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By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ... from Europe and Canada. In fact, as much as one-third of U.S.-born citizens would fail to meet the harsh new public ... and their grantee organizations. More than harming immigrant communities, these acts bear the hallmarks of ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... 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
... the face of the United States’ longest war while the U.S. government made promises that remain unfulfilled. And now ... long-term permanent solutions. Funders need to fund power-building, advocacy, legal services, and capacity-building ... allow them to stay in the U.S., such as asylum, special immigrant visas, or Temporary Protected Status, with fewer ...
March 18, 2024
Commentary
... in which everyone can thrive – regardless of how one’s gender identity, sexuality, and/or immigration status ... suffered disproportionate economic injustice and inequity. GCIR believes that philanthropy can play a significant role ... as well as the important role philanthropy can play in building migrant worker power and leadership in rural areas. ...
July 9, 2024
President's Message
... the story of Southeast Asian refugees displaced by U.S. imperialism and militarism and the ways in which they ... also found significant value in applying a global lens to GCIR’s work, and saw this as a ripe opportunity to ... supporting and amplifying transnational organizing, power building, narrative, and advocacy work. To that end, late ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... Sara Feldman, Angelica Laguna, and Ivy O. Suriyopas GCIR logo.png This past year, GCIR embarked upon an exciting ... equitable and inclusive policies and practices in GCIR’s internal and external work. Comprised in 2023 of five ... staff members the opportunity to lead this area of work. For those of us now wrapping up the first one-year term of ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... for Migrants Hello! Thank you for reading issue #6 of the California Dignity for Families Fund (CDFF) Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. This month we spoke to several of our CDFF ... services. While asylum seekers arriving in the U.S. have a year to apply for asylum, they face obstacles such ...
August 30, 2023
Response Fund
... of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fund will support HIP’s current Migration and Forced Displacement grantees and ... goals by serving as an intermediary, using our network and building new relationships to increase the impact of ... and power building. Support from funders including The California Endowment, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Annie E. Casey ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Katherine Perez , ... Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for immigrants with disabilities, working at ... felt the urgent need to work on immigration, and that’s how I came to the immigration space. We had no money, but ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... a truly equitable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, the immigrant justice movement must be sustainable, which means ... tackle the most pressing issues facing our communities. GCIR is committed to supporting an equitable and sustainable ... work on the front lines. To learn more, read GCIR’s 2020 report on secondary traumatic stress and join us ...
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... and Lucile Packard Foundation had made to Solidaire’s Black Liberation Pooled Fund . It quickly became clear ... threats. A decade ago, for example, a man who shot four California Highway Patrol officers in Oakland told ... protocols for locking doors and entering and exiting the building, Dash said. The staff was also trained in dealing ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
... now speaking out against the Trump administration’s executive orders banning refugees and immigrants from seven ... statement that criticizes Trump’s executive orders for comprising “our nation’s founding principles and the ... by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) , which had begun a discussion with its members after ...
February 6, 2017
Philanthropic News
... are profound. A fair and accurate accounting of the U.S. population does a lot more than determine congressional ... funders like the James Irvine Foundation and the California Endowment . The Hewlett Foundation is involved, as ... a lot of fear of filling out the form, especially in immigrant communities,” Mannion said. An Urban Institute ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
... the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... to rescind DACA, along with the barrage of other anti-immigrant policy attacks, are part of an expansive agenda ... ideology. This week’s Supreme Court decisions on DACA, California’s sanctuary law, and LGBTQI rights should be ...
June 18, 2020
Statement
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
... the driving force behind a recent learning trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, organized for 15 funders by Hispanics in ... and Grantmakers Concerned with Imigrants and Refugees (GCIR). This delegation traveled to McAllen, Texas, and ... services. Humanitarian relief, legal services, power-building, and advocacy are just some examples of the vital ...
June 3, 2024
Blog Post
... of immigrant youth and their families whose hopes of building a better future rested on DACA. The reverberating ... to make sure this decision does not stand. Friday’s federal court ruling underscores the need to bring relief ... an important role in ensuring DACA’s success through GCIR’s Delivering on the Dream initiative. More than ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
... 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
... Social Security contributions over the next decade. DACA’s rescission is the latest in a series of draconian executive ... success. Through the Delivering on the Dream initiative, GCIR engaged more than 100 foundations nationally and in 15 ... strategies can be deployed again to meet new challenges. Building on Delivering on the Dream, GCIR stands ready to ...
September 14, 2017
Statement
... color), who suffer the negative consequences of America’s systemic racism and dominant culture. Understanding these ... population is expected to be the largest in the world by 2050. Without Black mobilization in the U.S. through Black ... from other funders since our inception in 2019. As a GCIR board member, I am deeply proud that our Fund has built ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature