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... current crisis. We have had over 180 families contact us for help with their most urgent needs which are: access to ... grocery bills, and medical expenses. More information about Somali Family Service of San Diego: Somali Family ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... for Families Fund, also launched today. To learn more about the Fund, visit www.gcir.org/CADignityFund . Led by ... initiative. “California’s diversity makes us a more vibrant and resilient state, and we are a better ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. GCIR ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... an online community gathering when we will share details about the Supreme Court decision and how it will impact ... afforded by the DACA program. We urge Congress to pass immigration reform that will enable undocumented youth and ...
June 18, 2020
Commentary
... because I was “American.” I received compliments about how “well” I spoke English. And questions such as ... history is also inextricably linked to the history of U.S. immigration law. The Immigration Act of 1875, which prevented ... [ii] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asians-us-are-fastest-growing-racial-group-rise-rcna1680 , ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... Brown, indigenous, and immigrant communities to bring about the death throes of white supremacy or will we ... our members and the philanthropic sector to stand with us in building a world where we are all safe, and where ...
January 8, 2021
Statement
... kill movement leaders, and release personal information about staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director ... has been hearing greater anxiety from grantees about their physical safety as well as cyberthreats. Before ... Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees, said threats to immigration-related nonprofits and other groups have been on ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
... the organization’s and our key partners’ best thinking about how to address the problem at hand; namely, that racial ... learning on absolutely everything. This principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for ... learning framework and include metrics on what can help us define success, I am cautious not to let numbers have the ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... serving Black migrant communities. You can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with ... learnings from these early “plantings,” we are excited about new projects we are sowing, including our partnership ... cooperatives. If you are interested in learning more about this project – or other work that we are sowing and ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... to grasp the realities of this country’s contemporary immigration policy, the experience of being undocumented, and ... to immediate crises. While immigrant communities do need us to heed their calls for support in those times of crisis, ... means having the courage to invite a bigger conversation about our nation’s history and the present-day ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... strengthen the work of Indigenous migrants. Please tell us about yourself and your organization. Can you describe the ... interpreters, leadership development, classes for parents, immigration legal assistance, and advocacy for Indigenous ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... stages of planning for this work, it was important to us that GCIR’s state and local strategy be guided by the input of those directly impacted by immigration in addition to the perspectives and insights of ... organizer. I’m grateful that I learned early on about frameworks like those from Marshall Ganz, Young ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... the opportunity to lead this area of work. For those of us now wrapping up the first one-year term of the working ... the end of each quarter. Several key insights emerged about how imperialism, anti-Blackness, racial capitalism, and ... is deeply rooted in our societal structures, including our immigration system, and how this has an insidious impact that ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... generative, and collaborative. It was important to us that we did not create this new framework in a vacuum, so ... journey with you, and we are eager to hear from you about what you think of our new theory of change. What resonates with you? What are you curious about? What role might you play in helping us achieve the ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... all, there is a role for everyone, including those of us in philanthropy, in the long-term fight for equity and ... for the first time, in front of 300 people. I told them about coming to the United States, growing up undocumented, ... whenever someone knocked on the door in fear that it was Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). I shared the ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... and economic crisis. Each year, the IRS estimates that about 6 million undocumented immigrants who serve our ... undocumented status. These hard-working families are among us and are once again left in the shadows, unfairly isolated ... if we leave these essential communities behind. Join us by supporting the Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... and economic crisis. Each year, the IRS estimates that about 6 million undocumented immigrants who serve our ... undocumented status. These hard-working families are among us and are once again left in the shadows, unfairly isolated ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
Annie Grant, 55, had been feverish for two nights. Worried about the coronavirus outbreak, her adult children had begged ...
April 9, 2020
News Article
... of immigrants in California who are still subject to harsh immigration enforcement and detention, increasing their ... and hospitality workers, farmworkers, and others). Many of us are also organizing a statewide direct relief fund and ... opportunity to meet with your administration to learn more about the State’s efforts to protect immigrant Californians ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... justice movement leaders across the nation. Hearing about the organizing work being done in places like Louisiana ... back home in Arizona growing up in a family with mixed immigration statuses. While working with immigrant youth in ... summer allowed me to un-learn and re-learn the history of immigration. As I helped GCIR staff develop a timeline of ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature