Political Education Working Group Members: Caleb Beaudoin, Stephanie ... different areas of the organization, GCIR’s political education working group began by developing a learning agenda ... is deeply rooted in our societal structures, including our immigration system, and how this has an insidious impact that ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... the foreign-born; advanced aggressive and indiscriminate immigration enforcement; and terminated Deferred Action for ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
... We also invite funders to join us in our own political education about forced displacement, as we seek to understand ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... Initiative at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, working at the intersection of migrants’, ... areas: program and policy strategy and development, funder education and engagement, and funder mobilizing and ...
April 14, 2021
Press Release
Upwardly Global—a leading workforce development organization focused on connecting immigrants and refugees to skill-aligned employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization focused on advancing immigrant and refugee justice—to address and dismantle systemic barriers that immigrant women of color face to economic security. The partnership is made possible due to a grant from Pivotal Ventures, and directly aligns with their goal of advancing social progress for women and families in the United States.
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... and rights violations looming large. In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
This two-page infographic covers major policy developments for immigrants and refugees between 1990 and 2015, as well as the efforts over that time period by GCIR, our members, and partners.
January, 2016
Infographic
This four-page timeline summarizes immigrant and refugee policy developments and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020.
March, 2020
Infographic
... economic mobility for immigrants and refugees at World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund . In 2020, as ... the results of America’s presidential election, and immigration policy was top of the agenda. Not only was I ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... to center racial justice , and pushed for inclusion of immigration in philanthropic discussions on racism. 2020 ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
... administration began by undoing many racist and draconian immigration policies from the Trump era, including fortifying ... of constant fear. The potential for significant federal immigration relief was at its highest in decades. Yet, 2021 ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
... tough year for GCIR and for every organization working on immigration. The federal administration continued its ...
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report
... stakeholders and decision-makers to resource a robust immigration and refugee rights power-building ecosystem. We ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
What do we hope to accomplish? What will success look like? What will it take to get there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, reflecting the organization’s commitment to proactive learning throughout our work. In a nutshell, I aim to support the team in building evaluative capacity, including through the design (and constant iteration) of ways of working that make it easy for people to engage meaningfully in learning processes.
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... of the board. She joins Efrain Escobedo , Vice President, Education and Immigration, at the California Community Foundation , who ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... a case for long-term philanthropic commitment to funding immigration as a defining and cross-cutting issue of our ... for advancing long-term, high-impact grantmaking in the immigration space. These efforts informed our thinking about ... year for the immigrant rights movement and for GCIR. The immigration policy outlook will be determined by one of the ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
Emerging leader scholarship receipeint, Joél Junior Morales, reflects on his experience at GCIR's 2022 convening in Houston.
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... 15 states working to expand legal services, outreach and education, advocacy, and more. In addition to supporting ... we laid the groundwork for a project to examine immigration enforcement and detention in the context of ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... on the past 20 years immigrant integration efforts and immigration policy development and the role that philanthropy ...
July, 2010
Video & Audio
... that end, late last year we launched a staff-led Political Education Working group which is developing a learning agenda ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message