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... right to seek asylum, visas for those that were victims of trafficking or crimes (T and U Visas), family reunification, ... Support reforms that facilitate access to federal health programs care, such as: the elimination of the 5-year bar, ... and transportation options. Photo by rrodrickbeiler on iStock Last Updated 2.11.25 GCIR's 2025 Public Policy ...
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... consequential events in the last decade, wreaking havoc on families, communities, and the economy. As businesses were ... are overrepresented in hospitality, agriculture, domestic work, and other industries. In response to this economic ... Join us for a dive into the findings and a discussion on how foundations can prepare for future relief efforts. ...
October 27, 2021
Webinar
Program Materials
... arrivals, for instance, are entering the United States on humanitarian parole rather than through the refugee resettlement program or on a special immigrant visa, and consequently will need ... American community leaders and GCIR in a conversation on what funders should know about the immediate needs of the ...
October 21, 2021
Webinar
... efforts led by Southeast Asian young women. Read on as Lian shares how her experience as a child refugee led her to this work, what successful power building looks like at Khmer ... for youth, racial justice, and climate resiliency programs in Long Beach. The measure was approved by over 60% ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... people who are not U.S. citizens . . . You’re preying on people’s fears and if you can do that successfully, ... That these proposed restrictions got significant traction on both sides of the aisle signals a fundamental shift in how ... and cultural context, there is significant and critical work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... and other hate-based incidents in schools and on college campuses have risen sharply this academic year and ...
September, 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... managing refugee flows, including in-country processing programs that could help people avoid a trek to the U.S. and ... and requirements that the Department of Health and Human Services take fingerprints of household members (later ... undermine protections for unaccompanied children under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), ...
March, 2019
Report
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Combating Abuses Against Foreign-born Workers."
Program Materials
... and Southwest Washington Hispanics in Philanthropy Human Rights Funders Network National Committee for ... governments, with whom 70 to 85 percent of deportation cases have originated in peak enforcement years, has ... York. Speakers Randy Capps , Director of Research, U.S. Programs, Migration Policy Institute Muzaffar Chishti , ...
June 21, 2018
... we looked at how 501c4 strategies can strengthen the work of 501c3 organizations, and we explored ways to educate and mobilize people on issues that directly impact their communities. In the ... how the work of groups like T.E.J.A.S is moving the needle on environmental justice in the East End. A common theme I ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... intelligence (AI) and technological advances take on an increasingly prominent role in our society, BIPOC and ... to respond to emergent threats and opportunities. Part 1: The Threat of AI and Technology to Immigrant Justice As ... Organizer, Mijente Moderator: Rose Cahn , Program Officer, Human Rights, Heising Simons Foundation co-sponsor ...
February 5, 2025
Webinar