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... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Shawn Morehead , Vice President for Grants at The New York Community Trust ; Robby Rodriguez , Program Officer ... two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader philanthropic community to ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which reflects our evolution as a national ... It was important to us that we did not create this new framework in a vacuum, so we convened a dynamic group of ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... and 2015, as well as the efforts over that time period by GCIR, our members, and partners. Specifically, the two pages ... highlights from 25 years of the wide range of efforts by GCIR, our members, and funding partners to address the needs, ... visions of who we are and want to be as a society. GCIR 25th Anniversary Timeline ...
January, 2016
Infographic
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. ... and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, GCIR, along with our members and funding partners, has ... and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020. GCIR 30th Anniversary Timeline ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... and asylum seeker communities, the transition to a new administration in 2021 will not automatically result in bold new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of ... but also great opportunities for philanthropy. Based on GCIR’s conversations with movement leaders throughout the ...
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... to immigrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities, GCIR's public policy platform is intended to heighten ... give Afghan evacuees a path to citizenship before the September 2023 expiration of their current parole status. ... the passage of the Access to Representation Act (SB999) in New York, which would expand legal representation for ...
... seekers were among those whose lives were upended as new policies cast suspicion on Muslims and the foreign-born; ... to workplaces and houses of worship. In response, GCIR mounted an extraordinary effort to inform, connect, and ... facing immigrant families and communities. Read the GCIR 2017 Annual Report: Rallying Philanthropy to Stand with ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
... but it does lead migrants to take greater risks. The new administration’s focus on restrictive and punitive U.S. ... U.S. , Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, September 25, 2012. Other Statement: Freedom Network USA ... Project: Resources Presentation PowerPoint Slides , GCIR, April 12, 2017 A special thanks to GCIR members and ...
April 12, 2017
Webinar
... a year of significant transitions for the country and for GCIR. It ushered in a new federal administration and, along with it, renewed hope ... was at its highest in decades. Yet, 2021 also brought new tragedies and hardships, from the January 6 insurrection ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
... large. In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought leadership, technical assistance, ... Annual Report to learn more about our work that year. GCIR 2016 Annual Report ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
Last month GCIR rolled out our new theory of change, which reflects our ... Carolina. To guide these efforts, we have developed a GCIR state and local framework, which we’re thrilled to ... , licensed under Standard License Announcing GCIR’s New State and Local Framework ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... for our second meeting of the year. Please email kevin@gcir.org with any questions or with topics you would like to ... participants. CIII: Legal Service Working Group September 2020 ...
September 23, 2020
Group Meeting
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to new Immigrants in Texas" here, including session recording ... Materials: Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to New Immigrants in Texas ...
November, 2022
Program Materials
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, and stand in support of their families and ... in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New Zealand, you can certainly show your solidarity here at ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... working with funders in two additional states to launch new collaboratives by year's end. California Immigrant ... members to sign onto to its joint letter asking that the new citizenship question be removed. We also signed onto ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... applaud the strong statements issued by our member foundations and our colleague ... Select Additional Statements "...this ugliness finds new life only when it is given license to grow. ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... series—designed by Ola Osaze, Fund Advisory Committee member and former director of Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project ... voices and advocates with the aim of giving funders new tools and renewed enthusiasm to guide their immigrant- ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
Overview This 12-page report reviews GCIR's efforts to inform, connect, and catalyze philanthropy ... and equitable future, and we look forward to releasing our new immigrant-focused grantmaking framework. 2020 will be a ... community was enhanced by a day-long, in-person meeting in September as well as a learning lab on the immigrant ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
... democracy. In the face of these extraordinary challenges, GCIR leaned into our mission, vision, and values , taking ... by immigrant, BIPOC, and LGBTQI leaders. Time and again, GCIR rallied philanthropy to act with urgency, courage, ... 22 years. As we look ahead, we are thrilled to have our new president Marissa Tirona at the helm. Under her visionary ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report