... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United ... in Africa, and so he knew all sorts of scary things about how quickly lethal infectious diseases could spread. ... of millions more people worldwide. What was so alarming about these two works of fiction is how totally plausible ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
... catastrophe has caused a huge increase in Chinese/Asian hate crimes. Therefore, it is even more important to make ... stations in all 50 states. For more information about the series, please see links below. Link to preview the ...
May 11, 2020
Partner Program
... important in this moment to help immigrants manage anxiety about both public health and personal safety. Advocacy ... toolkit provides leaders in higher education with sample press statements, social media posts, and more. DACAmented ... the Contributions of DACA Recipients in the Fight Against Coronavirus Center for American Progress, New ...
June, 2020
Resource Portal
... and nonprofit staff alike. In addition to concerns about physical health and economic wellbeing, domestic violence and anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise. Frontline organizations are ...
July, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... hostile immigration policies, toxic rhetoric, surging hate crimes, and a massive racial reckoning. Not everyone has ...
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... workers are the foot soldiers in our frontline defense against COVID-19, employed in “essential” jobs in areas ... communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country Many immigrants live in constant fear about whether they’ll be able to continue raising their ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... 10.6 million . A similar estimate drawing upon the 2017 ACS identified 7.6 million undocumented workers in ... in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, or about 4.6 percent of the entire American working ... and other COVID-19 testing or quarantine sites or against people traveling to such sites. And while U.S. ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... out the count’—it would be almost impossible to think about how to get this ship back on course, given the ... In a win for the census funders, the Supreme Court ruled against the citizenship question last year. But the ... the importance of accurate messaging—right now—about what the census covers and how it’s used. There’s ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
In these tumultuous times when people the world over are experiencing fear, distress, and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core values to guide how we mobilize philanthropy to support immigrant families and communities in the United States. We believe this moment calls for philanthropy to lead with courage to advance an inclusive, equitable, and holistic response. Philanthropic action must not only address urgent needs but reflect a vision that all Americans, no matter where they were born, are united with one another in the face of this devastating public health crisis.
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... a dramatic spike in harassment, physical assaults, and hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Nonprofits ... Florida Philanthropic Network Funders Concerned about AIDS Funders Together to End Homelessness Grantmakers ...
April 15, 2020
Webinar
... the nonprofit sector has been pulled into a discussion about COVID-19, as leaders urgently strategize about how to ... fast changing challenges from white nationalists, hate groups and the Trump administration. Even previously ... Trump administration may use this crisis to push an agenda against the will of the American people (i.e. Muslim ban). ...
March 11, 2020
Blog Post
April, 2020
Program Materials
... “[We] created this rapid response fund to respond to the hate crimes and bias against Asian American communities resulting from COVID-19. ...
March 18, 2020
Blog Post
... across the country, and it’s estimated that about half are undocumented . In the most recent economic ... leave, among other benefits. Farmworkers on average earn about $10.60 per hour and have a median annual income between ... near her home in Delano, Susana stopped working about a month ago out of fear that she would get COVID-19. ...
April 4, 2020
News Article
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.
April 21, 2020
News Article
October, 2021
Program Materials
... may be the most visibly important force in the fight against COVID-19, working long hours at great personal risk ... American Community Survey microdata—the 2016 1-year, 2017 1-year, 2018 1-year ACS, accessed via the University ... 2018 revisions to the SOC. Where possible, all 2016 and 2017 ACS data were updated from the 2010 SOC into the 2018 ...
April 6, 2020
News Article
The PIF Campaign recommends against proactively connecting coronavirus and public charge. ...
March, 2020
Talking Points
Video update from Michigan Immigrant Rights Center about services, immigrant access to health care, and ...
April, 2020
Video & Audio