Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "2024 Election Scenario Planning: Immigrant Justice SWOT for Philanthropy" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting and other materials shared.
August, 2024
Program Materials
... has been occurring at the border for many years as people make arduous journeys through as many as ten countries ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... to the aid of countries experiencing turmoil, allowing people from former Soviet nations, Vietnam, and Cuba, for ...
March 18, 2024
Commentary
... (FIWR) Maria Ibarra-Frayre , Co-Executive Director, We the People Michigan Elizabeth Orozco-Vasquez , CEO, Freedom House ...
... immigrant and refugee communities. LOCATION Nearly 700,000 people in Michigan are foreign-born – 108,000 of them ...
October 28, 2024
National Convening
Read our post-election policy recommendations for funders, laying out critical priorities for advancing immigrant justice in 2021.
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... how to leverage philanthropic resources in support of people who move, enjoyed meaningful and joyful performances, ... with migration to understand the historical roots of people on the move today. The first timeline explored the ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
... Director of Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) , “People are often extremely confused upon arriving in a new ... 325,000 immigrants in the Central Valley are undocumented people who never had the opportunity to regularize their ... to legal representation can be the difference between people having a fair shot, or not… having a lawyer by their ...
August 30, 2023
Response Fund
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
... briefings at the start of work shifts and are staggering people in the field rows. But even with these measures in ...
April 4, 2020
News Article
Join GCIR for a conversation with local and national AAPI leaders to learn more not only about the narrative, policy, and solidarity efforts to address anti-Asian violence, but also about the opportunities to building durable AAPI immigrant power across the country.
April 21, 2021
Webinar
Drawing on reflections from a recent GCIR webinar about the value of learning in grantmakin, GCIR's Programs Learning Manager Anduriña Espinoza-Wasil explains that learning for evaluation purposes is not a one-time event at the end of a grant period, but a powerful process that is ongoing. There is an important relationship between learning and strategy, the ways learning processes can hold us accountable to the communities we serve, and how funders can start learning now.
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
... The number of families with children is also rising, as people flee violence, persecution, poverty, and the ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... we talk about migrants and refugees at the border, most people envision migrants arriving from Latin America via ...
May 30, 2023
Response Fund
... goes, “we should give money to the areas with the most people.” Immigration funders can be prone to adopt this ... to stronger infrastructure and the ability to serve more people. Why is it important to fund nonprofits based in ...
December 6, 2022
Response Fund
... alongside them. From physical threats in public spaces, people’s homes, and their workplaces (vandalization, bomb ... that abandons the democratic systems that allows its people to peacefully co-exist and co-govern. Unfortunately, ...
... alongside them. From physical threats in public spaces, people’s homes, and their workplaces (vandalization, bomb ... that abandons the democratic systems that allows its people to peacefully co-exist and co-govern. Unfortunately, ...
January, 2025
Funding Recommendations
Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities, GCIR and the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) launched a study in 2019 to understand the capacity of immigration legal service providers in California and generate recommendations for philanthropic investment. This 2022 update is a supplement to the 2019-20 findings and offers recommendations to strengthen immigration legal services in California. Read the full report to learn more.
May, 2022
Report
March, 2019
Program Materials