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... 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
Description Are you a new GCIR member? Or simply want to learn about everything GCIR can offer your institution? Join us for ... our inaugural 'New Member' orientation webinar to learn about all the ways you can plug into GCIR’s dynamic funder ...
August 16, 2018
Webinar
... was a year of continued growth and evolution for GCIR. We continued to expand our staff capacity—including adding ... spaces for learning while promoting strategies that are intersectional, cross-movement, and liberatory; partnered ... collective sustainability and thriving. At GCIR, we talk about doing our work in a networked way, and we could not ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... solidarity and employing an intersectional analysis. We entered this process intentionally, with our first year ... the end of each quarter. Several key insights emerged about how imperialism, anti-Blackness, racial capitalism, and ... such as white supremacy, not just the symptoms. We are grateful to have had this opportunity to engage in ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
... charge to efforts to expand legal services capacity, we kept funders informed of the latest developments affecting ... the organization for 22 years. As we look ahead, we are thrilled to have our new president Marissa Tirona at the ... The GCIR Team Review the full report to learn more about GCIR's work in 2020. GCIR 2020 Annual Report: Relief ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
... leadership and the strength of GCIR’s 30-year legacy, we built forward our critical role as a philanthropic ... our programs, resources, grantmaking, and communications, we addressed longstanding systemic issues while also ... The GCIR Team Review the full report to learn more about GCIR's work in 2021. GCIR 2021 Annual Report: ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
... and oppression of those communities. In recent years, we have borne witness to the myriad ways in which systems of ... . We are heartened by the diverse set of stakeholders who are advocating for adherence to international ... to author their own experience, and narrative power is about building agency and self-determination. GCIR has made ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
AEW_cropped.png What do we hope to accomplish? What will success look like? What will ... descendants of immigrants from Germany and Poland who landed at Ellis Island. My border-traversing DNA was ... the organization’s and our key partners’ best thinking about how to address the problem at hand; namely, that racial ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as someone who is still relatively new to this role, it has been both ... was our biennial convening in Houston last month. When we began our planning in early 2021 we knew that, for many ... serving Black migrant communities. You can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... welcoming and hostile, reflecting conflicting visions of who we are and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... power to immigrant and refugee communities. To that end, we asked the Luminare Group to design and facilitate a ... harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, transform, and thrive. ... journey with you, and we are eager to hear from you about what you think of our new theory of change. What ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... to Stand with Immigrants and Refugees to learn more about how GCIR staff, members, funders, and allies rose to ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
... welcoming and hostile, reflecting conflicting visions of who we are and want to be as a society. GCIR 25th Anniversary ...
January, 2016
Infographic
... of oppression displace people and communities. When we embarked upon the journey of designing our new Theory of ... we met with Harsha Walia , a Canadian activist and writer who has been involved in anti-colonial and anti-capitalist ... the past two decades. We are currently reading articles about the connections between Black liberation and immigrant ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message
... effort to galvanize philanthropic response. Highlights We provided consultation to 75 foundations that deployed more than $15 million to address family separation. We organized a campaign, partnering with Northern California ... Read the GCIR 2018 Annual Report to learn more about GCIR's efforts to inform, connect, and catalyze ...
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report
... and Immigration, at the California Community Foundation , who will serve another year as co-chair. James Gore , ... Funders’ Affinity Group of the Year for the key role we played in coordinating funder pushback to federal ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... November, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition consultant (who happened to also be my long-time leadership coach), I was ... and refugee communities I share these reflections because we must pay close attention to what our teams, networks, and ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... and communities of color to advance shared goals. We also began developing a case for long-term philanthropic ... the immigration space. These efforts informed our thinking about how to support philanthropy in building a more just and ... will improve opportunities and conditions for Californians who have been politically, economically, and socially ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
... Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating ... than demanding a fairer and more just process for people who are not U.S. citizens . . . You’re preying on ... interventions and organizing affect perceptions and how we relate to one another. In our December 2023 webinar , ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... movements. Throughout the convening, I heard from leaders who shared their powerful stories, reflecting the challenges ... c3 and c4 Strategies to Advance Pro-immigrant Policies”, we looked at how 501c4 strategies can strengthen the work of ... took participants to destinations across Houston to learn about immigrant justice work happening in the city. One site ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post