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... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... on the Black Migrant Power Fund , a new fund driving resources to groups serving Black migrant communities. You ... can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with the Four Freedoms Fund. California ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... lead to humanitarian crises at home and abroad. Moving resources in a way that centers the leadership and ... transportation, food and water, and legal services. Moving resources to border and regional nonprofits rapidly can be ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... helping to receive, disburse, and manage these critical resources to get them to heavily impacted border regions and ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... the interplay between imperialism and forced migration. GCIR’s 2022 National Convening In May, our biennial ... rapid response funds mobilizing humanitarian aid and other resources within Ukraine. Earlier this month, the European ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In January 2019 , I ... the opposition’s in ambition and scope. I also announced GCIR’s plan to develop an affirmative vision to drive ... and engage a wide range of stakeholders, including GCIR members, immigrant rights and service organizations, as ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging ... to come. Joel Morales at 2022 Convening 350x304px.jpg GCIR’s lineup of plenary sessions, workshops, and ... refugees. I returned from GCIR’s convening with tools, resources, and new friendships that will last a lifetime. ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... color, and shifting philanthropic strategy to invest more resources in immigrant and refugee women leadership. ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... . “Our Foundation believes that those of us with the resources have the obligation to step up and help those who ... helping to receive, disburse, and manage these critical resources to get them to the undocumented Californians hit ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... and daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, I come to GCIR with a deeply personal understanding that belonging is ... I believe we must, and we will. To do so, I believe that GCIR will need to build forward its critical role in the U.S. ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... geographic reach, but certain regions clearly need more resources given the size of their immigrant population, ... June 2017. Pressing needs While the infusion of resources from our foundations, other philanthropies, as well ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... crisis. Beginning next week, the We Count LA Campaign Toolkit will have phone banking scripts, as well as basic ... banking program. We will provide an update when those resources become available and how grantees can report on ... We will continue to provide weekly updates on new resources and developments like printing of flyers and ...
March 13, 2020
Memo
... I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition ... of movement leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these ... and our movements will require spaciousness, capacity, and resources to leverage opportunities, position themselves well ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... basic needs for all Californians will require increasing resources. Ultimately, how we spend public resources and what and who we prioritize is a statement of ... closing existing loopholes, capturing new and additional resources from those who have benefited the most from ...
July 9, 2020
Philanthropic News
... continue to face. We will attempt to locate additional resources to supplement or in place of the assistance funds. ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
... our community, they will deploy additional financial resources to best meet evolving needs. The Foundation will ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
... IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is announcing the California Dignity for Families ... into receiving communities across the state. In August, GCIR expanded the Fund’s purpose to include support for ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Vote Sign 2020 has been a year unlike any ... and often both. Yet, in the face of it all, the GCIR community has rallied and risen to the challenge. ... to the most important election in modern history, GCIR has developed a post-election game plan to support and ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
Pillars Fund has created a rapid response fund to support the personal expenses of Muslim artists and activists whose livelihoods are being negatively impacted by this current moment. They will be making $500 grants to individuals through a short application process.
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
A letter from Unbound Philanthropy to its grantees about the COVID-19 outbreak.
March 16, 2020
Statement