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... in the current policy environment. GCIR’s June Monthly Immigration Policy Call will delve into the policy issues ... VENG Group Wendy Cervantes , Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration and Immigrant Families, CLASP B. Heidi Ellis , ...
June 15, 2017
... and their family during this crisis, regardless of immigration status,” added Tegan Acton, President of ... of California owes in large measure to the steady flow of immigration into our state,” said Dr. Thomas Peters, ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. GCIR ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... (She requested KQED not use her real name because of her immigration status and to call her Patricia instead.) The $2 ... insurance are available to workers regardless of their immigration status. But those benefits don’t help the vast ... and results in massive layoffs, workers who lack legal immigration status are particularly vulnerable, said Derek ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... issues—such as English as a second language (ESL) and education, health, economic security and mobility, and civic ... Communications Campaigns Navigating Race and Immigration: A Roadmap for Funders Shaking Up Our Usual ... , by Luis Montoya 10:15 am – 11:45 am State of Play: Immigration Policy Update for Philanthropy 11:45 am – 12:05 ...
May 20, 2014
National Convening
Find all materials for GCIR's "California Immigrant Inclusion Initiative April 2025 Meeting" here.
April, 2025
Group Materials
... program-related materials for GCIR Webinar, "The Future of Immigration Legal Services: A Time For Bold Action" here, ... recording and powerpoint. Materials: The Future of Immigration Legal Services: A Time for Bold Action ...
July, 2022
Program Materials
Find all program materials for GCIR's webinar, "Buildng an Immigrant Legal Services Infrastructure for California's Future" here, including recording and ppt.
February, 2021
Program Materials
This powerpoint accompanied our September 18 webinar on the challenges facing immigrant and refugee communities after natural disasters.
September, 2017
Presentation
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Tech for Good: Building Innovative Tools to Serve Immigrant Communities" here, including the session recording, transcription of the webinar, and relevant links.
March, 2025
Program Materials
... While national headlines are dominated by federal immigration policy —family separation, the border ... to expand access to driver’s licenses and higher education, to working to limit local police collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to advancing fair ...
December 10, 2019
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for the "Black Immigrant Leadership: Sustaining and Building Movements for Justice" webinar here.
April, 2021
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to new Immigrants in Texas" here, including session recording and powerpoint.
November, 2022
Program Materials
... racism are long overdue, and they must expand to include immigration because the two issues are inextricably linked. ... sector must also wrestle with hundreds of years of racist immigration policies — from the 1790 law that allowed only ... over decades to develop an expansive playbook for reducing immigration by people of color. These hate groups often frame ...
September 23, 2020
Statement
March 11, 2020
... of New York and the Russell Sage Foundation Conference on Immigration and Immigrant Integration, originally scheduled ... by this initiative. Harvard University sociologist and immigration scholar Mary Waters will be the keynote speaker. ... ideas about what it means to be American, how increased immigration enforcement has affected crime, job opportunities ...
September 24, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
Over 70 foundations have signed a joint statement on immigration in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim countries. The statement, ... diversity and equality noting that ‘the recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
Description Despite the highly polarized nature of federal immigration policy debates, most agree that once immigrants ... economic, and social life of their new communities. Adult education services offered through a federal-state ... to grant makers in the anti-poverty, economic mobility and immigration policy fields, and a discussion of actions that ...
October 11, 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
... trends and develop recommendations in the areas of education, immigration relief, criminal justice, and more. As the report ... details, Immigrants Rising outlined new best practices for immigration legal service providers; exciting new demographic ...
December, 2019
Report
... Kamal Essaheb , Director of Policy & Advocacy, National Immigration Law Center The Rev. Mary K. "Kaki" ... Tom K. Wong , Associate Professor of Political Science, Immigration Politics and Policy, University of California, ... 2017. DACA Update: Five Things You Should Know, National Immigration Law Center , August 25, 2017. Potential ...
September 14, 2017
... and housing assistance programs for fear of potential immigration consequences, as well as radically reshape how we ... our pluralistic democracy through the rewriting of our immigration system by fiat. The tremendous amount of ... short term, resourcing the field to engage in community education and outreach, as well as bolstering legal services ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief