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... transition team this week announced its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency review team, and it would ... to take that swing away from the Trump administration once in office. The agency review teams are formed to evaluate the ... in office. Read the full article at the link below. Biden's picks for transition team the latest sign of a radically ...
November 13, 2020
News Article
... Amplify blog series, where we feature interviews with immigrant justice field leaders to showcase their work and ... Tirona speaks with Magaly Urdiales, Co-executive Director of the Western North Carolina Workers' Center . Read on as ... identities of each person. I have a background as a community organizer and in 2006 began working with nonprofits ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... earlier this week, which were direct consequences of the divisive rhetoric and oppressive policies promulgated ... white supremacy, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment. What we witnessed in D.C.—and in state ... country is at a choice point. Will we build the power of Black, Brown, indigenous, and immigrant communities to bring ...
January 8, 2021
Statement
... so grateful to Dulce Garcia ( Border Angels / San Diego Immigrant Rights Coalition ), Mitzie Perez ( California ... ( Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo [CIELO]), Ola Osaze ( Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project [BLMP]), Dan Torres ( Evelyn & ... Community Foundation ), and Megan Thomas ( Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties ) for joining Marissa ...
September, 2020
Issue Brief
... infographic summarizes the mission, vision, and impact of Delivering on the Dream (DOTD), as well as the national network's funding collaborative sites, areas of work, and advantages of membership. There are 2020 ...
September, 2020
Infographic
May 11, 2022
... explains why the 2020 Census is important, why it's difficult to do accurately, and gives funding ... funding the decennial Census guides to states, what types of programs it covers, historical challenges in counting everyone, and six ways funders support an ...
October, 2016
Funding Recommendations, Infographic
... and Refugees: Milestones and highlights from 25 years of the wide range of efforts by GCIR, our members, and ... help immigrants and refugees reach their full potential. Immigrant and Refugee Policy Developments: Major policy ... 1990 and 2015 that have impacted immigrants and refugees in the U.S.--and across the globe--and contributed to a ...
January, 2016
Infographic
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... any other in our lifetimes. The fourth consecutive year of escalating policy attacks on immigrants and many other ... against Asian Americans. The tragic murders of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement. Military ... final countdown to the most important election in modern history, GCIR has developed a post-election game plan to ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
September, 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
As the daughter of a Chinese-Thai father and a Filipina mother, I struggled ... critical race theory in law school revealed to me the long history of discrimination against AAPI communities in the ... philanthropic community and field leaders in Houston next month. [i] ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... Protected Status, many are asking about this form of immigration status. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a ... TPS is a designation made by the Attorney General, in consultation with other federal agencies, based on a ... Angeles Nana Afua Y. Brantuo , Policy Manager, Black Alliance for Just Immigration Aryah Somers Landsberger ...
November 16, 2017
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... and nonprofits supporting immigrant rights, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other progressive causes are ... staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director of the Solidaire Network, said her organization has been ... donors and foundations, started its own security fund last month with $1 million, using money from a $20 million ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
Last month GCIR rolled out our new theory of change, which reflects our evolution as a national ... or region. In Arkansas, for example, GCIR has a previous history of working with local funders and community-based ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... allowed more than 830,000 young people to stay and work in the United States, with 589,660 individuals benefitting from the DACA program as of September 2022. According to results from a 2021 survey of ... loved ones. DACA recipients are raising nearly 300,000 U.S. citizen children – children whose lives could be ...
April 6, 2023
Webinar
... up in the United States, I was raised with an awareness of our nation’s history of colonialism and at times violent intervention in ... of being undocumented, and the power and promise of the immigrant rights movement. Those early seeds of consciousness ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy will preoccupy President-elect Joe Biden during his first weeks in office, the incoming Democratic administration is also ... and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most of which are African or predominantly Muslim. Read the full ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... under pressure to repudiate and rescind many, if not most, of the more than 400 executive actions President Trump has used to tighten the U.S. immigration system. But Biden also will start his term in a bind that could make such changes difficult to ...
December 2, 2020
News Article