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... the belief that affecting transformative change in support of immigrants, migrants, and refugees includes combating the ... view. MMT_209x250.jpg We know from our own nation’s history that forced displacement begets both present and ... marginalized, and oppressed. More than 20 years later, Black, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... 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
... ANNOUNCES IVY SURIYOPAS WILL BE ITS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Long-time advocate for immigrant justice brings more than 15 years of experience to ... in the racialized treatment of immigrants throughout U.S. history. Along with her colleagues, she convened leaders from ...
April 14, 2021
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
... initiative and formed an internal working group to engage in intersectional and cross-movement analyses and develop an ... GCIR’s internal and external work. Comprised in 2023 of five staff members from different areas of the ... about how best to mobilize philanthropy to support community power instead of perpetuating extractive practices. ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
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
Nomzana Headshot - 750x1000px.jpg When you are a Black child in Africa, often the narrative is that our dreams ... and raised on the Continent and was exposed to a multitude of experiences ranging from extreme poverty to traveling to ... Committing to the WES team and their efforts to invest in immigrant and refugee communities felt like a no brainer ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
Dear Colleagues, MMT_209x250.jpg Earlier this month, I attended the world premiere of Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in ... currently reading articles about the connections between Black liberation and immigrant justice and the ways in which ...
June 29, 2023
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
... in years past, growing bipartisan support for many aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge ... and include newcomers in the future. Escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment have created the conditions ... national levels - are borne of long-term investment in community organizing, multi-racial coalitions, and movement ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... and pride as I conclude my 22-year tenure at the helm of GCIR. Even though this transition has been long in ... advocacy continue to strengthen philanthropic support for immigrant justice. To Marissa, GCIR’s new fearless ... shift from the stance of resistance and opposition to find strength in one another, cultivate new allies, and unite ...
December 15, 2020
Philanthropic News
... 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
... look like? What will it take to get there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning ... in learning processes. Like so many others, my history has been profoundly impacted by migration, a fact ... to that effort. My firm belief is that in justice work, immigrant justice included, there’s a place for everyone. ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... 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
SEBASTOPOL, CA — The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) ... Shawn Morehead , Vice President for Grants at The New York Community Trust ; Robby Rodriguez , Program Officer at the ... we played in coordinating funder pushback to federal anti-immigrant policies. For more information, visit www.gcir.org ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy ... creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities. To that end, we asked the ... new framework in a vacuum, so we convened a dynamic group of movement leaders, funders, and experts whose perspectives ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message