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... to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging leader in ... lives of those killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016 – nearly all of whom were LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx ... the work led by and for immigrants and refugees. The conference also included site visits that took participants ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United ... in Africa, and so he knew all sorts of scary things about how quickly lethal infectious diseases could spread. ... of millions more people worldwide. What was so alarming about these two works of fiction is how totally plausible ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
... out the count’—it would be almost impossible to think about how to get this ship back on course, given the ... faced a host of challenges, many of them arising from post-2016 turmoil within the federal government itself. The most ... Justice-AAJC. Along with NALEO and the Leadership Conference, Advancing Justice-AAJC heads Census Counts , a ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
... our 30 th anniversary next year at our 2020 National Convening on March 11-13 in Atlanta, Georgia. This ... to bring the long-term vision to life. As we begin our convening planning process, we want to hear your ideas and ... associated with donor-advised funds—to learn more about the Hate Is Not Charitable Campaign and sign on; read ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... together 130 people from across the country to learn about each other’s work on economic integration and dispel ... immigrant integration efforts. The seeds sown during this convening have already borne fruit in one community in ... the country will continue the discussions launched at the convening in the months to come, facilitating expanded ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary
... Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for immigrants with disabilities, ... in your interactions with funders? Photo at CNLD Conference Berkeley 500x375px.jpg Exclusion of voices and the ... this need, we are planning an immigration and disability conference so we can shape what we think the policy outcome ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... and economic crisis. Each year, the IRS estimates that about 6 million undocumented immigrants who serve our ... $20 billion in federal taxes, and as reported in the 2016 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy an ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... November, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an ... move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities Convening movement leaders, funders, government actors, and other stakeholders at GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston — Power | Promise | Transformation ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... some of those early plantings in the last few months. 2022 Convening One significant way in which our collective ... “planting” paid off this year was our biennial convening in Houston last month. When we began our planning ... 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
... GCIR team test drove emerging concepts and values at our convening in Houston last May and through our programs and ... journey with you, and we are eager to hear from you about what you think of our new theory of change. What resonates with you? What are you curious about? What role might you play in helping us achieve the ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... kill movement leaders, and release personal information about staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director ... has been hearing greater anxiety from grantees about their physical safety as well as cyberthreats. Before ... and other groups have been on the rise since the 2016 election cycle, and concerns have grown more acute in ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
... has exposed our industry’s failure to think holistically about our grantees’ financial needs as functioning ... in motion by the health crisis. We must be thinking now about how to support them as that unfolds. We believe that ...
March 16, 2020
Philanthropic News
... them. Don Howard at the James Irvine Foundation has been convening an informal group of foundation CEOs on immigration ... other requests to shore up the social safety net for them. About 40 philanthropic institutions, including NCG and ... need this cash assistance. Daranee Petsod: You asked us about values. As Kathleen has talked about, undocumented ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
... them. Don Howard at the James Irvine Foundation has been convening an informal group of foundation CEOs on immigration ... other requests to shore up the social safety net for them. About 40 philanthropic institutions, including NCG and ... need this cash assistance. Daranee Petsod: You asked us about values. As Kathleen has talked about, undocumented ...
May 1, 2020
Philanthropic News
... in the country. Read on as Kris shares his thoughts about building power for trans communities of color, ... and strengthen the work of trans-led movements. Tell us about what brings you to this work and what motivates you to ... our communities are resilient and joyful. Power is also about being able to define for ourselves who we are, to fight ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... justice movement leaders across the nation. Hearing about the organizing work being done in places like Louisiana ... with the ScholarshipsA-Z (SA-Z) team in the summer of 2016 to United We Dream’s Congress in Houston, Texas. She ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... for the first time, in front of 300 people. I told them about coming to the United States, growing up undocumented, ... across the country. As we look toward GCIR’s biennial convening in May 2022, I am excited to have youth organizers ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... because I was “American.” I received compliments about how “well” I spoke English. And questions such as ... to the complexity of the population. GCIR’s national convening presents an opportunity for philanthropy to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing immigrants and ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... strengthen the work of Indigenous migrants. Please tell us about yourself and your organization. Can you describe the ... can be achieved when we work together. For example, in 2016 we achieved a major language justice victory. Arcenio ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... to admit half the number of legal immigrants it did in 2016. This would bring levels of legal immigration down to ... they were in 1987 — when the U.S. population was about a quarter smaller , substantially younger and ... “I want people to come in,” Trump said during the 2016 campaign. “I want tremendous numbers of people to come ...
November 10, 2020
News Article