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... a year of significant transitions for the country and for GCIR. It ushered in a new federal administration and, along ... immigrant communities and communities of color. Here at GCIR, 2021 marked the organization’s first year with our ... the helm. With Marissa’s leadership and the strength of GCIR’s 30-year legacy, we built forward our critical role ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging ... to come. Joel Morales at 2022 Convening 350x304px.jpg GCIR’s lineup of plenary sessions, workshops, and ... solidarity with immigrants and refugees. I returned from GCIR’s convening with tools, resources, and new friendships ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... Kevin Douglas, senior director of national programs at GCIR. GCIR’s delegation, which included GCIR staff and representatives from The Surdna Foundation and ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
... 2022 was a year of continued growth and evolution for GCIR. We continued to expand our staff capacity—including ... inclusion, and learning. As I have often said, my job as GCIR’s President is to create the conditions in which ... individual and collective sustainability and thriving. At GCIR, we talk about doing our work in a networked way, and we ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
Overview This 12-page report reviews GCIR's efforts to inform, connect, and catalyze philanthropy ... inhumane policies and dehumanizing rhetoric. In response, GCIR continued to provide timely updates and expert analysis, ... as well as a learning lab on the immigrant detention system, both of which fostered deeper connections among the ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... assistance and, at the same time, we can pilot a better system for welcoming immigrants into this state.” ... meaningful long-term investment in infrastructure and system change,” said Antonia Hernández, President and ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... to workplaces and houses of worship. In response, GCIR mounted an extraordinary effort to inform, connect, and ... facing immigrant families and communities. Read the GCIR 2017 Annual Report: Rallying Philanthropy to Stand with Immigrants and Refugees to learn more about how GCIR staff, members, funders, and allies rose to 2017’s ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
Introduction By all measures, 2018 was a tough year for GCIR and for every organization working on immigration. The ... and undermine our pluralistic democracy. In response, GCIR mounted an all-out effort to galvanize philanthropic ... and secondary trauma for service providers. Read the GCIR 2018 Annual Report to learn more about ...
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report
... the two fundamental flaws that plague the current U.S. system. First, the system is too restrictive, which leads to violations of the ... to Americans who wish to interact with both. Second, the system is too inflexible to adapt to new economic or social ...
November, 2020
Analysis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... undocumented, a modernization of our legal immigration system, and sensible immigration enforcement priorities ... and other nonimmigrant visa bans and reform the H-1B visa system to boost American innovation and better protect ... link below. 21 for ‘21: Fixing America’s Immigration System ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
About May 10-12, 2022 GCIR’s biennial national convening is the foremost ... In choosing Houston as the site of our 2022 convening, GCIR seeks to shine a spotlight on the challenges facing ... to advance immigrant justice in the state. Venue GCIR’s 2022 National Convening will be held at Hotel ZaZa , ...
May 10, 2022
National Convening
Remarks delivered by GCIR's president, Daranee Petsod, at Courage, Vision, Action , GCIR's 2020 National Convening, in Atlanta, Georgia. ... no matter where they’re born. Having been a part of GCIR since its founding 30 years ago, and leading it for the ...
March, 2020
Presentation, Program Materials
March 12, 2020
This six-minute video features GCIR's founders, members, and allies reflecting on the past ... development and the role that philanthropy has played. GCIR 20th Anniversary Video ...
July, 2010
Video & Audio
This four-minute video features GCIR board members talking about the role the organization ... immigrants and refugees in reaching their full potential. GCIR 25th Anniversary Video ...
July, 2016
Video & Audio
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, ... supremacy have no place in our world. To funders in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New ... Dunedin, New Zealand. Mark McGuire / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Islamophobia and Hate ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
... like other U.S. children, may enter the child welfare system if there are reports of abuse or neglect. Yet ... unauthorized immigrants may also enter the child welfare system if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
April, 2019
Report
... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Blue Shield of California Foundation . In addition, the GCIR membership re-elected Shawn Morehead , Vice President ... board, including two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release