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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
... much more than we’ve given them. As an intern at GCIR this summer, I got to support various projects, some of ... and re-learn the history of immigration. As I helped GCIR staff develop a timeline of immigration history in the ... 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
... advocacy, and policy work that continues to this day at GCIR. At GCIR, we are deliberately providing a platform for those most ... justice movement. To this end, at our recent national convening in Houston, we released our formal public policy ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... and field leaders across the country. As we look toward GCIR’s biennial convening in May 2022, I am excited to have youth organizers ...
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
By Cairo Mendes , GCIR's Director of State and Local Programs CMM_250.jpg Earlier this year, we shared with you GCIR’s new state and local framework , a development that ... for immigrant communities in the region. At an in-person convening in California last month, funders expressed a ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, ... policy and decision-making at all levels. I arrived at GCIR in December 2022, weeks before the launch of our new ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Kris Hayashi , ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... 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
Welcome to GCIR's Amplify blog series, where we feature interviews with ... a platform for their perspectives. In this edition, GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Magaly Urdiales, ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ... in movement infrastructure is the central topic of GCIR’s webinar taking place this week, Funding Like You ... that have embraced movement-centered strategies. At GCIR, we believe that - even in the face of increasing ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... and belonging. I am so honored to join the board of GCIR, an organization I have long admired and that shares my ... remain inspired by immigrant leaders and the ways in which GCIR and our funder colleagues are showing up in active ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
GCIR President Marissa Tirona speaks with Lian Cheun , ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... philanthropy and other critical decision-making spaces GCIR is the lead organization guiding the Fund's strategic ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund
We’re here with issue #4 of the California Dignity for Families Fund (CDFF) Newsletter Series: Learning for Immigrant Justice. This month we’ll be spotlighting how to support BIPOC leadership of nonprofit organizations.
April 4, 2023
Response Fund