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... philanthropy, focusing on the most urgent issues facing immigrant families and communities. Read the GCIR 2017 ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
... help immigrants and refugees reach their full potential. Immigrant and Refugee Policy Developments: Major policy ...
January, 2016
Infographic
... partners, has mounted a wide range of efforts to advance immigrant justice and belonging and create a society in which ... where they were born. This four-page timeline summarizes immigrant and refugee policy developments and philanthropic ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... swift action to address community needs and support the immigrant justice movement. From DACA to public charge to ... kept funders informed of the latest developments affecting immigrant communities. At our 2020 National Convening in ... and organizing, as well as groundbreaking efforts by immigrant, BIPOC, and LGBTQI leaders. Time and again, GCIR ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
... Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and Refugee Women of Color Collaboration will be ... employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s ... Brown and LGBTQIA+ immigrants as well as migrant workers in rural areas.” As a result of this ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... ITS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Long-time advocate for immigrant justice brings more than 15 years of experience to ... with more than 15 years of experience working to advance immigrant justice. She comes to GCIR from the Open Society ... Fund, working at the intersection of migrants’, workers’, and women’s rights, providing legal ...
April 14, 2021
Press Release
... speech) increased threats to the safety and security of immigrant, migrant, and refugee communities are responses ... Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (BAMEMSA) and immigrant communities across the country are still targeted ... Marissa Tirona Securing the Safety and Dignity of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Communities in the Wake of ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities. As part of this evolution, ... organization, we galvanize philanthropy to advance immigrant justice and belonging across the country through ... has a previous history of working with local funders and community-based organizations through our Delivering on the ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... equitable future, and we look forward to releasing our new immigrant-focused grantmaking framework. 2020 will be a pivotal year for the immigrant rights movement and for GCIR. The immigration ... economically, and socially marginalized. GCIR interviewed community-based organizations, shared on-the-ground needs and ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
... the Covid-19 pandemic through the private California Immigrant Resilience Fund and the state-funded Disaster ... resilient state, and we are a better place because of our immigrant communities. I am grateful to our philanthropic ... and Refugees. “Together, we will ensure that community-based organizations are resourced to meet the ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... and amplified the voices, expertise, and experience of immigrant and refugee leaders; and mobilized resources by ... philanthropic practices that cede and seed power to immigrant and refugee communities. This evolution was not ... create strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities and to galvanize ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... willful ahistoricism, white supremacy, and virulent anti-immigrant sentiment, I remain hopeful for and inspired by a ... Delano in the 1930s and 1940s alongside other agricultural workers from diverse backgrounds, I know the importance of ... centering the leadership of Black, Brown, indigenous, and immigrant communities. In his inauguration speech, President ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... administration and, along with it, renewed hope for immigrant justice. The Biden administration began by undoing ... as expelling Haitian migrants and failing to release immigrant detainees during the pandemic—continued to adversely affect immigrant communities and communities of color. Here at ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
... creates strategic opportunities to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities. To that end, we asked the ... and to amplify the voices, expertise, and experience of immigrant and refugee leaders. We will begin to explore ... funders, intermediaries, policymakers, cultural workers, and academia. We commit to a set of values and ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... to that effort. My firm belief is that in justice work, immigrant justice included, there’s a place for everyone. ... or movement leaders, service providers, crisis responders, workers and laborers of all kinds, students, researchers, ... religious and spiritual community members, government workers, judges and lawyers, and all those willing to make ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... in Texas, which has some of the toughest state-level anti-immigrant laws in the country. At the same time, we wanted to ... and powerful work advocates are undertaking to advance immigrant justice in the state. By all accounts, we were ... intersectional, and transformative strategies to advance immigrant justice despite a hostile political climate. We ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... members, and allies reflecting on the past 20 years immigrant integration efforts and immigration policy ...
July, 2010
Video & Audio
... of designing our new Theory of Change in early 2022, immigrant justice and other movement leaders involved in the ... in their conviction that any strategy supporting immigrant and refugee communities must be rooted in a global ... that there is much to be gained from connecting the immigrant justice movement in the U.S. to the global struggle ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
A review of the thought leadership, technical assistance, educational programs, and resources that GCIR provided in 2016 to support funders in understanding shifting conditions in the field and respond to emerging needs.
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
This four-minute video features GCIR board members talking about the role the organization played in addressing the needs, uplifting the contributions, and supporting immigrants and refugees in reaching their full potential.
July, 2016
Video & Audio