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... 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
... 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
Description 2023 marked the largest single-year increase in the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide with more than 110 ... RISE Together Fund at Proteus Fund CO-SPONSORS 1.31 Co-Sponsors.jpg registration Register by 5pm PT on ...
January 31, 2024
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
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
... with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an analysis of challenges to the system and opportunities for ... managing refugee flows, including in-country processing programs that could help people avoid a trek to the U.S. and ... vision among the key players. They also pointed to the role that refugee resettlement organizations could play in ...
March, 2019
Report
... their work and provide a platform for their perspectives. In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona interviews Mily Trevi ñ o-Sauceda, Executive Director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas . Read on as Mily shares ... with our community leaders instead of taking over our process. ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... 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
In recent months, the Biden Administration and congressional ... in years past, growing bipartisan support for many aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge ... is just plain easier than demanding a fairer and more just process for people who are not U.S. citizens . . . You’re ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... 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 ...
... 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
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
... continue to welcome asylum seekers being bussed and flown in from Texas and Florida. Local governments, nonprofit ... local leaders are encountering while addressing the needs of these newly arriving migrants. We will also explore the ... & Founder, Afrikana Tom Tortorici, Executive Director of Legal Support Initiatives, New York City Mayor's Office ...
July 31, 2023
Webinar
... session to focus on the implementation and refinement of grantmaking practices in this domain. This session is open to grantmakers currently ... subject line: "STS Strategy Session" if you are interested in attending. Photo: Charles Edward Miller / Creative ...
March 18, 2021
Group Meeting
... Late last year, the Texas legislature passed a series of bills targeting migration at the Texas-Mexico border. This ... with prior deportation orders from the U.S. to reside in the state. The Louisiana governor recently introduced SB ... Cairo Mendes , Senior Director of State and Local Programs, GCIR coSponsorS Co-Sponsors .jpg cmm program page ...
May 30, 2024
Webinar
September, 2020
Issue Brief
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.
... allowed more than 830,000 young people to stay and work in the United States, with 589,660 individuals benefitting from the DACA program as of September 2022. According to results from a 2021 survey of ... Rising Cairo Mendes , Director of State and Local Programs, GCIR Denia Perez , Legal Services Senior Manager, ...
April 6, 2023
Webinar
Dear Colleagues: 2020 was a year unlike any other in living memory. The fourth consecutive year of intensifying policy attacks on immigrants, refugees, and ... partnerships. We will build forward our critical role in the U.S. social justice ecosystem as a philanthropic ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
... I knew my answer: Undocumented people have the right to be in positions of power, to be compensated fairly for their labor, and to be ... I had of immigration and deepened my understanding of my role in it. Despite currently pursuing bachelor’s and ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature