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... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging leader in ... lives of those killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016 – nearly all of whom were LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... the interplay between imperialism and forced migration. GCIR’s 2022 National Convening In May, our biennial convening will launch in ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In January 2019 , I ... the opposition’s in ambition and scope. I also announced GCIR’s plan to develop an affirmative vision to drive ... our 30 th anniversary next year at our 2020 National Convening on March 11-13 in Atlanta, Georgia. This ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... some of those early plantings in the last few months. 2022 Convening One significant way in which our collective ... can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with the Four Freedoms Fund. California ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which ... design team worked together to: Define the problem that GCIR seeks to address. Articulate the ways in which GCIR ... GCIR team test drove emerging concepts and values at our convening in Houston last May and through our programs and ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... city running as well…” It is within this context that GCIR is calling upon philanthropy to resource a response to ... and communications strategies, coalition building and convening, and other infrastructure building approaches ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... hostile times. Sincerely, Daranee Petsod President GCIR President's Q3 Update, 2018 ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, ... supremacy have no place in our world. To funders in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New ... Dunedin, New Zealand. Mark McGuire / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Islamophobia and Hate ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... and bring about equity and justice for all. — Team GCIR Foundation Statements Member Statements "....the veil ... Forward? Photo : Bob Mical / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Bigotry and Hate ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Blue Shield of California Foundation . In addition, the GCIR membership re-elected Shawn Morehead , Vice President ... board, including two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... Kevin Douglas, senior director of national programs at GCIR. GCIR’s delegation, which included GCIR staff and representatives from The Surdna Foundation and ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Dignity ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Immigrant ... issues facing immigrant families and organizations.” GCIR will bring its more than 30 years of experience as the ... hit hardest by this unprecedented crisis. # # # GCIR galvanizes philanthropy to advance immigrant justice and ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... count, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Philanthropy California issue the following ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) has been overseeing the California Census 2020 ... working to reach the hardest-to-count communities.” GCIR and Philanthropy California’s Statement on the Trump ...
July 23, 2020
Statement
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Arcenio Lopez , ... can be achieved when we work together. For example, in 2016 we achieved a major language justice victory. Arcenio Lopez Photo 3_Registration 375x228px.jpg The state of California made ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
... I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition ... going to work. So, to lead and support this amazing GCIR team through the transition, I leaned into what I knew: ... move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities Convening movement leaders, funders, government actors, and ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
Dear Colleagues: This week’s election—and the 2016 presidential campaign—exposed deep divisions in our ... and inclusiveness. With your support and involvement, GCIR will strive to create space for candid and constructive ... and inclusive future for all. On behalf of all of us at GCIR, Daranee Petsod President Photo : Tara_siak / CC . ...
November 17, 2016
Statement
... , and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) began working together last year to close these ... of Mexico in Los Angeles; Daranee Petsod, president of GCIR; Julián Escutia, head of consular coordination and ... immigrant integration efforts. The seeds sown during this convening have already borne fruit in one community in ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary