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... Director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas . Read on as Mily shares how the work of farmworker women intersects ... learned that my mother had experienced sexual harassment on the job, which is why we moved so often when I was growing ... farmworker women and to ask them for their recommendations on how to address these problems. ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... is the Vice President of Programs at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). "Whether that’s the occupation of ... should help inform how the U.S. government approaches policy solutions. “If we look at migration [as] ... “As funders, as organizations, activists, including US policy-makers, we should also think of not only what the U.S. ...
October 7, 2024
Podcast
... taxes, and as reported in the 2016 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy an estimated $11.64 billion in state and local taxes ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... a beat, mobilizing an effective and aggressive response to policy crises; keeping pace with the thirst for information ... DACA implementation, the DOTD network now comprises 20 sites in 15 states working to expand legal services, outreach ... end. California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII): We continue to help California funders stay informed ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... young people. This action will have a devastating impact on almost 223,000 DACAmented Californians. As ... Foundation Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., President & CEO The San Francisco Foundation Fred Blackwell, CEO Thomas J. Long ...
September 16, 2017
Statement
... House, unsplash cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember ... worksite raids, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests increased by 30 percent, from 110,000 in 2016 to ... Background In 2019, the Trump administration instituted a policy of sending certain asylum seekers back to Mexico while ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... escalating economic crisis, and record climate disasters. On the immigration front, he will face the task of undoing ... resettlement, and put in place a temporary moratorium on deportations. These actions reflect many of the priorities ... and asylum seekers at the federal level; mitigate against policy attacks and expand support and rights at the state and ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... Community Organizing Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for ... immigrants, but why should we do that when we are on our own continent? We are migrants, people who move. ... we have over 20 programs, including community organizing, policy and advocacy, a community radio station, and direct ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... credit: "Finally See the Light," written by Bryan Teoh on freepd.com . Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. interview highlights On how they define narrative power, their strategies for ... the case of immigration which is what Borderland focuses on. We feel like a war is being waged on immigrants, and why? ...
May 30, 2024
GCIR Blog Series
... delegation to the nation’s capital to meet directly with policy-makers and discuss the most pressing immigration ... the United Philanthropy Forum’s 21st annual Foundations on the Hill conference, also known as FOTH, where donors and ... government officials in Washington, D.C. to discuss urgent policy priorities. “It's so important that philanthropy and ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
... against AAPI communities in the United States. I went on to teach two semesters of Asian American Civil Rights and ... constructing the transcontinental railroads to laboring on sugar plantations to fighting in wars on behalf of a ... weighing the implications of immigration quotas on foreign policy abroad, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
June 18, 2020
News Article
... not valid. However, I am a Zambian who was born and raised on the Continent and was exposed to a multitude of ... the dreams seemed nearly impossible. I came to discover on arrival that the phrase “land of the free and home of ... of America’s presidential election, and immigration policy was top of the agenda. Not only was I anxious that my ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... future of our country, it is essential that we double down on our commitment to honoring the rights and dignity of all ... access to doctors, homes they can afford, and enough food on the table. At GCIR, we support the right of individuals ... countries of origin or, when untenable, to move. We call on philanthropy – together with public and private partners ...
September 11, 2024
Statement
While the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy will preoccupy President-elect Joe ... Mr. Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most of which are African or predominantly ... of Trump's immigration agenda, from deportations to asylum policy ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... child labor protections Florida child labor laws v2.jpg On July 1, two very important laws went into effect in ... prevented children from working on dangerous work sites. The law also allows parents or guardians to let their ... that had been previously outlawed for children. This policy trend has many implications for all youth! Removing ...
August 8, 2024
Blog Post
... by executive fiat. This fiscal year, the United States is on track to admit half the number of legal immigrants it ... repelled. To the extent that Americans are aware of such policy changes, they’re probably only familiar with the ... administration’s “zero tolerance” family-separations policy for asylum-seekers; the abrupt deportations of ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... traumas and accumulating stresses have taken a toll on those most directly impacted, but they have also overwhelmed and emotionally burdened those on the front lines caring for community members. ... health and well-being of those doing the essential work on the front lines. To learn more, read GCIR’s 2020 ...
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... for me and my neighbors to vote. This year, we voted on the Sunday before Election Day, buoyed by a fun morning ... (and is one of the state priorities GCIR named in our 2022 policy agenda ), might be back in play. These critical wins ... relationship between culture change, narrative work, and policy wins, which is why we are hosting a Narrative Change ...
November 11, 2022
President's Message