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... and include newcomers in the future. Escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment have created the conditions ... in working toward that future, one in which: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to ... and inclusion of immigrant communities. Funding with Purpose to Meet the Moment ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... lifted up in the media." “There was an urgent need for us to create spaces to exchange ideas and first-hand accounts ... center, which provides personal development programs for immigrant families living in the Colonias in McAllen. ... shared their efforts to create safe spaces for LGBTIQ+ youth, provide education for children in Matamoros, and ...
May 28, 2024
Blog Post
*/ /*--> */ *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Unaccompanied Youth Migrants and Mental Health Hello! We’re back with ... for Families Fund (CDFF) Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. This month we speak with two of CDFF’s ... and released more than 480,000 unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children to sponsors. All of these children made the ...
November 6, 2023
Response Fund
... the transition, I leaned into what I knew: people and purpose first, build power with others next. In the early ... leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these reflections because we must ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... and hatred toward Black, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian (BAMEMSA) and immigrant communities across the country. In doing so, we ... eventually become One America , the largest immigrant and refugee advocacy group in Washington State. And established ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
... speech) increased threats to the safety and security of immigrant, migrant, and refugee communities are responses to – and the conditions ... Hearts and Minds .” We also invite funders to join us in our own political education about forced displacement, ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... are currently on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. Immigrant workers number disproportionately among America’s ... resources to meet the deepening needs of the immigrant and refugee communities they serve. We also listened ... -serving organizations across the country who told us what they were seeing and hearing in the field, and ...
April 30, 2020
Response Fund
... ITS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Long-time advocate for immigrant justice brings more than 15 years of experience to ... serves as a program officer focused on immigrant and refugee rights and manages a multimillion-dollar portfolio. ... the racial justice, immigrant rights, and Muslim Arab South Asian movements to cultivate solidarity in a ...
April 14, 2021
Press Release
... why, at GCIR, we strive to: Amplify examples of existing immigrant justice infrastructure, as we did in our April 21st ... address anti-Asian violence but also to build durable AAPI immigrant power. Support learning communities, research, and ... and national funding infrastructure—like the California Immigrant Integration Initiative and the Delivering on the ...
May 26, 2021
President's Message
... to provide accelerated, short-term financial assistance to immigrant families and individuals, who have minimal access ... DREAM Coalition. Emergency Relief Fund for Immigrants in South Dakota ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
... well-being is tied to everyone else’s. California’s Immigrant Resilience Fund is making headlines demonstrating ... are standing together to make sure each and every one of us—native and newcomer—has resources to prevail through ... motivated and heartened by the vision and commitment of immigrant leaders who have set up local relief funds, ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
... well-being is tied to everyone else’s. California’s Immigrant Resilience Fund is making headlines demonstrating ... are standing together to make sure each and every one of us—native and newcomer—has resources to prevail through ... motivated and heartened by the vision and commitment of immigrant leaders who have set up local relief funds, ...
May 1, 2020
Philanthropic News
... have signed through the CHANGE Philanthropy network. For us it’s simple: We believe we’re stronger when we put ... to make that vision a reality. This is also personal for us. These orders target our families, our friends, our ...
February 15, 2017
Philanthropic News
... We also invite you to read "A Powerful Journey to the US-Mexico Border," a blog post about the trip authored by ... to other experiences, other knowledge I have from the youth justice space, from the reproductive justice space, ... example of what's at stake and also the barriers in place - and the systems. It's not on an individual basis, ...
June 3, 2024
Blog Post
... justice, and due process.’ ... Alliance Magazine: 70 US foundations sign statement condemning executive order on ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
... for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures —the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country ... resettlement departures— according to data from the Refugee Processing Center , the U.S. admitted 1,584 refugees ...
April 21, 2020
News Article
... great promise and early progress toward advancing immigrant justice and restoring immigrant rights. The ... to resume, belying the policy’s stated public health purpose. Immigrant justice field groups continue to advocate ... to protest this practice as a violation of international refugee law. And for those migrants whom the government ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... themselves. Create a fundraiser in this campaign and help us reach our goal; Share the campaign on social media and ... fundraiser matters. The NYSYLC is the first undocumented, youth-led organization in New York. We are working to raise funds to support undocumented youth and their families in New York City during the time of ...
April 28, 2020
Response Fund
... Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and Refugee Women of Color Collaboration will be supported by ... employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... the creation of a new partnership, the Southeast Michigan Immigrant and Refugee Funder Collaborative (“The Collaborative”). The ... work together to support southeast Michigan’s various immigrant and refugee communities. There are more than ...
September 6, 2019
Press Release