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... growing chorus within philanthropy standing in solidarity against the white nationalist, white supremacist, and ... deploy resources needed to protect our democracy and bring about equity and justice for all. — Team GCIR Foundation ... Americans In Philanthropy: Statement on Charlottesville 2017 United Philanthropy Forum: After Charlottesville, How ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... certainly show your solidarity here at home and counter hate in all its forms to ensure that our neighbors and ... with your grantees and others who may need it. Consider hate-driven attacks and discrimination as you apply a ... Zealand. Mark McGuire / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Islamophobia and Hate ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
... These senseless murders and the surge in anti-Asian hate incidents during the Covid-19 pandemic are the latest ... of discrimination, harassment, scapegoating, and violence against Asian immigrant communities—particularly women and ... leaders . See below for details and join us to hear about immediate community needs as well as opportunities to ...
April 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... values in the immediate term. GCIR has signed on to the Hate Is Not Charitable Campaign , calling on providers of ... associated with donor-advised funds—to learn more about the Hate Is Not Charitable Campaign and sign on; read about the anti-immigrant movement and the private money ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... 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
... and several months later, the Senate voted 60 to 39 against advancing a similar proposal . As it turns out, the ... they were in 1987 — when the U.S. population was about a quarter smaller , substantially younger and ... get rejected. Yet another new policy, introduced in 2017, encourages government officials to completely ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... 2020. The undersigned funders join GCIR in taking a stand against hate and support this call to action to philanthropy. Their ... of legitimate debate on immigration and “serious about addressing systematic and institutional racism.” The ...
September 23, 2020
Statement
... 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
June 18, 2020
News Article
Threats against foundations and nonprofits supporting immigrant ... kill movement leaders, and release personal information about staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director ... Day outcome might affect the threat level posed by hate groups, but she’s not optimistic about any of the ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
... 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
... and sanctioned that Islamophobia. Much has been written about how U.S. domestic and foreign policies were transformed ... around the world—also experienced a dramatic increase in hate crimes perpetrated against them. During just the first week after 9/11, ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
... and asylum seekers. Inside Philanthropy named GCIR the 2017 Funders’ Affinity Group of the Year for the key role ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... 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
More than 40 leading California foundations signed this statement in support of DACA following the program's cancellation.
September 16, 2017
Statement
... statement in support of DACA. Statement On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration ended Deferred Action for ...
September 9, 2017
Statement
... 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
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.
September 6, 2019
Press Release