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GCIR staff will be facilitating informal check-in calls as a peer-learning opportunity for CA funders to discuss immigrant and refugee information during the COVID-19 crisis. We welcome all participants to join as they are available to exchange information, share challenges and collaborate with funders from across the state.
GCIR staff and CIII co-chairs will be facilitating informal check-in calls as a peer-learning opportunity for CA funders to discuss immigrant and refugee information during the COVID-19 crisis.
GCIR staff and CIII co-chairs will be facilitating informal check-in calls as a peer-learning opportunity for CA funders to discuss immigrant and refugee information during the COVID-19 crisis.
The second quarterly meeting of GCIR's Legal Services Working Group (LSWG).
Thank you for everyone who attended the Bay Area Funders' Regional meeting.
We invite you to join us for the CIII Convening on Wednesday, September 13th from 9:00am to 3:00pm PT. During this day-long meeting, we will explore CIII’s strategies for supporting immigrant-serving networks and organizations, introduce CIII’s new steering committee members, and map out opportunities for collaborative work.
Following the CIII retreat, the legal services learning lab hosted a learning lab for funders for an important conversation on the move to end detention. Participants were moved by our inspirational leaders from across the country who are fighting to end the policy and practice of immigration detention.
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.
A Funder’s View of Detention, Sara Campos,The Grove Foundation
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.
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us at the CIII retreat.
Thank you for joining the first Legal Service Working Group meeting of 2020.