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... – an elementary school, the local firehouse, a community center – and was especially grateful for the volunteers who ... co-governance models, and narrative strategies. Young people are the key to victory. Many progressive wins ... who believe in sustained investment in community resources, a humane immigration system, and workers’ rights ...
November 11, 2022
President's Message
... Services Collaborative GCIR Description Save the date for a timely funder site visit on Thursday, September 20th, followed by a series of learning labs on Friday, September 21st. The tour is ... the border. Understand their journeys, see the detention center setting, and find out more about the legal needs and ...
September 20, 2018
Learning Tour
... on the growing movement to end the political exclusion of immigrants and expand voting rights in local elections ... organizations from across California: Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Empowerment; Chinese for Affirmative Action ...
August 29, 2024
Co-Sponsored Program
... year, GCIR released our 2023 Public Policy Agenda , a set of federal and state reforms that would advance immigrant ... justice and power across the country. From calling for pathways to naturalization for Afghan arrivals and DACA ... - Senior Community Organizer, Immigrant Legal Resource Center Willie Lubka, Co-Founder and Executive Director, ...
April 19, 2023
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative Workforce Approaches " here, including presentation, recording, and other resources. Materials: Economic Security for Immigrants: ...
June, 2019
Program Materials
... infections plummet, our society is reopening and a feeling of normalcy is returning for many of us. But those hit hardest by the pandemic, ... even before the pandemic, “normal” was not working for everyone. These compounding traumas and accumulating ...
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... response to policy crises; keeping pace with the thirst for information through programming, analyses, and ... DACA implementation, the DOTD network now comprises 20 sites in 15 states working to expand legal services, outreach ... to new challenges that arise, and provide the support and resources you have come to rely upon. While we will have less ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... needed to receive these migrants and prepare for possible future arrivals. Join GCIR for this ... local leaders are encountering while addressing the needs of these newly arriving migrants. We will also explore the ... networks. It has become clear that – in addition to resources – communication, coordination, and adaptability ...
July 31, 2023
Webinar
... As a native-born U.S. citizen working in the movement for immigrant justice, I often reflect on what brought me to this work out of the many social justice causes that demand our attention. ... change. For philanthropy, it must mean providing needed resources and using its powerful voice and influence to ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... sought to ensure fairness in the allocation of federal resources and in political apportionment over the next ... forward to releasing our new immigrant-focused grantmaking framework. 2020 will be a pivotal year for the immigrant ... California funders have moved over $26 million since 2016 to ensure a complete and accurate count in the 2020 ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
... would prefer to stay in their home countries instead of undertaking uncertain and often perilous journeys. ... and the U.S. government recently opened new pathways for refugees to enter the country through community ... program. Learn how philanthropy can better mobilize resources to protect those seeking safety and refuge in the ...
November 29, 2023
Webinar
description With the onset of summer, there is excitement over warmer weather, summer ... and vegetables coming into season, and an opportunity for rest and relaxation. But for farmworkers who often have ... , Director for the Farmworker Program, Oregon Law Center Reyna Lopez , Executive Director, Pineros Y Campesinos ...
July 13, 2023
Webinar
October, 2021
Program Materials
The face of Texas is changing. Over the past two decades, a rising ... the Lone Star state. This infographic considers some of the most dramatic changes--and impacts--that have occurred ...
October, 2016
Infographic
... pandemic and measures put in place to stop the spread of the virus have severely limited mobility, longer-standing questions about how best to manage regional migration remain as important as ... and those fleeing persecution, with many families and unaccompanied children among them, and how to facilitate the ...
November, 2020
Report
... capitalism by positioning populations or communities for economic exploitation. This exploitation of rural workers is compounded by factors including lack of ... - does not happen overnight. It requires financial resources to support research, conduct culturally competent ...
November 30, 2023
Webinar
Description While the last four years have been devastating for immigrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities, the ... new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of the hundreds of policy attacks perpetrated by the current ... Hafiz , Policy Director, Immigrant Legal Resource Center Aaron Reichlin-Melnick , Policy Counsel, American ...
December 8, 2020
Webinar
... expands to include several new countries. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was cancelled. Temporary protected status was withdrawn for citizens of Sudan, but was extended 18 months for citizens of South ... Kerri Talbot, Policy Director, D.C. Immigration Hub Wendy Young , President, KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) Aryah ...
October 19, 2017
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). While the decision was made on procedural grounds and not on the merits of the program, it nevertheless provides a reprieve for ... their families, including more than 250,000 U.S.-citizen children. For now, DACAmented immigrants can continue to ...
June 18, 2020
Statement