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... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... issues, communities, and leaders - in 2024 we launched new communities of practice with the aim of cultivating a ... U.S. Intervention and Modern Migration in the Americas , September 2024 Timeline Podcast: How History Should Inform ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
By Cairo Mendes , GCIR's Director of State and Local Programs CMM_250.jpg ... Earlier this year, we shared with you GCIR’s new state and local framework , a development that reflects ... localities. Our Midwest virtual meeting is coming up in September, and we are planning a site visit in East Texas ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... targets, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. GCIR joins our philanthropic partners in condemning the ... wrongly targeted and with each other. As we outlined in GCIR’s January 2025 Funder Recommendations , there are many ... (including specific funding opportunities) and a new policy resource shortly. Stay tuned! We also ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
By Anduriña Espinoza-Wasil, GCIR's Programs Learning Manager women ... the heroic work being done in Arkansas, California, New Jersey, and New York to safeguard the rights of migrant women workers in ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, reflecting the organization’s commitment to proactive ... at GCIR in December 2022, weeks before the launch of our new theory of change . The timing was fortuitous: right away ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... and daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, I come to GCIR with a deeply personal understanding that belonging is ... hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world for our children?” Like President ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Lian Cheun , ... how philanthropy can partner with grantees to co-design a new normal for our multiracial democracy in which immigrant ... functions is not youth-friendly. But in the case of the new office of youth development, the youth in the community ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... it is now. It has been just over two months since the new administration came into power, and the attacks on ... work, to transform, and to thrive. We are stepping up at GCIR. Recognizing the limited avenues for action at the ... and strengthening our multiracial democracy. In February, GCIR led our 3 rd delegation – our largest to-date – to ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Arcenio Lopez , ... communities. We need to think about how to support this new generation and put their knowledge and energy to work as ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Kris Hayashi , ... public education. KH Interview Pull Quote 1.png Since 2014, immigrant rights have been a priority in TLC’s work. ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... persistent history of othering and discrimination was not new to me. But what was new was getting a close-up look at a byzantine immigration ... advocacy, and policy work that continues to this day at GCIR. At GCIR, we are deliberately providing a platform for ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... and congressional leaders have considered imposing new and harsher laws that would have made it harder for ... to come not only during this election cycle, but also what new narratives or policy proposals might emerge post-election ... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... perspectives. In this episode of our Amplify podcast, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Maria ... Interview highlights and clips are also featured below. GCIR · Amplify Podcast: We the People Michigan's Maria ... who were directly impacted. We the People was a very new organization, there were only three other people on the ...
March 27, 2025
GCIR Blog Series
Welcome to GCIR's Amplify blog series, where we feature interviews with ... a platform for their perspectives. In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Magaly Urdiales, ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... or leaders in the organization. This could lead to funding new and different highly impactful BIPOC-led organizations. ...
April 4, 2023
Response Fund
... migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Washington D.C., and New York City distract us from the urgent needs of the 2.4 ... philanthropy and other critical decision-making spaces GCIR is the lead organization guiding the Fund's strategic ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund
... and belonging. I am so honored to join the board of GCIR, an organization I have long admired and that shares my ... remain inspired by immigrant leaders and the ways in which GCIR and our funder colleagues are showing up in active ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... 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