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... resettlement. Most recently, the administration terminated Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), stripping nearly ... Photo : Russ Allison Loar / Creative Commons If Not Now, When? A Call to Action on Immigration for ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country Many ... to their communities. Since its inception in 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has provided ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
June 18, 2020
News Article
... with Lian Cheun , Executive Director of Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) in Long Beach, California, an organization ... color, women, and girls can truly thrive. Please tell us about yourself and yo ur organization. Lian Cheun ... my mom always makes sure that everyone has food if they enter our home. Other women in the community fed us ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... from deportation. Current beneficiaries of the 11-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program can continue to ... justice groups are holding community calls and briefings about the court decision, including a community call taking ...
September 14, 2023
Statement
... and would expand the categories of Afghans eligible for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) . The White House included the ... asylum backlog is nearly 670,000 cases, which will take about 4.5 years to process, far longer than the two-year ... Aid on Flickr is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Call to Action: Support the Afghan Adjustment Act ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United ... fiction is how totally plausible they were. For decades, when experts have mused about the really bad things that ... and the dollar amounts granted have been negligible. Now, as the coronavirus disrupts U.S. society in a big way, ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
... Interview highlights and clips are also featured below. If you would like to learn more about Borderland: The Line Within , how to support the ... arrived, maybe they’re people that are very smart but not educated. Those are the people that actually have a ...
May 30, 2024
GCIR Blog Series
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... in Africa, often the narrative is that our dreams are not valid. However, I am a Zambian who was born and raised on ... lack of support are alarming and should serve as a call-to-action in philanthropy, because the Black population is only ... Associate Director for Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives, WES Mariam Assefa Fund ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... the consequences are unintended. At worst, they are not even considered. Here at the Center for Disaster ...
July 11, 2019
Blog Post
... On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), stripping nearly ... from philanthropy GCIR's resource page on DACA A special thanks to GCIR members and funders for their support ...
September 9, 2017
Statement
... they were in 1987 — when the U.S. population was about a quarter smaller , substantially younger and ... to be a “specialty occupation ” ? Doesn’t sound so special after all. “This is not just about due ... first 100 days, plus several dozen other initiatives. They include — as Pierce anticipates — ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... The Trump Administration announced the termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), thereby rescinding work ... Statements from Philanthropy DACA Resources A special thanks to GCIR members and funders for their support ...
September 16, 2017
Statement
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to allow the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to continue. The ... an online community gathering when we will share details about the Supreme Court decision and how it will impact ...
June 18, 2020
Commentary
... scopes of work – especially as it relates to special events and canvassing – will get resolved. We ... pause over the next week or two to determine our course of action, but be assured we are committed to working together ... them to fill out the census questionnaire. Details about the paid media program and how to participate can be ...
March 13, 2020
Memo
... the Trump administration’s first attempt to terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) , in September 2017, ... obligation to fully reinstate DACA. As a result, not only must the agency continue processing renewal ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... MICOP, we overcame this narrative and were motivated into action by the discrimination we faced as Mixteco people. ... there is just not enough room for our voices to be heard. If we’re going to change that, we need to change the ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
We will not be silenced.jpg Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). While the decision was ...
June 18, 2020
Statement