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Join the Legal Services Working Group (LSWG) for our final meeting of the year.
Join the Legal Services Working Group (LSWG) for our final meeting of the year.
December 2, 2020
Group Meeting
... systemic inequities, with upwards of 70% of immigration cases lacking legal representation. Not having an attorney ... has also been shown to have significant negative effects on the health and well-being of immigrants and their ... and how philanthropy can resource and support their work. speakers Aissa I. Olivarez, Managing Attorney, ...
February 15, 2024
Webinar
... program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Capitalizing on the Courts: Litigation for Immigrant Justice" here, ... and transcription of the meeting. Materials: Capitalizing on the Courts: Litigation for Immigrant Justice ...
August, 2023
Program Materials
October, 2016
Factsheet, Issue Brief
... education and registration and organizing and advocacy work are essential elements in campaigns to advance immigrant ... MODERATOR Rebecca Carson , Director, Inclusive Democracy Programs, Four Freedoms Fund CO-SPONSORS ...
November 4, 2021
Webinar
... as children have held protection from deportation and work authorization with DACA. Under DACA’s protection, ... The Center for American Progress estimates that more than 1.1 million undocumented immigrants meet the basic DACA ... apply for DACA, they never established a direct reliance on DACA’s protections. During this time, however, many of ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
... – people and communities who seek to stay, move freely, work, transform, and thrive. GCIR is focused on moving money and power to immigrant, refugee, and asylum ... Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) Angie Junck , Human Rights Director, Heising-Simons Foundation Monica ...
December 1, 2022
Webinar
October 29, 2024
... truths. Join our panelists as they discuss how their work helps build the broader narrative of immigrant justice while honoring every person’s human dignity. Moderator Bridgit Antoinette Evans , Chief ...
July 29, 2021
Webinar
... advocating for adherence to international humanitarian and human rights laws by all parties, including the safe release ... profiling, xenophobic public narratives, and attacks on civil liberties. We can do better. Any investment made ... to addressing root causes. We have hosted a handful of programs on narrative in the past year, including last ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... war. Ninety percent of these migrants entered the country on humanitarian parole (HP), which allows them to live and ... will have to apply for permanent residency through other programs, such as refugee admissions, asylum, or the SIV ... times. The current asylum backlog is nearly 670,000 cases, which will take about 4.5 years to process, far longer ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... with immigrant justice field leaders to showcase their work and provide a platform for their perspectives. In this ... of the Western North Carolina Workers' Center . Read on as Magaly shares her insights on organizing workers in her ... that we are not two worlds apart. We are part of one human community. There are amazing people in philanthropy, ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... Initiative (CIII) statewide meeting to hear updates on the California Immigrant Resilience Fund and how we can ... in California. We will then shift to a funder discussion on what could happen in the medium-term for immigrant ...
April 30, 2020
Group Meeting
... escalating economic crisis, and record climate disasters. On the immigration front, he will face the task of undoing ... development, health care, legal services, and other programs that give immigrants and their families a real ... promise of our pluralistic democracy. We must continue the work of creating a more perfect union rooted in fairness, ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... Voting Coalition is hosting a virtual funder briefing on the growing movement to end the political exclusion of ... with people and organizations on the leading edge of this work. The coalition brings together eight organizations from ... democracy. COSPONSOR GCIR-logo-no-text-1024x1024 (1).png registration To register, please click here . ...
August 29, 2024
Co-Sponsored Program
... Law, Policy, and Innovation at Loyola Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for ... and how philanthropy can support and strengthen the work of immigrants with disabilities. Please tell us about ... and that it’s an inadequate policy. Coelho Fellows 1 375x250px.jpg Ultimately, I feel like it’s a strong law ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... Context CIII Convening_photo 1_edited 2.JPG We do this work in the face of significant challenges but also tangible ... local levels. Rising white nationalism, ongoing attacks on democratic institutions, lack of action on immigration at ... cairo mendes Senior Director of state AND LOCAL programs Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees ...
... policy models from this dynamic region, as well as other sites across the country. The two-and-a-half-day event ... regional, and national level. Learn about cutting-edge programs that welcome newcomers and promote immigrant ... The Seattle Foundation Meghna Goswami , Program Officer, Human Services, The Houston Endowment Grace B. Hou , ...
May 20, 2014
National Convening