... Society Foundations (OSF), where she currently serves as a program officer focused on immigrant and refugee rights and ... and co-liberating way. Before joining OSF in 2015, Suriyopas was an attorney and the director of the ... play a critical strategic leadership role in three areas: program and policy strategy and development, funder education ...
April 14, 2021
Press Release
What do we hope to accomplish? What will success look like? What will it take to get there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, reflecting the organization’s commitment to proactive learning throughout our work. In a nutshell, I aim to support the team in building evaluative capacity, including through the design (and constant iteration) of ways of working that make it easy for people to engage meaningfully in learning processes.
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... American Civil Rights and the Law for an undergraduate program. While AAPI communities have long been a part of the ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
I often find myself going back to Davis’ words, especially on days when progress feels so excruciatingly slow and hopelessness begins to set in. Lately this has come in the form of news headlines of another school shooting and continued disappointment with elected officials for not delivering on their promises. Yet Angela Davis’ quote not only reminds me that the fight toward a liberated world takes time, but also that, even on the most difficult days, you must be as bold and far reaching as possible. After all, there is a role for everyone, including those of us in philanthropy, in the long-term fight for equity and justice. Given the considerable influence and power of philanthropy – a $90 billion sector – funders are well-positioned to play a key role in its radical transformation.
January 10, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
As a native-born U.S. citizen working in the movement for immigrant justice, I often reflect on what brought me to this work out of the many social justice issues that demand our attention. Navigating the immigration system alongside my wife who immigrated from Albania to pursue her dreams of a better future opened my eyes to the complex and often challenging immigrant experience in America.
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... I am in great company. Board Feature: Nahir Torres, Senior Program Officer, The Hyams Foundation ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... the New York City COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief program, reaffirming the City’s commitment to ensure all ... We hope to build on the Immigrant Emergency Relief Fund Program in New York City and we urge our state and federal ... New York City COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief Program with Open Society Foundations ...
April 16, 2020
Response Fund
... (SSNs) paid more than $13.7 billion in net taxes in 2015. And despite not having access to Social Security ... contribute a substantial amount to the old-age retirement program, according to the IRS. A net total of $12 billion ... of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and more than 130,000 Temporary Protected Status ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... employer- and family-centered system with a points-based program , awarding immigrants points for criteria such as age ... U.S. border under Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program — whose official, more Orwellian name is ... effort to terminate the popular “dreamers” program protecting unauthorized immigrants brought to the ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... must begin accepting new applications for the Obama-era program that shields undocumented immigrants who came to the ... to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. That ruling emphasized that the administration ... Court for the District of Maryland said Friday that the program is to be restored to its "pre-September 5, 2017 ...
July 17, 2020
News Article
... new applicants who are eligible under the terms of the program, including 55,500 of the youngest DACA-eligible ... 825,000 immigrants have held DACA at some point during the program’s existence, that leaves approximately 300,000 ... would be the case for most of those who have aged into the program since September 2017—experienced an “ immediate ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
June 18, 2020
News Article
June 18, 2020
News Article
... already having results. The first step came on November 9, 2015, in Los Angeles, when representatives from these various ... Attendees learned about the financial education program of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad which provides ... efforts.Attendees learned about the financial education program of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad which provides ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary
... all of these strategies. Here at GCIR we are hosting a program on strengthening the immigration legal services ...
July 14, 2022
Issue Spotlight
In her quarterly message, President Marissa Tirona calls on philanthropy to act to address forced displacement, the systems that drive it, and secure the safety and dignity not only of those who are forcibly displaced but also of marginalized communities who experience violence and discrimination.
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... Trump Administration’s inhumane immigration policies. In 2015, I began my philanthropic journey as a staffer at GCIR. ... I walked alongside the GCIR team again, this time as the Program Manager for the Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund. As a ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
In light of the intensifying attacks on immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, I want to keep you—our members, funders, partners, and stakeholders—informed of our work on a more regular basis. This midway point in the year, coinciding with my return from sabbatical, provides a good opportunity to launch this quarterly update.
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... collected $13.7 billion from taxpayers using an ITIN in 2015, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Patricia ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... has been on the task in an organized way since 2015 . That’s when a group of democracy funders came ... director of the Carnegie Corporation’s U.S. Democracy program, “If [the collaborative] hadn’t spent five years ... on voting and civic engagement,” said Erika Wood, program officer for civic engagement and government at the ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary