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... NAFTA, restructuring immigrant worker programs, and more. While nativist rhetoric paints foreign ... how such workers come to the U.S. and what their lives are like once they reach our shores. Join us to learn more ... for this program is now closed. Calls are open to GCIR members, other grantmaking institutions, philanthropic ...
October 6, 2017
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Building Immigrant Women's Economic Power" here, ...
April, 2023
Program Materials
... for Bay Area residents. To date, over 180,000 people are displaced from their homes and nearly 1 million are without power. These events burden people with the least ... together responses to support each other and instances where the social safety nets are inadequate. As a result, ...
October 28, 2019
Co-Sponsored Program
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative ...
June, 2019
Program Materials
... color – to receive fair compensation for their labor, GCIR will host a webinar discussion on strategies for supporting the economic ... program. GCIR's webinars and funder learning opportunities are made possible through the time and expertise of ...
March 29, 2023
Webinar
... CARES Act extensively expanded unemployment insurance (UI) programs in terms of who is eligible, the length of time for ... payments, and any future stimulus support. Everyone who files tax returns, regardless of immigration status, should ... care facilities, and other COVID-19 testing or quarantine sites or against people traveling to such sites. And while ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
November, 2016
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
Below are all program-related materials for GCIR's 2022 National ...
Program Materials
... including immigrants who have green cards, work visas or are undocumented — in California at higher rates than ... proposal that would slash $14 billion from social services programs to balance a predicted $54 billion deficit, unless ... But the damage extends beyond those women to the children and elderly parents that they take care of, Flores ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... ( CBPP ) Moderator Kevin Douglas , Director of National Programs, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees ( GCIR ) Co-Sponsors Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in ... Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) pRE-wEBINAR RESOURCE If you have questions about rules on ...
December 10, 2019
Webinar
... Industries in which a high percentage of immigrants are employed, such as food service, hospitality, and domestic ... their financial stability and the need to pivot critical programs like census outreach to virtual platforms, all of ... at a time when their communities need them most. Join GCIR to learn from leaders in the immigrant rights movement ...
April 15, 2020
Webinar
... So it may not be surprising that immigrant communities are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ... . In addition, limited access to social safety-net programs and federal relief funds are challenges both to ... legal status. Some states and cities are stepping up where the federal government has missed the mark. For ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... of the U.S. economy, from corporate suites to construction sites. While concentrated in low-wage sectors, ... AFL-CIO Aryah Somers Landsberger , Director of Programs, GCIR (moderator) Registration Registration for this ...
March 16, 2017
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
WASHINGTON — Americans are eligible for up to $1,200 in coronavirus stimulus money ... have a Social Security number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that. About 2 million ... be fixed. “Millions of American citizens … and their children are being denied the CARES Act relief payments ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
On March 27, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ... urgent reminder that our collective health and well-being are deeply interdependent and that it is crucial to have ... of Americans, including immigrant workers and families who are on the frontlines of caring for our communities during ...
April, 2020
Issue Brief
... all individuals, regardless of their immigration status, are protected from the outbreak and receive appropriate ... COVID-19 Prevention Graphics English (PNG) English (PDF) Español (PDF) Centers for Disease Control and ... Department of Public Health : https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx WHAT ...
March, 2020
Factsheet
... degrees. At a time when many philanthropic stakeholders are invested in building welcoming communities and pushing ... to build fulfilling and family-sustaining careers. In this webinar, we will hear from practitioners about models of ... CUNY Moderator Kevin Douglas , Director of National Programs, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees ...
June 11, 2019
Webinar
... policy debates, most agree that once immigrants are admitted to the United States it is in the ... performance measures that make it all but impossible for programs to provide knowledge and skills that would support ... civic and economic integration of immigrants and their children. Over the past year a new initiative led by the ...
October 11, 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
... nights. Worried about the coronavirus outbreak, her adult children had begged her to stay home rather than return to the frigid poultry plant in Georgia where she had been on the packing line for nearly 15 years. ... a week. Two other workers at the Tyson Foods poultry plant where she worked in Camilla, Ga., have also died in recent ...
April 9, 2020
News Article
... workers and families with low incomes across the country are disproportionately affected by the economic and ... existing multilingual infrastructure . In other cities where this infrastructure does not already exist, limited ... graphic to communicate details on who and which health programs are affected by public charge concerns. To build ...
July 23, 2020
Philanthropic News