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... to the table. Undocumented people deserve much more than we’ve given them. As an intern at GCIR this summer, I ... justice movement leaders across the nation. Hearing about the organizing work being done in places like Louisiana ... for immigrant justice is taxing, especially for those who are directly impacted, something I learned personally ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
AEW_cropped.png What do we hope to accomplish? What will success look like? What will ... descendants of immigrants from Germany and Poland who landed at Ellis Island. My border-traversing DNA was ... the organization’s and our key partners’ best thinking about how to address the problem at hand; namely, that racial ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... this long-term vision early on. First through my mother, who always says: “you do your part and get others to do ... After finding our way through Boston’s subway system, we arrived at the steps of the church where the rally was ... for the first time, in front of 300 people. I told them about coming to the United States, growing up undocumented, ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
Dear We Count Los Angeles Partners, Thank you for your ... them to fill out the census questionnaire. Details about the paid media program and how to participate can be ... be critical to keep our momentum going. For those of you who will shift to remote operations, email communication will ...
March 13, 2020
Memo
... Navigating the immigration system alongside my wife who immigrated from Albania to pursue her dreams of a better ... that cause and perpetuate that injustice. In the class we were told to imagine standing by the bank of a river when ... work that continues to this day at GCIR. At GCIR, we are deliberately providing a platform for those most affected ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... volunteers, colleagues and essential workers. Litigators are hard at work fighting to make sure this decision does not ... and build strong, welcoming, fully inclusive communities, we must go beyond DACA to establish a pathway to citizenship ... their families, and the 11 million undocumented immigrants who call this country home. As we speak, organizers and ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
... growing health and economic concerns, local nonprofits are stepping up to fill the gaps in our social safety net ... strain, and increased uncertainty. As an industry, we aren’t known to be nimble, but there are six things we ... has exposed our industry’s failure to think holistically about our grantees’ financial needs as functioning ...
March 16, 2020
Philanthropic News
... since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of unfounded claims of election ... and a healthy democracy. As the descendant of farmworkers who worked in Selma and Delano in the 1930s and 1940s ... speech, President Biden recognized the challenges we are facing, the “cascading crises of our era.” He asked, ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
WASHINGTON — Americans are eligible for up to $1,200 in coronavirus stimulus money ... they're married and filing taxes jointly with an immigrant who doesn’t have a Social Security number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that. About 2 million undocumented people are married to a U.S. ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
... because I was “American.” I received compliments about how “well” I spoke English. And questions such as “Where are you from?” followed by “Where are you really from?” ... Staff Feature: Ivy O. Suriyopas, Vice President of Programs ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... us and bolster our resilience. It is no surprise that we are all struggling, personally, professionally, and often ... has rallied and risen to the challenge. Together, we have dug deep to both address urgent community needs and ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United States. Preston had ... disrupts U.S. society in a big way, some foundations are scrambling to respond. But almost no one in the sector ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
As Californians we know that our own well-being is tied to everyone ... other requests to shore up the social safety net for them. About 40 philanthropic institutions, including NCG and ... trusted relationships with the communities on the ground, who need this cash assistance. Daranee Petsod: You asked us ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
As Californians we know that our own well-being is tied to everyone ... other requests to shore up the social safety net for them. About 40 philanthropic institutions, including NCG and ... trusted relationships with the communities on the ground, who need this cash assistance. Daranee Petsod: You asked us ...
May 1, 2020
Philanthropic News
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... farmworkers in California are from Indigenous communities. We speak our native languages that are different from Spanish ... when we are on our own continent? We are migrants, people who move. Because of colonization our lands were taken away ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
We have created a rapid response fund to support the personal ... expenses of Muslim artists and activists whose livelihoods are being negatively impacted by this current moment. We will ... relevant to you and/or share this information with those who you think would benefit most. The Process As a ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
... kill movement leaders, and release personal information about staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director ... security guards for highly visible movement leaders who have been the victims of physical threats or actual ... like, “This organization is a threat to our country, and we should take ‘em out, get rid of them.” With support ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
... featured a wedding couple encircled by several groomsmen. We soon learned that all the men were immigrants from Nigeria, Guinea, Eritrea and Mongolia who’d been detained together at the West County Detention ... exponentially since the 1990s, currently hovering at about 55,000 nationwide. Hence, the work to curb immigrant ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
... color, women, and girls can truly thrive. Please tell us about yourself and yo ur organization. Lian Cheun ... the resettlement experience were traumatizing and shaped who I am today. After we arrived in the U.S., we settled in a low-income, diverse ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as someone who is still relatively new to this role, it has been both ... was our biennial convening in Houston last month. When we began our planning in early 2021 we knew that, for many ... serving Black migrant communities. You can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message