Search GCIR
In honor of Black History Month, this month’s policy call will celebrate the diversity and strength of ...
February 21, 2019
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
These materials are related to a follow-up program from our February 26th webinar, " ... Resettlement ." This program delved even deeper into how community-based organizations are developing innovative strategies for long-term integration of refugees and their families. Find all related materials to the webinar here, ...
March, 2019
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for April's Monthly Immigration Policy Call, "First Responders at the Border: The Vital Role and Untapped Potential of a Reception System for Families and Asylum Seekers" here, including ...
May, 2019
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " Pathways Forward for U.S. Refugee Resettlement" here, including presentation and recording.
...
February, 2019
Program Materials
... of our elected and appointed leaders, and our centuries-long history of policing, persecuting and murdering Black and Brown bodies. The Department of Justice, under Jeff Sessions, made ...
July 25, 2019
Commentary
... day 1 to dismantle America’s historical role as a beacon of hope and a land of refuge. An unrelenting barrage of policy changes over the ... Question
> What is happening? Late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court tentatively blocked the inclusion of a ...
July 10, 2019
Blog Post
... challenges presented by record breaking numbers of asylum-seeking families at the southern California border, and on-the-ground ... the debate over immigration in America cannot be reduced to black or white, right or wrong. In her visual presentation, Nazario will share ...
July 18, 2019
Co-Sponsored Program
This edition of the Business of Giving features Jina Krause-Vilmar, CEO of Upwardly Global. ... refugees, people who have been granted asylum, and special immigrant visa holders into the U.S. work force.
Though highly educated in ... to employers who may be seeking to improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion profile. The organization has helped more than ...
April 4, 2019
Podcast
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " Funders for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Update Call" here.
Materials: Funders for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Update Call ...
June, 2019
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 inclusive of ...
June, 2016
Presentation
Find all program-related materials for " Asylum Under Attack: The Dismantling of the System and What Philanthropy Can Do " here.
Materials: Asylum Under Attack: The Dismantling of the System and What ...
Program Materials
... seekers, and unaccompanied children seeking protection in the United States and abroad.
The grantmakers profiled in this report ... to global crises (like the Syrian civil war and the arrival of asylum seekers across Europe), while others are addressing the needs of ...
June, 2018
Report
... Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border fuels an ... director of Unbound Philanthropy, one of the groups profiled in the report. "At the global level there’s an unprecedented number of people ...
Grant Makers Share Case Studies to Improve Response to Immigrant Crises ...
June 20, 2018
Philanthropic News
... be returned. This is vital for maintaining the integrity of the immigration system and discouraging future migration of people with less ... expected to launch major enforcement actions earlier this month. The threatened operations have not yet materialized to the level ...
July 30, 2019
Commentary
... with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an analysis of challenges to the system and opportunities for intervention. This summary is ... to Grantmakers,” prepared by our consultants, Andrea Black and Joan Freidland. Although barriers are being erected at every stage of ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
... French refugee children in 1917 (left); representation of child in detention today (right).
Co-Sponsors
Southern ... system, but they also reverse our nation’s 50-year history of welcoming a more diverse pool of immigrants and refugees. These ...
February 26, 2019
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 intervention. This memorandum ... policy agenda and the longstanding proposals of anti-immigrant hate groups Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and the ...
March, 2019
Report
... refugees along their resettlement and integration journey in the United States. Detailed recommendations cover methods of supporting programming needs and evaluation, promoting civic participation, ...
June, 2016
Funding Recommendations
... are approved to administer the R&P Program by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) at the Department of State. These ... holders to total 60,000 beneficiaries of the R&P Program in federal fiscalyear (FY) 2018. All nine agencies have received an extended ...
November, 2018
Factsheet
SEBASTOPOL, CA—In honor of World Refugee Day, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant and Refugees (GCIR) is pleased to release Philanthropic ... systems change work, and mobilizing within the philanthropic community, among other tactics.
Written by GCIR Senior Strategist Suzette ...
June 20, 2018
Press Release