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By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In ... DACA implementation, the DOTD network now comprises 20 sites in 15 states working to expand legal services, outreach ... to new challenges that arise, and provide the support and resources you have come to rely upon. While we will have less ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
By Cairo Mendes , GCIR's Director of State and Local Programs ... and asylum seekers. Cultivating funder networks to move resources and shift philanthropic practices. In the early ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... held, across the Boston Public Garden. I was mesmerized by the other young undocumented people I met outside. They ... immigrant rights movement and the struggle for social and economic justice. In the seven years that followed, youth ... to come. Staff Feature: Cairo Mendes, Director of State and Local Programs ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... returned, he shared with me a photo he took on his phone of the Tribute in Light—twin beams that reach up to four ... “not forget those whose lives were permanently altered by 9/11 without having been anywhere near Ground Zero.” ... and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As the state engaged in increased profiling, targeting, and ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
... the Black Lives Matter and Immigrant Rights movements” By Juan Galeano, Project Consultant for 2020 Census, ... our democracy. It informs the distribution of government resources, how many votes a state has in the Electoral College and political ...
August 10, 2020
Blog Post
... and to act now. Protecting immigrant communities – and by extension the fate of our multiracial democracy – will ... that are increasing their annual payouts or mobilizing resources through internal or shared rapid response funds, we ... at the federal level, we are expanding our local and state strategy , leaning into opportunities and defending ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
April 15, 2020
Philanthropic News
... to years of tireless organizing efforts—particularly by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) ... to receive and resettle refugees, and more. Also expand resources for education, workforce development, health care, ... policy attacks and expand support and rights at the state and local levels; and ultimately, lay the groundwork ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... rest of us take for granted. Studies tell us there’s an economic divide between non-citizen immigrants—especially ... many organizations do not know the services being provided by other agencies. The Mexican Embassy , the Institute for ... Building Partnerships for Change: Engaging and Leveraging Resources for Immigrant Financial Integration ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary
Migrant women have been especially harmed by the global systems of oppression that inflict harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, ... to achieve, among other things, individual and collective economic well-being, including the capacity to attain and ...
July 9, 2024
President's Message
... Refugee Women of Color Collaboration will be supported by a grant from Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates ... while GCIR will mobilize its network of 140+ local, state, and national funders to invest in this population. ... color, and shifting philanthropic strategy to invest more resources in immigrant and refugee women leadership. ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
Resources available for immigrants. We are all in this ... closures. Schools and community organizations across the state are operating meal sites. For the most up-to-date information on participating ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... to healthcare, so undocumented people should have the resources to be able to take care of themselves. Create a ... media and directly with friends; Help us with outreach by sending us a quote about why this fundraiser matters. The ... Money raised will go directly to the New York State Youth Leadership Council and will then be distributed ...
April 28, 2020
Response Fund
... is an immigrant; one out of every two children in our state has at least one immigrant parent; and the vast ... geographic reach, but certain regions clearly need more resources given the size of their immigrant population, ... contributions are essential in maintaining a strong economic, civic, and cultural fabric. Despite an increasingly ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... working population. Undocumented immigrants live in every state, and 22 states have undocumented populations of more ... payments, and any future stimulus support. Everyone who files tax returns, regardless of immigration status, should ... care facilities, and other COVID-19 testing or quarantine sites or against people traveling to such sites. And while ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
Guest blog by Stephanie Martinez of the Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund ... five years at GCIR, I worked on mobilizing philanthropic resources in support of disaster relief and legal services ... take place for many years. Funders advocating on federal, state, and local policy issues have the opportunity to use ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
... cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was ... and restoring immigrant rights. The administration began by undoing many of the Trump administration’s racist and draconian immigration policies , including fortifying Deferred Action ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... because they are disproportionately experiencing economic hardship and health risks from COVID-19 , the ... Hispanic families with noncitizens have been hardest hit by the pandemic’s economic fallout The Urban Institute’s ... swirling around the rule will be difficult to resolve. State and local government agencies—a trusted source of ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
... sure each and every one of us—native and newcomer—has resources to prevail through the outbreak. No one stands ... it was a matter of ‘what and when’ we could do as a state. We have been working in partnership with GCIR, ... of funding, but we need to operate in a way that is led by our values and by hope rather than by fear. Si Se Puede is ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post