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... When I began writing this blog post, I was asked: “what do you want readers to take away from it?” Immediately ... justice movement leaders across the nation. Hearing about the organizing work being done in places like Louisiana ... my internship I found myself thinking and learning beyond what might be presented to me in a traditional classroom. As ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... $275,000 to provide free guidance in multiple languages about how to access relief options and contact mortgage ... and state funding. “The need is so much greater than what we have,” Goodman said. “Within a mere few months, we’re going to be making decisions about laying off our own staff in an effort to put money out ...
April 3, 2020
Response Fund
... are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. What should be surprising—and is absolutely ... communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country Many immigrants live in constant fear about whether they’ll be able to continue raising their ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... we have been spending time and energy thinking through what we do – and how we do it – in order to evaluate ... is considered part of a “vulnerable population?” And what is the best way to help them? Consider this example. ...
July 11, 2019
Blog Post
For more than three years, Patricia cleaned homes in the Bay Area for a living. But as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up and shocked the California economy, she — like many others in the state — lost her job.
March 31, 2020
News Article
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing what we have always known: our nation’s deep inequalities ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
In our most difficult moments, we lean on what make us strong. We come from generations of people who ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
... estimated 688,000 workers. The researchers estimate that about 42% of those are undocumented. Job loss come as cuts loom While it’s still early days for research about the pandemic’s impact, the UC Merced study provides ... are small, making it difficult to draw firm conclusions about subgroups, like women and immigrants. Governmental ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... of Hispanic adults in families with noncitizens and about half (49 percent) of those in families where all ... the difficult decisions immigrant families were making about applying for public benefits in the context of ... 2019 WBNS highlight the extent of misunderstanding about the public charge rule and who it applies to, ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, or about 4.6 percent of the entire American working ... have lived in the United States for more than 10 years. About one-third of undocumented residents in the United ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that. About 2 million undocumented people are married to a U.S. ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund.
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... opportunity to meet with your administration to learn more about the State’s efforts to protect immigrant Californians ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... both migrant detention centers and encampments brace for what is seen as the inevitable arrival and spread of ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund