... Law School. Read on as Katherine shares her thoughts about building power for immigrants with disabilities, ... the work of immigrants with disabilities. Please tell us about yourself and your organization. Katherine Perez ... age because my younger sister is autistic and went through special education and confronted a lot of discrimination. I ...
March 17, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... deploy resources needed to protect our democracy and bring about equity and justice for all. — Team GCIR Foundation ... unless we are willing to be uncomfortable.” Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights : Shalini Eddens, ... must assert truth. We must force each other to be honest about the growing threats to our country.” The Pittsburgh ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... or online, and issuing benefits remotely. To learn more about these and other available flexibilities visit CFPA’s ... coronavirus resource page for young children . What about Public Charge? On February 24th, the federal government ... Californians during and after this crisis. Absent federal action to address the nutritional needs of ALL immigrants, ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... opportunity to meet with your administration to learn more about the State’s efforts to protect immigrant Californians ... Robert Uyeki, CEO Y & H Soda Foundation Tegan Action, President Sunlight Giving Tuti Scott, Interim CEO ... Philanthropy Kate Kroeger, Executive Director Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights Fred Ali, President & ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... through strategic shifts, major programmatic change initiatives, and executive transitions. So, when I stepped ... November, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... 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
... York City is home to 3.1 million immigrants who comprise about 37 percent of the City’s population and 44 percent of ... including the undocumented population, contributed about $232 billion to the City’s GDP. Among the one million ... J. Phillip Thompson, Deputy Mayor of Strategic Policy Initiatives . "Our partnership with Open Society will do what ...
April 16, 2020
Response Fund
... “Preschool, elementary, middle, secondary, and special education teachers,” “Other teachers and ...
April 6, 2020
News Article
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund.
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... youth LSC advocates for educating the general public about youth migrants in the hope that it can lead to ... for reading this issue of the CDFF Newsletter and learning about unaccompanied youth migrants and mental health issues. ...
November 6, 2023
Response Fund
... 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
With the federal administration set to end the use of public health law Title 42 as an expulsion tool to deny would-be asylum seekers entry into the United States (a policy deemed unconstitutional by a federal court late last year) tomorrow, it is widely expected that a significant number of individuals and families will enter the U.S. through the southern border in search of refuge. Therefore, GCIR is calling on philanthropy to resource immediate and long term responses to the humanitarian needs of migrants.
May 11, 2023
Statement
The new immigration system has eliminated the core principles of immigration law and replaced them with the current president’s own preferences. It’s time for Congress to rectify it.
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... on law enforcement tactics, invest in survivor-led initiatives that seek to protect workers, regardless of ...
January 11, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... To get us started, we'd love to learn more about you, your organization, and the communities that you ... to me – it’s personal. When I first learned about the United Farm Workers and our rights in the ... but then lose their pregnancy or have children with special needs or deformities because of pesticide exposure. ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... 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
... advocacy, legal services, and capacity-building initiatives of Afghan, BAMEMSA, and refugee-led groups beyond ... that would allow them to stay in the U.S., such as asylum, special immigrant visas, or Temporary Protected Status, with ...
March 18, 2024
Commentary
... policies. Advocates are developing positive narratives about immigrants and are working to transform the broader ... Immigration Legal Services in California: A Time for Bold Action . As we roll out our new public policy agenda, ...
July 14, 2022
Issue Spotlight