... this organization traverse many peaks and valleys in the immigration policy terrain, some opening up opportunities and ... into our society. Several years ago, we began thinking about updating and building on immigrant integration. Then ... this place that we look forward to and dream big dreams about our shared future. We embrace immigration as a defining ...
March, 2020
Presentation, Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Securing our People, Securing the Future" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
May, 2024
Program Materials
These funding recommendations focus on how funders can support refugees along their resettlement and integration journey in the United States.
June, 2016
Funding Recommendations
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's "A Decade of DOTD: Building the Movement through Funder Collaboration" webinar here, including the session recording and PowerPoint.
January, 2023
Program Materials
This brief provides an overview of the philanthropic response and documents best practices and lessons learned that can inform current and future efforts to address the needs of immigrants and refugees in California and across the nation.
May, 2017
Report
... a case for long-term philanthropic commitment to funding immigration as a defining and cross-cutting issue of our ... the immigration space. These efforts informed our thinking about how to support philanthropy in building a more just and ... work, GCIR also engaged CIII and DOTD funders in thinking about longer-term issues and approaching their funding from ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Strategic Responses to Forced Displacement" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
February, 2024
Program Materials
Resources for DACA Advocacy IMMIGRATION, AND COVID-19 Even as the coronavirus sickens ... important in this moment to help immigrants manage anxiety about both public health and personal safety. Advocacy ... are the leader of an organization and you’re concerned about the pending DACA decision, please consider joining this ...
June, 2020
Resource Portal
This report provides a roadmap for how foundations and affinity groups can support the next Census in 2020.
July, 2012
Report
... support for many aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating ... could even be proposed. The prevailing narrative about immigrants has been designed to evoke a constant state ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to Migrant Communities" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting, and relevant links.
August, 2024
Program Materials
... Central America, and other parts of the world. While immigration policy is made at the federal level, states and ... administration and Congress debate legalization and other immigration policies, investments in immigration legal services can set California’s residents ...
November 3, 2021
Webinar
... 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 ... presents an opportunity for philanthropy to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing immigrants and ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
While there has been a long history of efforts to erase and exclude immigrants, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities, this timeline shows how powerfully communities in Texas have resisted. From Indigenous nations fighting to preserve their culture to BIPOC communities organizing to end the criminalization of Black and Brown lives, people have sought to protect their freedom to move, stay, work, and thrive.
May, 2022
Infographic
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar, " Intersectional Justice: Migrant Workers and Economic Justice" here, including recording and powerpoint presentation.
August, 2021
Program Materials
... to phase out Temporary Protected Status, many are asking about this form of immigration status. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a ... topline policy updates followed by an in-depth discussion about TPS holders, the impact of current policies on TPS ...
November 16, 2017
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... to grasp the realities of this country’s contemporary immigration policy, the experience of being undocumented, and ... a standard Massachusetts driver's license, regardless of immigration status. Rather than implement comprehensive and ... means having the courage to invite a bigger conversation about our nation’s history and the present-day ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature