from GCIR’s convening with tools, resources, and new friendships that will last a lifetime. ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which ... of oppression inflict harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, ... systemic challenges. As such: We will mobilize resources and create spaces for learning by modeling and ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... I think it’s important to recognize that the GCIR conference immediately preceded the election. Something ... you're feeling like nothing will change. Attending the GCIR conference did just that for me by reinforcing my ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
... homes they can afford, and enough food on the table. At GCIR, we support the right of individuals fleeing violence ... with public and private partners – to provide the resources needed to address the movement of people in a ... must live those values by dedicating our time, effort, and resources to realizing this vision. Photo by CRobertson ...
September 11, 2024
Statement
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... on the Black Migrant Power Fund , a new fund driving resources to groups serving Black migrant communities. You ... can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with the Four Freedoms Fund. California ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... helping to receive, disburse, and manage these critical resources to get them to heavily impacted border regions and ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... color, and shifting philanthropic strategy to invest more resources in immigrant and refugee women leadership. ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... 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 ... board, including two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources to build the narrative power necessary to change ... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ... in which: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to self-determine. The leadership and ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, ... policy and decision-making at all levels. I arrived at GCIR in December 2022, weeks before the launch of our new ... principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for maximum impact. Collaborative. If we are to ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... Sara Feldman, Angelica Laguna, and Ivy O. Suriyopas GCIR logo.png This past year, GCIR embarked upon an exciting new initiative and formed an ... the year, the working group curated articles and resources that were shared with GCIR staff and board members ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... 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 ... and migrant justice and then turn those learnings into resources for the sector through their education materials , ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
Our work at GCIR is grounded in the belief that affecting transformative ... or in case of law enforcement abuse. To that end, GCIR, alongside other philanthropic organizations, will host ... power is about building agency and self-determination. GCIR has made narrative work one of its central strategies ...
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 ... worker justice, and racial justice. For these reasons, GCIR is exploring what it means to do our work as a ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... the Western world and global north holds all the power and resources – what we as Africans had was in fact enough to ... the organization and gained more exposure to the lack of resources and the systemic barriers experienced by ... from other funders since our inception in 2019. As a GCIR board member, I am deeply proud that our Fund has built ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition ... of movement leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these ... and our movements will require spaciousness, capacity, and resources to leverage opportunities, position themselves well ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... 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 ... I believe we must, and we will. To do so, I believe that GCIR will need to build forward its critical role in the U.S. ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message