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... valuable content and timely insights: it gave us hope. The program showcased the heroic work being done in Arkansas, ... hold up vital sectors of the economy, while the threat of deportation looms "You need us." This is the message we heard ... marked by increased and intensified Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids – both undocumented workers and ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
... these problems. edited_00000434-PHOTO-2019-07-22-03-06-16.jpg From this we learned that we needed to organize ... but we didn’t have enough money to hire staff until 2018. We were able to get funding to hold meetings to begin ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... and do something important for the community. We have a program called Mujeres Luchadoras, which began in 2010 as a ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
The U.S. has a long history of exploitative labor practices that target the most vulnerable in our society — including children. And now we’re seeing a troubling new trend. Over the last two years alone, more than a dozen states have either introduced or enacted policies to undo child labor protections. The latest example comes out of Florida, where a pair of newly-enacted laws go beyond loosening labor protections for teenagers — they also perpetuate systems designed to exploit vulnerable populations for cheap labor, driven by greed and racial capitalism.
August 8, 2024
Blog Post
In her President's Message, Marissa Tirona underscores the connections between gender justice and investing in the economic power of migrant women workers.
July 9, 2024
President's Message