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... through the California Immigrant Inclusion Initiative (CIII) , and we convened funders in the U.S. Southeast ... can be sustained outside of election cycles. No matter what the coming months and years bring, GCIR remains ... de Onis and Pamela Yates on What Philanthropy Should Know About Narrative Power , May 2024 Blog: Florida’s Child ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
... personal immigration story led her to become an organizer, what building power means to We the People Michigan, why ... “I’d love to start off by sharing a little bit about who I am through storytelling, because at my deepest ... I am an organizer, and organizers use stories to share about who they are. I immigrated to the U.S. when I was 9 ...
March 27, 2025
GCIR Blog Series
AEW_cropped.png What do we hope to accomplish? What will success look like? ... 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
... in the country. Read on as Kris shares his thoughts about building power for trans communities of color, ... and strengthen the work of trans-led movements. Tell us about what brings you to this work and what motivates you to do it. ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... her experience as a child refugee led her to this work, what successful power building looks like at Khmer Girls in ... color, women, and girls can truly thrive. Please tell us about yourself and yo ur organization. Lian Cheun ... or vote. In 2020, KGA called voters to educate them about a ballot measure that would institutionalize funding ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... strengthen the work of Indigenous migrants. Please tell us about yourself and your organization. Can you describe the ... How do you define power for the communities you serve? What is your strategy for building power and what have you ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... war, and violence to find safety within the United States. What had been proposed - raising the fear standard, ... 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 ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... areas. Let’s start with who you are. Please tell us about yourself, your organization, and the communities you ... by understanding their basic rights, learning about worker and gender justice, and building community ... are proud of this approach and the results of our efforts. What industries do the worker-leaders in your base work in? ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
Nahir Torres 250x333px.jpg As I reflect on what brings me to this work, I am reminded that these roots ... means having the courage to invite a bigger conversation about our nation’s history and the present-day ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... our personal stories, how we came to do this work, and what motivates us to persevere in the face of significant ... organizer. I’m grateful that I learned early on about frameworks like those from Marshall Ganz, Young ... building. It’s been a busy year, and we’re excited about the possibilities for advancing immigrant justice ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... over the long-term . Through recent GCIR programming about building resilience in Texas , strengthening the ... grounded in truth-telling, seeing that for which it is, what it can be, what it will be.” While the challenges that lie before us ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
... strategic direction, fund development, and implementation. What Makes This Fund Unique? CDFF is guided by a set of ... our Advisory Committee ! We look forward to sharing more about the Dignity Fund’s work and learnings over the next ... focus on the nonprofit organizations funded by CDFF. Learn about trends, demographics, successes, and challenges as we ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund
... in the movement for immigrant justice, I often reflect on what brought me to this work out of the many social justice ... of othering and discrimination was not new to me. But what was new was getting a close-up look at a byzantine ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... for the first time, in front of 300 people. I told them about coming to the United States, growing up undocumented, ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... to reach out to us if you’d like to learn more about how we can help. >> click here to view our list of ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
... of these complex challenges, and their staff think hard about how best to keep their clients safe in this context. ... invest in strategies to ensure broad access to information about basic rights, including efforts to reach domestic and ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
... nonprofits. But funding BIPOC-led nonprofits isn’t just about changing statistics or increasing diversity numbers. ... of color. Education-focused foundations could learn about the needs of BIPOC students from rural areas. 2. ...
April 4, 2023
Response Fund