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... with Lian Cheun , Executive Director of Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) in Long Beach, California, an organization ... color, women, and girls can truly thrive. Please tell us about yourself and yo ur organization. Lian Cheun ... or vote. In 2020, KGA called voters to educate them about a ballot measure that would institutionalize funding ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... areas. Let’s start with who you are. Please tell us about yourself, your organization, and the communities you ... workers of color through organizing, education, and direct action. We promote worker justice using an intersectional ... by understanding their basic rights, learning about worker and gender justice, and building community ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... in the country. Read on as Kris shares his thoughts about building power for trans communities of color, ... and strengthen the work of trans-led movements. Tell us about what brings you to this work and what motivates you to ... Around that time, I also joined Youth United for Community Action, an organization focused on social and environmental ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... organizer. I’m grateful that I learned early on about frameworks like those from Marshall Ganz, Young ... together with political education and clear calls to action, are essential to building an active base of ... building. It’s been a busy year, and we’re excited about the possibilities for advancing immigrant justice ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... Project (MICOP) . Read on as Arcenio shares his thoughts about building power for Indigenous immigrants, the ... strengthen the work of Indigenous migrants. Please tell us about yourself and your organization. Can you describe the ... MICOP, we overcame this narrative and were motivated into action by the discrimination we faced as Mixteco people. ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... justice movement leaders across the nation. Hearing about the organizing work being done in places like Louisiana ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... means having the courage to invite a bigger conversation about our nation’s history and the present-day ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... nonprofits. But funding BIPOC-led nonprofits isn’t just about changing statistics or increasing diversity numbers. ... of color. Education-focused foundations could learn about the needs of BIPOC students from rural areas. 2. ... people an organization drives to participate in a direct action event in support of the legislation. Or track the ...
April 4, 2023
Response Fund
... California Dignity for Families Fund (CDFF), a collective action fund that supports the urgent humanitarian needs of ... our Advisory Committee ! We look forward to sharing more about the Dignity Fund’s work and learnings over the next ... focus on the nonprofit organizations funded by CDFF. Learn about trends, demographics, successes, and challenges as we ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund
... Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating ... could even be proposed. The prevailing narrative about immigrants has been designed to evoke a constant state ... second Trump term , which details Project 2025’s call to action for the federal government to embrace a new paradigm ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... the organization’s and our key partners’ best thinking about how to address the problem at hand; namely, that racial ... learning on absolutely everything. This principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for maximum impact. ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
The first quarterly President Message from Marissa Tirona, GCIR President.
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... for the first time, in front of 300 people. I told them about coming to the United States, growing up undocumented, ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature