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... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... and increasing immigrant belonging in rural communities. California funders continued to demonstrate their leadership ... Justice SWOT for Philanthropy , July 2024 Webinar: Building a Multi-Racial Democracy by Investing in Immigrant ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
By Cairo Mendes , GCIR's Director of State and Local Programs CMM_250.jpg ... levels strategically, continuing our strong focus on California while deepening our engagement in other parts of ... We are approaching this work by: Supporting the capacity building of immigrant and refugee-led and -serving ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... to protect the most vulnerable among us – while also building for a better future in the long term. Groups are ... work, to transform, and to thrive. We are stepping up at GCIR. Recognizing the limited avenues for action at the ... We will continue our work with strong funding partners in California while expanding our regions of focus from eight to ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
By Anduriña Espinoza-Wasil, GCIR's Programs Learning Manager women ... workers_resized_350x233.jpg GCIR’s recent webinar " Building Worker Power for Migrant Women " did something ... program showcased the heroic work being done in Arkansas, California, New Jersey, and New York to safeguard the rights ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
... Dear Colleagues: As I write my first quarterly President’s Message, I am awed by all that has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... personal understanding that belonging is essential to building strong communities and a healthy democracy. As the ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... targets, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. GCIR joins our philanthropic partners in condemning the administration’s stated intent to undermine the organizations that do the ... long-term strategies that funders can invest in to advance immigrant justice in our current context. We will be ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
... aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed ... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ... satisfy voting requirements, such as in Santa Ana, California. Supporting state-level efforts to extend access ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Kris Hayashi , ... in the country. Read on as Kris shares his thoughts about building power for trans communities of color, including ... I first got involved in movement work in the 1990s in California during the height of a slew of anti-immigrant and ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... health care, public education, and other services in California. It was then that I began to grasp the realities ... and economic injustice without doing the long work of building the movement and the power necessary to transform ... and belonging. I am so honored to join the board of GCIR, an organization I have long admired and that shares my ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Arcenio Lopez , ... (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the importance of ... traveled seasonally from Oaxaca to work in agriculture in California starting in the 1980s. They shared stories with me ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Lian Cheun , ... Director of Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) in Long Beach, California, an organization working for gender, racial, and economic justice through community and power building efforts led by Southeast Asian young women. Read ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
Welcome to GCIR's Amplify blog series, where we feature interviews with immigrant justice field leaders to showcase their work and ... to see, and the important role philanthropy can play in building immigrant worker power and leadership in rural ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... BIPOC Leadership Hello! We’re here with issue #4 of the California Dignity for Families Fund (CDFF) Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. This month we’ll be spotlighting how to ... and consultants also embody the Black experience in the U.S… These experiences inform our collective work because we ...
April 4, 2023
Response Fund
KEV_Headshot_2019_Cropped.jpg As a native-born U.S. citizen working in the movement for immigrant justice, I ... advocacy, and policy work that continues to this day at GCIR. At GCIR, we are deliberately providing a platform for ... of these communities to help advance their vision for building a more inclusive and equitable nation. And while ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... perspectives. In this episode of our Amplify podcast, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Maria ... We the People Michigan . The organization is committed to building power and strengthening civic engagement for ... below. GCIR · Amplify Podcast: We the People Michigan's Maria Ibarra-Frayre on Why Funding Community Organizing is ...
March 27, 2025
GCIR Blog Series
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, reflecting ... our work. In a nutshell, I aim to support the team in building evaluative capacity, including through the design ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... for the first time. After finding our way through Boston’s subway system, we arrived at the steps of the church where ... the most complex spaces: meeting people where they are, building trust, and pushing those with influence to move ... and field leaders across the country. As we look toward GCIR’s biennial convening in May 2022, I am excited to have ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... recent political stunts of relocating migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Washington D.C., and New York City distract us ... of non-profit organizations that were funded by the California Dignity for Families Fund (CDFF), a collective ... philanthropy and other critical decision-making spaces GCIR is the lead organization guiding the Fund's strategic ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund