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... persists to this day but also the ways in which U.S. immigration policies have reinforced and sanctioned that Islamophobia. Much has been written about how U.S. domestic and foreign policies were transformed ... work over the next five years. To deepen my own learning about the ongoing impact of 9/11 on BAMEMSA communities—and ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
... Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), guided a group of six of us in and out of the long halls and winding tunnels. In my ... back to the years of the Trump Administration’s inhumane immigration policies. In 2015, I began my philanthropic ... the immigrant agricultural workers in Napa and Sonoma counties, the DACA recipients who have contributed so much to ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is joining with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and The Kresge Foundation to create the Southeast Michigan Immigrant and Refugee Funder Collaborative, which seeks to address a needs gap of the immigrant and refugee population in the region.
September 6, 2019
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
... the human connections that would, in normal times, sustain us and bolster our resilience. It is no surprise that we are ... no choice but to dig even deeper. Each and every one of us must act with urgency, courage, conviction, and hope. ... we will fight on. The future of our country depends on us. "Vote Like Your Country Depends On It" by Rick Obst ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message