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The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is joining with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and The Kresge Foundation to create the Southeast Michigan Immigrant and Refugee Funder Collaborative, which seeks to address a needs gap of the immigrant and refugee population in the region.
The Trump administration has launched its most far-reaching attack on immigrants to date in the guise of a seemingly innocuous regulatory change: the revised “public charge” rule. When the new rule goes into effect on October 15, barring delays due to litigation, immigrants accessing programs that help them meet basic needs, such as food, housing, and health care, can be denied a green card, and individuals deemed likely to use these programs can be denied admission to the United States.
Find all related program materials for the webinar "The Critical Role of Philanthropy in the TPS Journey for Justice" here, including powerpoint and recording.
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us at the CIII retreat.
Following the CIII retreat, the legal services learning lab hosted a learning lab for funders for an important conversation on the move to end detention. Participants were moved by our inspirational leaders from across the country who are fighting to end the policy and practice of immigration detention.
A Funder’s View of Detention, Sara Campos,The Grove Foundation
The Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI) would like to invite you to attend the launch of two policy reports and an interactive mapping website on Friday morning, October 11 on the UC Berkeley campus. This symposium brings together service providers, policy makers and other stakeholders to learn about immigrant integration resources in the Bay Area.
GCIR’s Biennial National Convening will take place March 11-13, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia.
Join us for philanthropy’s foremost conference on immigration—the defining issue of our time and one that cuts across issues, sectors, and geographies.
Please join Northern California Grantmakers and experts to hear about best practices for supporting people with the least access to resources: 1) people with disabilities, 2) immigrants and farm workers, 3) low-income residents, and 4) older adults and seniors.
As Americans face troubling new barriers to vote, is philanthropy ready to help?
Join us to learn about coordinated policy efforts across the states, a unique model for building farmworker power in Florida, and how advocates in Tennessee defeated anti-immigrant legislation.
This one-pager is a great refresher for some and general overview for others on counting young children in the 2020 Census.
Learn how San Diego and Imperial County philanthropy, nonprofits and businesses can engage in the 2020 Census.
Join the webinar to explore where current Census operations are and why philanthropy investing in housing and homelessness programs should care about the count.
How Can I Get My Papers: Lessons from a Decade of Online Legal Intakes for Undocumented Immigrants.
Join a webinar sponsored by New Breath Foundation, where we will give a brief overview of Cambodian deportations, present what we learned during our trip, and share initiatives we're working on this year to support the Cambodian deportees and their families.
The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected three new members to its board of directors, as well as re-elected three current board members.
This webinar will share findings from new opinion research about using total population versus citizens of voting age when drawing district lines – and how to talk about this technical, yet important issue for communities and our democracy.