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... that are increasing their annual payouts or mobilizing resources through internal or shared rapid response funds, we invite the larger community of funders to step up and stand up for migrant communities in decisive and significant ... when collective action and mutual support is essential. Together, we can be in active solidarity with movement ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
... As the great-granddaughter, granddaughter, and daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, I come to GCIR with a deeply ... welcome your hopes and aspirations for our collective work together in 2021 and invite you to share your thoughts with ... Marissa Tirona The Hill We Climb: Building Forward Together ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... could even be proposed. The prevailing narrative about immigrants has been designed to evoke a constant state of ... work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources to build the narrative power necessary to change ... hostility, narratives, and policies - we can work together to make a different future possible. We remain ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... could also take action against organizations that support immigrants and other populations. In addition to being ... for the sake of organizational safety and wellness and to stand in solidarity with other organizations and movements. ... types of work they support. We have curated a set of resources to assist funders in preparation for a potential ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
... against Proposition 187, a 1994 ballot initiative barring undocumented folks from accessing health care, public ... learn from and flank our movement leaders, activating our resources, power, and platforms in service of their work. It ... to those deep roots and committing to doing that long work together that we can manifest our collective right to ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... our community and different organizations, services, and resources that exist in the area. Our work starts with ... community leadership. We build on this by bringing folks together for participatory action research and offering ... to manage and navigate things, but that’s not true. As immigrants, often we don’t know what resources are ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... to the U.S. when I was 9 years old and I grew up as an undocumented immigrant. This was before anybody was talking ... of people who have shared values so we can work for that together.” Amplify_Maria smiling.jpg Maria smiles as she ... organizing capacity on the ground, and all the extra resources that it takes to do this with people that have been ...
March 27, 2025
GCIR Blog Series
... my aging maternal grandparents, themselves descendants of immigrants from Germany and Poland who landed at Ellis ... principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for maximum impact. Collaborative. If we are to ... from all sides to bring it down.” So, let’s all join together from wherever we are: whether we’re philanthropic ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... GCIR doubled-down this year on developing programming, resources, and partnerships that reflect our dedication to ... 2024 National Convening in Detroit, Michigan , coming together to connect and strategize at a pivotal moment for ... of our time directly to those in power. Through our Undocumented in Philanthropy Network (UPN), immigrant ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
... build power and expand protections and opportunities for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Cultivating funder networks to move resources and shift philanthropic practices. In the early ... of building political homes: spaces for people to come together, ideate, learn, and co-conspire. These approaches ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... development, classes for parents, immigration legal assistance, and advocacy for Indigenous rights. At MICOP ... lot of work, but great things can be achieved when we work together. For example, in 2016 we achieved a major language ... is often made up of wealthy people who donate, who have resources, who can ask other people for money and help with ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... of anti-immigrant and anti-youth propositions. Around that time, I also joined Youth United for Community Action, an ... and sexual orientation, and who face violence and lack of resources as a result. One response we received from funders ... and were limited in how we could respond to the emerging crisis. There are still many foundations that fund ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... heard from local organizers at the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.’s (CRLA) LGBTQ+ Program; Damayan , a group ... leaders and organizations across the country continue to stand up and serve their communities – "even," as one ... until the end of April. Access it here . ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WE RECOMMEND Recent articles and videos related to ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
... deeply and has a huge impact on my work to this day. Every time we have a meeting at Khmer Girls in Action, we make sure ... of engagement builds youth consciousness of how public resources are allocated. It shows the city that our youth are ... visit us in five years, we’ll have a big Cambodian meal together, and you will be walking into a place of loving ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... immigration system that makes it extremely difficult for immigrants of all kinds to enter or stay in the country. If ... no one would exclaim, as so many indignantly do, that immigrants should simply “get in line!”. Although I ... change. For philanthropy, it must mean providing needed resources and using its powerful voice and influence to ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”– Angela Davis I often find myself going back to ... Boston Public Garden. I was mesmerized by the other young undocumented people I met outside. They were chanting, ... a time when Texas policy makers have continuously targeted immigrants, women, and trans people through draconian ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... Collaborative tells us that, “[Our] staff are immigrants themselves or the children of immigrants. In order ... engages with communities and how it redistributes resources. We hope you will be inspired by the work of the ... priorities of directly impacted communities, we can work together to help diversify the staff and leadership of ...
April 4, 2023
Response Fund
... appropriate services The mental health challenges of both immigrants and those working to support them How best to ... migrant communities and to inform how it redistributes resources. These principles are grounded in trusting ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund