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... and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action In these tumultuous times when people the world over are ... experiencing fear, distress, and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core ... they were born, are united with one another in the face of this devastating public health crisis. The pandemic ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
DESCRIPTION Building on the legacy of Queer and Trans elders and pioneers, LGBTQ immigrant and ... LGBTQ immigrant communities, particularly to address lack of access to medical care and asylum and detention issues ... to be sexually victimized than non-LGBTQ people while in ICE custody. However, LGTBQ immigrant issues continue to ...
October 5, 2022
Webinar
... multiple countries, and navigate hostile governments in their search for safety. Militarization of borders, carceral strategies, and removal programs without due process are among the many ways ...
June 20, 2023
Webinar
... the belief that affecting transformative change in support of immigrants, migrants, and refugees includes combating the ... safe and just migration. Philanthropy has an important role to play in addressing forced displacement and the ... 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
... reform efforts, real obstacles stand in the way of the U.S. mounting a robust humanitarian response. ... challenges and opportunities on the border and the role philanthropy can play. This series is open to interested ... Program Officer, ICF Rini Chakraborty, Senior Director of Programs, Four Freedoms Fund Ben Coyle, Senior Director of ...
April 15, 2021
Partner Program
Description The 2020 census was among the most fraught in recent history, with threats to a fair and complete count ... federal administration’s attempt to limit the inclusion of immigrants. Fortunately, funders and other stakeholders built on the lessons of census 2010, and the California Census 2020 Statewide ...
November 8, 2021
Webinar
... "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to new Immigrants in Texas" here, including session recording and powerpoint. ... Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to New Immigrants in Texas ...
November, 2022
Program Materials
... care via the Affordable Care Act. These are just a few of the countless foreign-born individuals who, under a newly ... a visa or permanent residency status due to accessing programs that support the health and well-being of their ... by punishing low-income families for participating in health and social services for which their children are ...
April 19, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... new and pending applications and throwing the fate of the program into question yet again. While current DACA ... Over the past decade, philanthropy has played an important role in ensuring DACA’s success through GCIR’s ... criminal justice systems. Fund immigration legal services programs that will be called on to field questions from ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
... cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was ... (ICE) arrests increased by 30 percent, from 110,000 in 2016 to 143,000 in 2019. Status In 2021, the Department of ... apply. The Work Ahead for Philanthropy Philanthropy has a role to play in ensuring that the Biden administration’s ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... come together and explore how to support their grantees in tending to their emotional well-being and healing. Hear ... from Texas who will discuss the successful launch of programs to support well-being. For funders looking for ...
October 13, 2021
Webinar
... Immigrant Inclusion Initiative (CIII) is a community of grantmakers that seek to advance the vision of a just and ... can live with dignity and respect. Since its inception in 2007, CIII members have deployed tens of millions of ... 750x1000px.jpg cairo mendes Director of state AND LOCAL programs Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees ...
... 2020 Statewide Funders’ Initiative was established in 2017 in order to achieve two overarching goals: To ensure ... coordinated funding strategies, and inform the allocation of state funding Develop a single statewide evaluation plan ... California Grantmakers Megan Thomas Vice President of Collaboration & Special Initiatives San Diego Grantmakers ...
... As Afghan newcomers continue to arrive and resettle in the United States, the immediate widespread attention ... the refugee resettlement program or on a special immigrant visa, and consequently will need short-term services as well ... on what funders should know about the immediate needs of the community and how the Afghan diaspora is working to ...
October 21, 2021
Webinar
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Katherine Perez , Director of the Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and ... of fear of potential immigration consequences. But in the process, disability justice gets reduced to one line. I think ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... food and other life-critical essential needs as a result of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. Each year, the ... undocumented immigrants pay more than $20 billion in federal taxes, and in state and local taxes by filing tax ... benefits, disaster relief funds, Payroll Protection Programs, or the federal recovery checks due to their ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
The California Dignity for Families Fund aims to raise an initial $20 million to help migrant families and unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border receive urgent humanitarian relief and assistance as they request asylum and resettle in communities throughout the state.
... harassment, intimidation, and other hate-based incidents in schools and on college campuses have risen sharply this ... are second- and third-generation Americans. The prospect of deportation and family separation looms large for those ... across the country are witnessing firsthand the impact of these developments, and many are struggling with how best ...
September, 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... 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 the hundreds of policy attacks perpetrated by the current administration. ...
December 8, 2020
Webinar
Immigrant women make up approximately 14 percent of all women in the United States, and women and girls comprise more than ... survivors of gender-based violence also have access to programs and resources under the act, leaving them better ...
April 4, 2023
Issue Spotlight