Organizing & Movement Building
Join us on June 9th for a conversation with Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Norma Wong about visionary strategy, collective practice, and what leaps we need to make in a time of maximum fear.
June 2025
Webinar
Program
GCIR joins our philanthropic partners in condemning the administration’s stated intent to undermine the organizations that do the essential work of protecting and caring for our communities. This impending attack on nonprofits is an obvious extension of the assault we are seeing on law firms, universities, diversity initiatives, and others - a clear attempt to dismantle civil society institution by institution.
April 2025
Statement
News
GCIR’s recent webinar "Building Worker Power for Migrant Women" did something important beyond providing valuable content and timely insights: it gave us hope. The program,” showcased the miracle-making work being done in Arkansas, California, New Jersey, and New York to safeguard the rights of migrant women workers in the agriculture and poultry industries, and in the domestic work sector. In last month’s webinar, which was moderated by Carmen Randolph at Women’s Foundation of the South, we heard from local organizers at the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.’s (CRLA) LGBTQ+ Program; Damayan, a group that serves and empowers low-wage Filipino workers living and working in New York City and New Jersey; and Venceremos, a worker-based organization in Arkansas whose mission is to ensure the human rights of poultry workers.
April 2025
Blog Post
News
In her quarterly message, GCIR President Marissa Tirona calls on philanthropy to step up in this critical moment and leverage its power in service of communities under attack by the current administration, including immigrants and refugees. She also shares how GCIR is stepping up in this moment to expand our state and local strategies, advance pro-immigrant policies, amplify power-building efforts and expand protections for migrants in the long-term.
April 2025
President's Message
News
We have curated a set of resources to assist funders in preparation for a potential targeting of nonprofits and foundations. This list is not exhaustive and will be a dynamic space where we will continue to add resources as we identify them. We also encourage you to share these resources with your grantees.
April 2025
Data Tool
Resource
Welcome to Amplify, where we feature interviews with immigrant justice field leaders to showcase their work and provide a platform for their perspectives. In this episode of our Amplify podcast, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Maria Ibarra-Frayre, Co-Director of We the People Michigan. The organization is committed to building power and strengthening civic engagement for communities across Michigan through disciplined, rigorous, long-term community organizing.
March 2025
GCIR Blog Series
News
As we face a new federal administration, GCIR is sharing recommendations for philanthropy to help protect and support the immigrant justice movement. View this page to download our full funder recommendations.
January 2025
Funding Recommendations
Resource
2024 was a challenging year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have been preparing for an incoming presidential administration that poses an unprecedented threat to our immigrant communities. In the face of these challenges, GCIR doubled-down this year on developing programming, resources, and partnerships that reflect our dedication to moving money and power to migrant communities and resourcing a robust migrant justice infrastructure.
December 2024
Blog Post
News
Join GCIR for the next meeting of the Transnational Strategy Community of Practice (CoP), a space for funders to share their knowledge of migrant-led transnational organizing and power-building work, learn more about how funders and donors are investing in this work, and identify opportunities to shape current and new transnational strategies.
November 2024
Group Meeting
Program
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's meeting "Transnational Strategy Community of Practice Q4 Meeting" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting, and relevant links.
November 2024
Program Materials
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