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... to author their own experience, and narrative power is about building agency and self-determination. GCIR has made ... Hearts and Minds .” We also invite funders to join us in our own political education about forced displacement, as we seek to understand better ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
Upwardly Global—a leading workforce development organization focused on connecting immigrants and refugees to skill-aligned employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization focused on advancing immigrant and refugee justice—to address and dismantle systemic barriers that immigrant women of color face to economic security. The partnership is made possible due to a grant from Pivotal Ventures, and directly aligns with their goal of advancing social progress for women and families in the United States.
April 26, 2022
Press Release
Ivy Suriyopas has been appointed as the new Vice President of Programs at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), effective May 12, 2021.
April 14, 2021
Press Release
... support for many aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating ... policy developments at the state and local levels. Cities, counties, and states can often create more welcoming ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... 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
... 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
... 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
... She joins Efrain Escobedo , Vice President, Education and Immigration, at the California Community Foundation , who ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... the past two decades. We are currently reading articles about the connections between Black liberation and immigrant ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... , Megan Thomas ( Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties ), and Marissa Tirona ( GCIR ). So far, the Fund has ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... funding of a border wall. The challenges in front of us are great, and the climb towards equity, justice, and healing is steep. My commitment to you—and to us—is to face those challenges by building and sharing ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... the results of America’s presidential election, and immigration policy was top of the agenda. Not only was I ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... took participants to destinations across Houston to learn about immigrant justice work happening in the city. One site ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... we laid the groundwork for a project to examine immigration enforcement and detention in the context of ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... November, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... partners: How can I thank you enough?! Funding immigration is not easy—it requires infinite tenacity and ...
December 15, 2020
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