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... have signed onto this joint GCIR statement in support of children and families seeking refuge in the United ... CEO Kaberi Banerjee Murthy, VP of Programs Brooklyn Community Foundation Brooklyn, NY Jennifer Ford Reedy, ... President & CEO ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities New York, NY Niamani Mutima, Executive ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... Over the last few weeks, we have witnessed the governors of Texas, Florida, and Arizona sponsor the cruel and craven ... the fundamental right to move freely. As described by the Immigrant Movement Visioning Process , the freedom to move ... DACA, the Biden administration published a final rule last month codifying existing DACA policy into regulation and ...
September 29, 2022
President's Message
... our sector more broadly — specifically the intersection of achieving our mission and financial sustainability. A ... programmatic goals in 2020,” said Hermann. For the immigrant justice community, the coronavirus outbreak has only added to the ...
March 11, 2020
Blog Post
... a federal judge ruled Friday. The order comes nearly a month since the Supreme Court blocked the Trump ... reason to justify scrapping DACA. Judge Paul Grimm of the US District Court for the District of Maryland said ... at CASA, which brought the lawsuit along with other immigrant rights group. "I hope this order makes it clear to ...
July 17, 2020
News Article
... United States received over 80,000 Afghan evacuees , many of whom were at added risk due to their association with the ... expand the categories of Afghans eligible for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) . The White House included the AAA in ... not include similar provisions for Afghans. The following month, the Biden administration announced a program that ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
Somali Family Service of San Diego seeks to meet the urgent needs of refugee and immigrant families in San Diego impacted by COVID-19. The ... in San Diego for the past twenty years. Guided by our community champions, we empower immigrants, refugees, and ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
On October 10th, the Department of Homeland Security filed a change to a long-standing tenet of federal immigration law that will endanger the health and ... and families. If enacted, it would put millions of working immigrant families and their children at a great risk of ...
December 6, 2018
Statement
... unconscionable attempt to terminate the availability of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), ruling that ... who can now continue to safely live, work, and study in the United States. Today’s decision also returns DACA to ... DACA immediately. “Today marks a historic victory for immigrant youth who have led the fight for respect and ...
June 18, 2020
Press Release
... All – Census 2020 Campaign today highlighted a series of measures to help the hardest-to-count Californians get the information and support they need to participate in the 2020 Census. This inclusive campaign includes a ... an inclusive campaign that celebrates our state’s diversity and ultimately encourages and supports every ...
April 8, 2020
Blog Post
FOTH 2024 group 1.jpeg For the second year in a row, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees ... and discuss the most pressing immigration issues of our time. The gathering was part of the United ... are seeking ways to make an impact by supporting immigrant and refugee health, safety, wellbeing, and ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
... for their teams. Please know that the health and safety of you, your colleagues, your families and loved ones, and your community members comes first. We are inspired and ... with us. We strongly believe in your resilience and strength, and thank you deeply for your continued leadership ...
March 16, 2020
Statement
... food and other life-critical essential needs as a result of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. Each year, the ... undocumented immigrants pay more than $20 billion in federal taxes, and in state and local taxes by filing tax ... working families also struggling to survive. As a result, community groups and leaders have come together to raise ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
... As an organization working to advance the inclusion of immigrants and refugees, we condemn the hatred and ... At this defining moment for our nation, the philanthropic community must act boldly as a unifying force in defiance of ... D. Carson, President & CEO "Coming to terms with this history—and redressing centuries of injustice—will ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... Workers Relief Fund has been established by more than 20 community groups and leaders to raise funds for undocumented ... not eligible to receive unemployment benefits or most of the federal disaster relief funds. All Arizona Working ... undocumented immigrants pay more than $20 billion in federal taxes, and as reported in the 2016 Institute on ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
Now is the time for our immigrant AANHPI community to hold onto each other tighter than ever. We must remember that many of us cannot work from home and are not covered by government ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
It took a bit of time, but foundation leaders—some of them, anyway—are ... founding principles and the Constitution, our standing in the world, and our core values of liberty, justice, and ... grant to the ACLU, tweeting: “When our core values—diversity, pluralism & respect for all—are threatened we ...
February 6, 2017
Philanthropic News
... D.C . (April 1, 2020): Today, on Census Day, Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) announced a round of grants from its Civic Participation Emergency Grant Fund ... The first round of grants went to eight grassroots, community-based organizations in six southern states. The ...
April 1, 2020
Response Fund
The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor of the State of California State Capitol Sacramento, ... the health and wellbeing of all Californians. Our immigrant neighbors, coworkers, and friends are vital to our ... dollars in emergency funding, including funding to support community organizations serving impacted immigrants and ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
With the federal administration set to end the use of public health law Title 42 as an expulsion tool to deny ... families will enter the U.S. through the southern border in search of refuge. iStock-1410166189_350.jpg While media ... migrants, the recent deadly fire at an overcrowded immigrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, and ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... On September 5, the Trump administration upended the lives of 800,000 young immigrants, dimming their hopes and dreams, ... us; and they help strengthen our neighborhoods as community leaders and volunteers. Their skills, talents, and ... and assert your public voice to push back against anti-immigrant forces and their divisive rhetoric. Your courage, ...
September 14, 2017
Statement