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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... color, and shifting philanthropic strategy to invest more resources in immigrant and refugee women leadership. ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, ... supremacy have no place in our world. To funders in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New ... Dunedin, New Zealand. Mark McGuire / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Islamophobia and Hate ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Blue Shield of California Foundation . In addition, the GCIR membership re-elected Shawn Morehead , Vice President ... board, including two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In January 2019 , I ... the opposition’s in ambition and scope. I also announced GCIR’s plan to develop an affirmative vision to drive ... and engage a wide range of stakeholders, including GCIR members, immigrant rights and service organizations, as ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... tackle the most pressing issues facing our communities. GCIR is committed to supporting an equitable and sustainable ... essential work on the front lines. To learn more, read GCIR’s 2020 report on secondary traumatic stress and ...
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Kris Hayashi , ... and sexual orientation, and who face violence and lack of resources as a result. One response we received from funders ... only 4 cents focus on trans communities. In 2020, resources moved out of foundations in a way I’d never seen ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
Welcome to GCIR's Amplify blog series, where we feature interviews with ... our community and different organizations, services, and resources that exist in the area. Our work starts with ... to go to learn how to navigate systems and connect with resources and different types of people. Not knowing has ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... count, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Philanthropy California issue the following ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) has been overseeing the California Census 2020 ... working to reach the hardest-to-count communities.” GCIR and Philanthropy California’s Statement on the Trump ...
July 23, 2020
Statement
... at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), guided a group of six of us in and out of the long ... In 2015, I began my philanthropic journey as a staffer at GCIR. Over five years at GCIR, I worked on mobilizing philanthropic resources in support of disaster relief and legal services ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
... on conversations with a cross-section of field leaders, GCIR urges philanthropy to take the following actions: ... to receive and resettle refugees, and more. Also expand resources for education, workforce development, health care, ... thrives no matter who they are or where they were born. GCIR stands ready to partner with philanthropy to advance ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Arcenio Lopez , ... is often made up of wealthy people who donate, who have resources, who can ask other people for money and help with ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources to build the narrative power necessary to change ... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ... in which: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to self-determine. The leadership and ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... Family Foundation Allison Magee, Executive Director Resources Individual Statements from Philanthropy DACA Resources A special thanks to GCIR members and funders for their support in making this ...
September 16, 2017
Statement
GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Lian Cheun , ... of engagement builds youth consciousness of how public resources are allocated. It shows the city that our youth are ... essential information like how to stay safe and access resources in the face of Covid-19. In this way, young people ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... geographic reach, but certain regions clearly need more resources given the size of their immigrant population, ... June 2017. Pressing needs While the infusion of resources from our foundations, other philanthropies, as well ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... dedicated to advancing justice and equity for all, we at GCIR are appalled at the insurrection, violence, and rioting ... quo and become further entrenched and divided? We at GCIR believe that the pathway forward is clear, and we also ... a nation and world society at peace with itself.” GCIR is committed to doing our part by moving money, building ...
January 8, 2021
Statement
... advocacy, and policy work that continues to this day at GCIR. At GCIR, we are deliberately providing a platform for those most ... change. For philanthropy, it must mean providing needed resources and using its powerful voice and influence to ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... on the Biden administration to stop these mass removals. GCIR is taking action, too. Our California Dignity for ... immigrant leaders, including Haitians. To learn more about GCIR’s response and actions funders can take, read our ...
October 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, ... policy and decision-making at all levels. I arrived at GCIR in December 2022, weeks before the launch of our new ... principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for maximum impact. Collaborative. If we are to ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... learn from and flank our movement leaders, activating our resources, power, and platforms in service of their work. It ... 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