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... color, women, and girls can truly thrive. Please tell us about yourself and yo ur organization. Lian Cheun ... the resettlement experience were traumatizing and shaped who I am today. After we arrived in the U.S., we settled in a low-income, diverse ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... in the country. Read on as Kris shares his thoughts about building power for trans communities of color, ... gave me an understanding as a young person of color that we could do it for ourselves, that we could have vision and ... Power is also about being able to define for ourselves who we are, to fight for our communities, to fight for ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... farmworkers in California are from Indigenous communities. We speak our native languages that are different from Spanish ... when we are on our own continent? We are migrants, people who move. Because of colonization our lands were taken away ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for immigrants with disabilities, ... is where I met other people with psychiatric disabilities who identified as disabled and realized I was part of the ... immigrants as scapegoats during his presidential campaign. We at CNLD felt the urgent need to work on immigration, and ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of unfounded claims of election ... and a healthy democracy. As the descendant of farmworkers who worked in Selma and Delano in the 1930s and 1940s ... speech, President Biden recognized the challenges we are facing, the “cascading crises of our era.” He asked, ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... a public-private partnership with Governor Gavin Newsom, who made an aligned investment of $25 million for services to ... the work to serve and advocate for them. By doing so, we can build an effective and sustainable support ... Lopez / Unsplash License CA Dignity for Families Fund - About ...
About GCIR As the nation’s only immigrant-focused ... for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, we are building on our 33-year history to drive short- and ...
... Immigrants have died in detention. Certain facilities are so cold they’ve earned the nickname ‘ hieleras ’— ... Join this webinar to learn how the detention system works, who operates the facilities, what is known about the conditions, and how philanthropy is engaging in ...
July 19, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
About | Agenda | Planning Committee | Sponsors About Our 2018 ... Holding up the Sky: A Conversation with Women Leaders who are Charting a Course for the Future 2:15 pm Concluding ... Changemakers Sustainers Contributors Supporters United We Rise: Newcomers, Neighbors, and America's Next Generation ...
February 27, 2018
National Convening
Dear We Count Los Angeles Partners, Thank you for your ... them to fill out the census questionnaire. Details about the paid media program and how to participate can be ... be critical to keep our momentum going. For those of you who will shift to remote operations, email communication will ...
March 13, 2020
Memo
... those most affected by natural disasters with those who rebuild communities in the wake of them, and to bring the ... recoveries. Registration Register for "A Conversation About Equity in Hurricane Recovery in Florida" here . A Conversation About Equity in Hurricane Recovery in Florida ...
February 26, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... 3) low-income residents, and 4) older adults and seniors. We are hearing stories of communities pulling together ... join Northern California Grantmakers and experts to hear about best practices for supporting people with the least ... California Wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoff: Who’s Affected, What’s Needed from Philanthropy ...
October 28, 2019
Co-Sponsored Program
... are like once they reach our shores. Join us to learn more about these workers and their families, current and proposed policies, and vulnerabilities they face. We’ll also discuss strategies that community-based ... The Temporary Foreign Work Visa Application Process: Who is Involved? , uncredited, undated. Engendering ...
October 6, 2017
Webinar
... volunteers, colleagues and essential workers. Litigators are hard at work fighting to make sure this decision does not ... and build strong, welcoming, fully inclusive communities, we must go beyond DACA to establish a pathway to citizenship ... their families, and the 11 million undocumented immigrants who call this country home. As we speak, organizers and ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
... organizers will explore what the recent elections tell us about political participation, dialogue on the direction of ... is required for Part 1 and Part 2. Register for Part 2 . Who Voted and Why and Implications for Social and Economic ...
December 2, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... us and bolster our resilience. It is no surprise that we are all struggling, personally, professionally, and often ... has rallied and risen to the challenge. Together, we have dug deep to both address urgent community needs and ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
WASHINGTON — Americans are eligible for up to $1,200 in coronavirus stimulus money ... they're married and filing taxes jointly with an immigrant who doesn’t have a Social Security number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that. About 2 million undocumented people are married to a U.S. ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United States. Preston had ... disrupts U.S. society in a big way, some foundations are scrambling to respond. But almost no one in the sector ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
... growing health and economic concerns, local nonprofits are stepping up to fill the gaps in our social safety net ... strain, and increased uncertainty. As an industry, we aren’t known to be nimble, but there are six things we ... has exposed our industry’s failure to think holistically about our grantees’ financial needs as functioning ...
March 16, 2020
Philanthropic News