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... proposals seek to corrode public confidence in the asylum system, demonize asylum seekers, and erode protections for ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) partnered with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an ... https://www.strausscenter.org/images/MSI/AsylumReport_MSI.pdf [5] While each side along with outside parties are, in ...
March, 2019
Report
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... hostile times. Sincerely, Daranee Petsod President GCIR President's Q3 Update, 2018 ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
2023 was a year of continued evolution and growth for GCIR , and it was a year that brought both challenges and ... for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. In 2022, GCIR undertook a strategic planning process that helped ... first quarter of 2023. This new theory of change reflects GCIR’s efforts to address the ways in which global systems ...
October, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core values to guide how we mobilize ... and assert leadership and influence in the public sphere. GCIR stands ready to work with funders to ensure that your ... in implementing these recommendations, please contact GCIR’s COVID-19 leads, Aryah Somers Landsberger or Kevin ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... judicial review. National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a special registry targeting Muslim men and ... Solidarity and Joint Investment in BAMEMSA Communities . GCIR—and GCIR members like Heising-Simons Foundation, ... and Solidarity: Islamophobia, the U.S. Immigration System, and the Impact on BAMEMSA Communities ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
policy agenda 2025_400x266.jpg GCIR envisions a society in which everyone thrives no matter ... status, and efforts to undermine the public education system at large. Policy Pillar IV In order to embrace and ... address common needs across communities, including justice system reform and access to quality housing, food, and ...
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. ... and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, GCIR, along with our members and funding partners, has ... and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020. GCIR 30th Anniversary Timeline ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... in need of protection will attempt to access our asylum system, as is their right per U.S. and international law. It ... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... city running as well…” It is within this context that GCIR is calling upon philanthropy to resource a response to ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... Aryah Somers Landsberger , Director of Programs, GCIR Speakers Michelle Brane , Director of Migrant Rights and ... The Road Ahead Series: Deportation Defense Options , GCIR, March 2017. Family Separation Policies and Access to ...
May 17, 2018
... proposals seek to corrode public confidence in the asylum system, demonize asylum seekers, and erode protections for ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) partnered with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an analysis of challenges to the system and opportunities for intervention. This summary is ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
... in some ways than the failed immigration bill covered by GCIR earlier this year , with the ACLU already announcing its ... willingness to unilaterally shut down the asylum system is not only harmful to those who will be subjected ... work to put the US on a path to a more just immigration system . Photo by Richard Ashen/Pacific Press/LightRocket ...
June 5, 2024
Statement
GCIR invites you to join a movement of philanthropic leaders. Being a GCIR member demonstrates a dedication to building an ... on the needs of newcomers. To learn more about becoming a GCIR member and the benefits of membership, download the ...
Organization Materials
About GCIR’s biennial national convening is the foremost ... U.S. citizens who have at least one immigrant parent. GCIR recently launched a Delivering on the Dream ... 15-minute drive to the hotel. Atlanta’s public transport system, MARTA , operates a network of bus and train routes ...
March 11, 2020
National Convening
... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... immigrant communities. In the face of these challenges, GCIR doubled-down this year on developing programming, ... for coordination and collaboration. In February, GCIR led a funder delegation to Foundations on the Hill ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
About October 28-30, 2024 GCIR’s biennial National Convening is the foremost ... guide their immigrant- and refugee-related grantmaking. GCIR’s 2024 convening will take place in the context of ... the values, goals, strategies, and approaches set forth in GCIR’s theory of change . Through our programming and ...
October 28, 2024
National Convening
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which ... design team worked together to: Define the problem that GCIR seeks to address. Articulate the ways in which GCIR wants to show up in the world. Identify the external ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... the custody of the United States’ immigration detention system. This sprawling system has facilities scattered throughout the country, often ... Aryah Somers Landsberger , Director of Programs, GCIR Registration Registration is now closed. Calls are open ...
July 19, 2018
... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... I think it’s important to recognize that the GCIR conference immediately preceded the election. Something ... you're feeling like nothing will change. Attending the GCIR conference did just that for me by reinforcing my ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
... threat to our nation and to our immigrant communities, GCIR remains steadfast in our commitment to advancing justice ... photovs on iStock , is licensed under standard license. GCIR Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election ...
November 6, 2024
Statement