Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities, GCIR and the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) launched a study in 2019 to understand the capacity of immigration legal service providers in California and generate recommendations for philanthropic investment. This 2022 update is a supplement to the 2019-20 findings and offers recommendations to strengthen immigration legal services in California. Read the full report to learn more.
May, 2022
Report
... with the ScholarshipsA-Z (SA-Z) team in the summer of 2016 to United We Dream’s Congress in Houston, Texas. She ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... having to sustain lost expenses and deposits for travel, meeting spaces, and more. Funders can more quickly ...
March 16, 2020
Philanthropic News
... has issued a series of executive actions—from the travel ban to ramped-up enforcement—aimed at curtailing ... across our state. Philanthropy’s response Since November 2016, the undersigned foundations have come together at the ... and/or region-specific challenges. * Between November 2016 and June 2017. Pressing needs While the ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
... or with topics you would like to discuss. A video-conference link will be sent to registered participants. ...
September 23, 2020
Group Meeting
... or with topics you would like to discuss. A video-conference link will be sent to registered participants. ...
December 2, 2020
Group Meeting
... | Agenda | Planning Committee | Sponsors About Our 2018 convening was an opportunity to gather with local, state, and ... Running from February 27 through March 1, 2018, the conference explored a wide range of issues facing immigrants ... events took place at The California Endowment’s L.A. Conference Center except where noted. Tuesday, February 27, ...
February 27, 2018
National Convening
Find all related program materials for the webinar "The Critical Role of Philanthropy in the TPS Journey for Justice" here, including powerpoint and recording.
September, 2019
Program Materials
This report offers recommendations to strengthen immigration legal services in California for immigrants and asylum seekers. The report draws from 20 interviews with executive-level staff from legal service organizations and 80 responses to an online survey of a broad range of immigration legal service providers across the state.
February, 2020
Report
... Courage, Vision, Action , GCIR's 2020 National Convening, in Atlanta, Georgia. Immigrants, refugees, and ... and building on immigrant integration. Then came November 2016, and we have been reeling ever since. Against an ...
March, 2020
Presentation, Program Materials
This brief provides an overview of the philanthropic response and documents best practices and lessons learned that can inform current and future efforts to address the needs of immigrants and refugees in California and across the nation.
May, 2017
Report
Thank you for joining the first Legal Service Working Group meeting of 2020.
April, 2020
Group Materials
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the ... 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 ...
April 21, 2020
News Article
... to admit half the number of legal immigrants it did in 2016. This would bring levels of legal immigration down to ... receiving temporary “nonimmigrant” visas to study, travel, work and so on. The vast majority of immigrants ... “I want people to come in,” Trump said during the 2016 campaign. “I want tremendous numbers of people to come ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... [2] EROSION OF THE U.S. ASYLUM PROCESS Since January 2016, stakeholders indicated that the U.S. asylum system has ... coordinate and organize national or regional convenings or conference calls, as well as follow-up through listservs or ... changes in the asylum process/system. Support advocates in convening discussions to address their current divisions in ...
March, 2019
Report
... anticipated and some unforeseen. GCIR's 2014 National Convening, Immigrants, Philanthropy, and America’s Future: ... learning labs, and off-site community conversations. All conference programming emphasized discussion, peer-based ... “I am certain the GCIR 2012 convening was the best conference I have ever attended--and I have attended a LOT of ...
May 20, 2014
National Convening
... administration also intends to rescind Mr. Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... areas: 1. IMMIGRATION REFORM AND ‘DREAMERS 2. TRUMP’S TRAVEL BANS 3. TRUMP’S PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS 4. SKILLED ...
November 7, 2020
News Article