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... political education working group began by developing a learning agenda to deepen the team’s understanding of ... the year, the working group curated articles and resources that were shared with GCIR staff and board members ... will we discover about ourselves and each other along the way? The path of learning calls us to walk boldly ahead. ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... foundations have signed onto this statement in support of DACA. Statement On September 5, 2017, the Trump ... for Public Giving Jay Williams, President Hispanics in Philanthropy Gracia Goya, Interim President Houston Endowment ... Hou, President Y & H Soda Foundation Bob Uyeki, CEO Resources GCIR's Statement on DACA: Defending the Dream: ...
September 9, 2017
Statement
... foundations have signed onto this statement in support of DACA following the program's cancellation. Statement The ... Action Fund Kate Kroeger, Executive Director United Way Bay Area Anne Wilson, CEO van Löben Sels/RembeRock ... Family Foundation Allison Magee, Executive Director Resources Individual Statements from Philanthropy DACA ...
September 16, 2017
Statement
... Texas ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful, blocking the government from granting new ... damages our communities as well. Over the past decade, philanthropy has played an important role in ensuring ... Dignity , which works to protect asylum seekers, and New Way Forward , which seeks to disentangle the U.S. immigration ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
... The repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program exacts an enormous human toll, not only on ... and their families but on countless lives and institutions DACA beneficiaries have touched. DACAmented immigrants are ... security, affirming for these newcomers that they belong. Philanthropy played an important role in ensuring DACA’s ...
September 14, 2017
Statement
... some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, reflecting the ... principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for maximum impact. Collaborative. If we are to ... everyone. Feminist poet Diane di Prima wrote: “No one way works, it will take all of us shoving at the thing from ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... can limit access to immigration-benefit programs such as DACA or citizenship because of an inability to finance ... these various agencies convened for a day of cross-sector learning, relationship-building, and to strengthen the ... Building Partnerships for Change: Engaging and Leveraging Resources for Immigrant Financial Integration ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary
... transnational and global levels. Right now, we are deep in learning mode so we can better understand the most impactful ... Political Education Working group which is developing a learning agenda that will deepen our understanding of the ... in our purposeful learning as we consider the many ways philanthropy can help facilitate transnational collaboration ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... to terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) , in September 2017, was unlawful . Today, 25 days ... (USCIS) has taken no public steps to restore DACA to the way it operated pre-rescission. Rather, the agency has been ... has yet to comply with the court ruling in any way. Today, the administration should announce that it will ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
Across the country, 202,500 DACA recipients are working to protect the health and safety ... workers are undoubtedly impacted by COVID-19 in one way or another. On the production end, 12,800 DACA recipients ... “Other teachers and instructors,” and “Other educational instruction and library occupations,” which ...
April 6, 2020
News Article
... terminated Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), stripping nearly 800,000 individuals, including ... uncertainty and fear among residents across our state. Philanthropy’s response Since November 2016, the ... geographic reach, but certain regions clearly need more resources given the size of their immigrant population, ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... children of immigrants. These sessions presented unique learning opportunities for funders working at the ...
February 26, 2018
Commentary
... P. Mulligan, President Napa Valley Community Foundation Philanthropy California Steve Barton & Phuong Quach, Acting ... Foundation Taryn Higashi, Executive Director Unbound Philanthropy Kate Kroeger, Executive Director Urgent ... Executive Director Zellerbach Family Foundation California Philanthropy's Letter to Gov. Newsom ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... communities welcome these newcomers with generosity and resources, I reflected on the fundamental right to move ... place they call home. Unfortunately, for nearly 700,000 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients, ... impact to the people currently enrolled in the program. Philanthropy must be a part of the fight both to protect DACA ...
September 29, 2022
President's Message
... compassion, and family integrity that underpin our work in philanthropy and our very identity as a nation. Signatories ... Jose, CA Ana Marie Argilagos, President & CEO Hispanics In Philanthropy United States & Americas Roger Doughty, ... Foundation Quincy, MA Michele Lord, President NEO Philanthropy New York, NY Maria Mottola, Executive Director ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... and now the untold impact of COVID-19. In California, philanthropy has mobilized over $26 million in the past two ... who has supported the Census and dedicated their time and resources to ensure that community-based organizations are ... Encourage digital organizing and outreach. Share tools and resources from other Census leads. As organizations respond ...
April 1, 2020
Statement
This op-ed was originally published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on September 23, 2020. The undersigned funders ... a stand against hate and support this call to action to philanthropy. Their signatures appear in chronological order; ... for identification purposes only. Given GCIR's focus on philanthropy, signatories are limited to grantmakers and ...
September 23, 2020
Statement
... failed to provide an adequate reason to justify scrapping DACA. Judge Paul Grimm of the US District Court for the ... to terminate it, thereby giving hundreds of thousands of DACA-eligible immigrants the opportunity to apply. What the ... earlier this month the administration has "rewritten a way to wind that program down." "This is for the President ...
July 17, 2020
News Article
... ruled to allow the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to continue. The Court found that the Trump ... Procedures Act and failed to consider the hardship to DACA recipients. The ruling allows DACA recipients to continue to receive the protections and ...
June 18, 2020
Commentary