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... 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
... 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
... efforts and strategies for broad impact. That is why, at GCIR, we strive to: Amplify examples of existing immigrant ... are also building forward our internal infrastructure at GCIR by expanding our staff capacity. We are thrilled to ... them to the appropriate part of the network at each step. GCIR’s new California Dignity for Families Fund , for ...
May 26, 2021
President's Message
... contribute to the complexity of the population. GCIR’s national convening presents an opportunity for philanthropy to learn ... can support these communities. I am looking forward to GCIR’s site visit, “Building AAPI Immigrant Power in ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... them. Don Howard at the James Irvine Foundation has been convening an informal group of foundation CEOs on immigration ... do as a state. We have been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly ... is one step towards addressing structural inequities. For GCIR and for the funding partners, this is about justice, ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
... them. Don Howard at the James Irvine Foundation has been convening an informal group of foundation CEOs on immigration ... do as a state. We have been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly ... is one step towards addressing structural inequities. For GCIR and for the funding partners, this is about justice, ...
May 1, 2020
Philanthropic News
... (ICE) arrests increased by 30 percent, from 110,000 in 2016 to 143,000 in 2019. Status In 2021, the Department of ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... without judicial review. National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a special registry targeting ... Solidarity and Joint Investment in BAMEMSA Communities . GCIR—and GCIR members like Heising-Simons Foundation, Unbound ...
September 13, 2021
President's Message
... faced a host of challenges, many of them arising from post-2016 turmoil within the federal government itself. The most ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
... by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) . The document, which has been signed by more than 100 ...
February 9, 2017
Philanthropic News
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) focuses on the fact that America was built by ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
... $20 billion in federal taxes, and as reported in the 2016 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy an ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... Michigan has declined by 85.7 percent since fiscal year 2016. The four key critical issues facing the segment of ...
September 6, 2019
Press Release
... and pride as I conclude my 22-year tenure at the helm of GCIR. Even though this transition has been long in planning, ... without your love and support. May you always know that GCIR’s successes belong to you, too. To my dear GCIR colleagues, past and present: I am deeply grateful for ...
December 15, 2020
Philanthropic News
... by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) , which had begun a discussion with its members after ... before signing on to any statement. But Daranee Petsod, GCIR’s president, told me that the executive orders issued ... thrusting this issue onto the front burner. When GCIR started circulating a joint statement last week, Petsod ...
February 6, 2017
Philanthropic News
... at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), guided a group of six of us in and out of the long ... In 2015, I began my philanthropic journey as a staffer at GCIR. Over five years at GCIR, I worked on mobilizing philanthropic resources in ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
... Sara Feldman, Angelica Laguna, and Ivy O. Suriyopas GCIR logo.png This past year, GCIR embarked upon an exciting new initiative and formed an ... ensure equitable and inclusive policies and practices in GCIR’s internal and external work. Comprised in 2023 of ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post