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By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... 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
... Pandemic Impact on Immigrant Families and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action In these tumultuous ... and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core values to guide how we mobilize ... one another in the face of this devastating public health crisis. The pandemic magnifies existing inequities that ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... the community. Movement leaders are eager to pivot from crisis response to advancing a welcoming and inclusive vision ... but also great opportunities for philanthropy. Based on GCIR’s conversations with movement leaders throughout the ... strategies, and needs, GCIR is releasing today our recommendations for how philanthropy can advance immigrant ...
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... v. Texas, which halted the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the creation of Deferred ... large. In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought leadership, technical assistance, educational programs, and resources that helped funders understand shifting conditions ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
These funding recommendations cover a broad range of options for funders ... to respond to the Central American unaccompanied minors crisis. Areas for immediate and ongong response include: ... to immigraiton enforcement; Legal representation and resources; Health, education, and other integration services; ...
May, 2016
Funding Recommendations
... immigration enforcement; and terminated Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and many Temporary Protected ... to workplaces and houses of worship. In response, GCIR mounted an extraordinary effort to inform, connect, and catalyze philanthropy, focusing on the most urgent issues facing ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) partnered with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an ... the administration continuing to manufacture a series of crisis at the border to legitimate their actions. ... the public and policy makers, prevent the use of state resources in detaining asylum seekers, develop legal ...
March, 2019
Report
Remarks delivered by GCIR's president, Daranee Petsod, at Courage, Vision, ... response, our funder community has mobilized unprecedented resources to address humanitarian needs and push back against ... of these investments. While rapid response will be needed for the foreseeable future, we cannot afford to remain in a ...
March, 2020
Presentation, Program Materials
... is a report about a time of desperation, illness, economic crisis, and death for immigrants. It is a report about ... and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), Stand Together analyzes findings from nationwide ... with the most marginalized, and to continue to direct resources to immigrant infrastructure. The final ...
October, 2021
Report
InformedImmigrant.com is dedicated to increasing access to resources and knowledge for the undocumented immigrant community across the U.S. We ... basis. Resources for Immigrants During the Coronavirus Crisis ...
April, 2020
Resource Portal
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. ... visions of who we are and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, GCIR, along with our members and funding partners, has ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... democracy. In the face of these extraordinary challenges, GCIR leaned into our mission, vision, and values , taking ... BIPOC, and LGBTQI leaders. Time and again, GCIR rallied philanthropy to act with urgency, courage, conviction, and ... movement’s efforts to center racial justice , and pushed for inclusion of immigration in philanthropic discussions on ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
Introduction By all measures, 2018 was a tough year for GCIR and for every organization working on immigration. ... about GCIR's efforts to inform, connect, and catalyze philanthropy, focusing on the most urgent issues facing ...
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report
GCIR is closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak, with a focus on how it is impacting immigrants and how philanthropy is addressing that impact. We will be continually updating this page with relevant and useful resources, as well as webinars and other programs. We ...
Thank you for joining the California Funders Supporting Immigrants During the COVID-19 Crisis webinar. Find all program-related materials for ... Member | Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) GCIR MODERATORS Aryah Somers Landsberger | Vice President ...
April, 2020
Program Materials
... While media reports may portray this as a new crisis in the making, human suffering has been occurring at ... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... lead to humanitarian crises at home and abroad. Moving resources in a way that centers the leadership and ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
GCIR is closely monitoring the impact of the 2020 election on ... GCIR's post-election statement . Below we are sharing resources to help support and capture philanthropy’s ... response to this moment’s opportunities and challenges for immigrant communities, including prospects for advancing ...
Denver state capitol protest 350x277px.jpg GCIR envisions a society in which everyone thrives no matter ... across the country, we seek to mobilize philanthropic resources to promote the protection, wellbeing, and inclusion ... due process and introduce new restrictions on the ability for individuals to seek asylum Oppose the 287(g) program that ...
... lives. Modern life does not readily present spaces for healing, grieving, and community building in the face of ... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... rapid response funds mobilizing humanitarian aid and other resources within Ukraine. Earlier this month, the European ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
... may also lead fewer victims to turn to law enforcement for fear of deportation. Join this call to learn about how ... Fund at NEO Philanthropy [moderator] Resources Reports & Factsheets Human Trafficking in the Trump ... Project: Resources Presentation PowerPoint Slides , GCIR, April 12, 2017 A special thanks to GCIR members and ...
April 12, 2017
Webinar