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... To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and Refugee Women of Color Collaboration will be supported by a grant from ... power, influencing company culture to ensure corporate diversity/equity/inclusion initiatives are inclusive of and ... impacted by the wealth and wage gaps, including Black, Indigenous, Brown and LGBTQIA+ immigrants as well as ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of California Dignity for Families Fund Private Fund Will ... include diverse and vulnerable populations, such as Black (including Africans), indigenous, and LGBTQI+ ... Assistance for Immigrants initiative. “California’s diversity makes us a more vibrant and resilient state, and we ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... that has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... Covid-19. We have also witnessed the election of the first black Senator from the American South since Reconstruction, ... willful ahistoricism, white supremacy, and virulent anti-immigrant sentiment, I remain hopeful for and inspired by a ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
Dear Colleagues: I am not much of a gardener; I can’t keep a plant alive for much longer ... off this year was our biennial convening in Houston last month. When we began our planning in early 2021 we knew that, ... undocumented leaders, and we hosted a session on the Black Migrant Power Fund , a new fund driving resources to ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... in philanthropy. Contigo's mission is to honor the lives of those killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016 – nearly all of whom were LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx – by ensuring that their identities, ... the workshop “Using c3 and c4 Strategies to Advance Pro-immigrant Policies”, we looked at how 501c4 strategies can ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... 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
Dear Colleagues: Prior to working in philanthropy, I was an organizational development ... first, build power with others next. In the early months of my tenure, I prioritized: Defining and clarifying our ... leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these reflections ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message