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Description While Black-led immigrant and refugee organizations have long confronted ... longstanding inequities. Called upon to meet the needs of their communities and to lead in multiple movement roles ...
April 12, 2021
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to new Immigrants in Texas" here, including session recording and powerpoint. ...
November, 2022
Program Materials
... Refugees (GCIR) holds a commitment to the inherent value of every human being and a vision of the United States that ... Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities and legal service providers, GCIR and ... Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Grove Foundation, James and ...
February, 2020
Report
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting. Materials: Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge ...
December, 2023
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR and HIP's webinar, " Regional Border Response to Emerging Migration ... Humanitarian Needs Day I I " here, including recording. Materials: Regional Border Response to Emerging Migration & ...
April, 2021
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Holding the Line: Defending Against Harmful ... here, including the session recording and PowerPoint. Materials: Holding the Line: Defending Against Harmful ...
May, 2023
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Beyond the Border: How Receiving Cities are ... here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting. Materials: Beyond the Border: How Receiving ...
August, 2023
Program Materials
This presentation covers community-based projects working at the intersections of race, age, and gender; considers perspectives on how refugee integration happens in our communities; and explores what funders are doing to be ...
June, 2016
Presentation
Description Refugees live at the intersection of many of the inequities and vulnerabilities that COVID-19 ... to distance learning and remote work opportunities. And black and brown refugees face the systemic discrimination ... blocks many refugees. Unemployment benefits require work history that some refugees do not have. Paid leave omits ...
June 16, 2020
Webinar
Quarterly meeting of GCIR’s California Immigrant Integration Initiative , comprised of ...
May 26, 2021
Group Meeting
... crises unfolding in Afghanistan and Haiti. In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the ... Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans . Support Black immigrant organizations that have been historically ... has merely resettled 6,200 refugees as of the end of last month. If the administration does not ramp up the pace of ...
August 19, 2021
Statement
... with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an analysis of challenges to the system and opportunities for ... to Grantmakers,” prepared by our consultants, Andrea Black and Joan Freidland. Although barriers are being erected ... issues have been historically underrepresented in broader immigrant rights advocacy, there are now opportunities to ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
... year, GCIR released our 2023 Public Policy Agenda , a set of federal and state reforms that would advance immigrant justice and power across the country. From calling ... that increase immigrant detention, GCIR stands with community leaders and coalitions leading the charge on these ...
April 19, 2023
Webinar
by Andrea Black and Joan Friedland INTRODUCTION The United States has a ... with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an analysis of challenges to the system and opportunities for ... policy agenda and the longstanding proposals of anti-immigrant hate groups Federation for American Immigration ...
March, 2019
Report
... along their resettlement and integration journey in the United States. Detailed recommendations cover methods of supporting programming needs and evaluation, promoting ...
June, 2016
Funding Recommendations
... the California Dignity for Families Fund’s first round of grantmaking investments. The Fund, launched in May as part ... members include Dulce Garcia ( Border Angels / San Diego Immigrant Rights Coalition ), Mitzie Perez ( California ... Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) ), Ola Osaze ( Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) ), Dan Torres (Evelyn ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the intensifying attacks on immigrants, refugees, and ... to launch new collaboratives by year's end. California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII): We continue to ... and leverage investments. The Immigrant Workforce Learning Community continues to engage funders on strategies for ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
These funding recommendations cover a broad range of options for funders seeking to respond to the Central ... integration services; Support for re-integration work in the countries of origin; Communications, polling, and message testing; ...
May, 2016
Funding Recommendations
... , Esq., Border Action Team Managing Attorney, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Dagoberto Bailon & Carla ... America Working Group Felipe Navarro-Lux , Manager of Regional Initiatives, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies ... Mohamed , Organizer, Trainer, and Movement Strategist, Black LGBTQIA + Migrant Project (BLMP), Transgender Law ...
April 22, 2021
Partner Program