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... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... and people of color…: Unite. Organize. Vote.” The California Endowment : Dr. Robert K. Ross, MD, President & CEO "No matter how it’s packaged – white supremacy, white nationalism, neo-Nazism ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... in some ways than the failed immigration bill covered by GCIR earlier this year , with the ACLU already announcing its intention to file suit. The President’s willingness to unilaterally shut down the asylum system is ... down on deep, long-term funding that supports the power-building and narrative change work necessary to counter these ...
June 5, 2024
Statement
... To deepen and expand support for survivors, VAWA’s most recent authorization provided more than $500 million ... them of their rights. Philanthropy can also fund power-building strategies that help immigrant and refugee women ... and emotional security for themselves and their families. GCIR continues to deepen our commitment to immigrant and ...
April 4, 2023
Issue Spotlight
... for Migrants Hello! Thank you for reading issue #6 of the California Dignity for Families Fund (CDFF) Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. This month we spoke to several of our CDFF ... services. While asylum seekers arriving in the U.S. have a year to apply for asylum, they face obstacles such ...
August 30, 2023
Response Fund
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Katherine Perez , ... Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for immigrants with disabilities, working at ... felt the urgent need to work on immigration, and that’s how I came to the immigration space. We had no money, but ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... a platform for their perspectives. In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona hosts our very first Amplify ... media organization. Paco serves as the organization’s executive director, and Pamela is Skylight’s creative ... Pamela share the story of how Skylight came to be, what building narrative power means, why narrative work should be ...
May 30, 2024
GCIR Blog Series
... to issue #3 of the CDFF Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. In this issue, we introduce the concept of ... It was a disappointing departure from his administration’s early promise to prioritize immigrant justice, and it ... and funded. The findings from our assessment of the California Dignity for Families Fund indicate that holistic ...
February 27, 2023
Response Fund
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Vote Sign 2020 has been a year unlike any ... and often both. Yet, in the face of it all, the GCIR community has rallied and risen to the challenge. ... to the most important election in modern history, GCIR has developed a post-election game plan to support and ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message