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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
... 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
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
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
... 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
... 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
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... these local partners already have long waiting lists. “GCIR is deeply grateful for the leadership and generosity of ... Resilience Fund can be made at www.immigrantfundca.org . GCIR oversees the Fund, bringing more than 30 years of ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Vote Sign 2020 has been a year unlike any ... and often both. Yet, in the face of it all, the GCIR community has rallied and risen to the challenge. ... to the most important election in modern history, GCIR has developed a post-election game plan to support and ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
... has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... and daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, I come to GCIR with a deeply personal understanding that belonging is ... I believe we must, and we will. To do so, I believe that GCIR will need to build forward its critical role in the U.S. ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is announcing the California Dignity for Families ... into receiving communities across the state. In August, GCIR expanded the Fund’s purpose to include support for ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... – Ivy Suriyopas, Vice President of Programs at GCIR Foster collaboration between legal and humanitarian ...
January 22, 2024
Response Fund