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Please join the Advancement Project for an in-depth training on their web-based mapping system that directly supports your outreach and planning to reach Census 2010 "Hard to Count" populations. This webinar will provide step-by-step guidance in putting this resource to use in your community. Webinar Co-sponsored by the Advancement Project, Healthy City, the California Complete Count Committee, and GCIR.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/987771571
Please join the Advancement Project for an in-depth training on their web-based mapping system that directly supports your outreach and planning to reach Census 2010 "Hard to Count" populations. This webinar will provide step-by-step guidance in putting this resource to use in your community. Webinar Co-sponsored by the Advancement Project, Healthy City, the California Complete Count Committee, and GCIR.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/883878538
California, home to nearly one in four of the nation’s immigrants, has a lot at stake in the federal debates on critical policy issues from immigration and health care reform to education and workforce investment. With immigration reform legislation expected to be introduced in the next two months, this briefing will focus on how any proposed legalization program might be structured and the potential impact of such program on integration services for immigrants, from ESL classes to health care. The briefing will also provide an update on the immigrant provisions of health care reform legislation and the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act and No Child Left Behind. Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss the funding implications.
Lunch will be provided.
To Register:
Please email GCIR's Membership and Administration Associate Amanda Graves.
Organized by the California Immigrant Integration Initiative of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.
The data gathered from the 2010 Census will provide a comprehensive and critical snapshot of San Diego communities. It will be used to distribute nearly $41.9 billion in federal funding to California each year over the next decade. For each person not counted, $11,500 in federal funding is lost to our region over the next 10 years. Additionally, government agencies, the private sector and nonprofit groups will assess trends and develop programs based on the new Census numbers and the results will also inform redistricting decisions.
San Diego is one of top 50 most "hard to count" counties in the nation. Challenges to a fair and accurate count include:
Funders can play a role in ensuring a fair and accurate count in 2010. Recognizing the need for coordination and leveraged resources, a group of funders has developed a statewide census outreach strategy. Join fellow grantmakers in a discussion about what this strategy and the 2010 census means for San Diego communities and learn about current and past successful outreach, education, and advocacy efforts and how those strategies may be applied in 2010.
Speakers:
Rebecca Dames, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Gigi Barsoum, The California Endowment
John Fanestil, Foundation for Change
Sylvia Martinez, San Diego Census Office, United States Census Bureau
For more information on funders and the census, please click here.
In recent years, newcomer communities in Minnesota have grown and matured into established and diverse populations. Although Minnesota funders have a long history of giving and responding to the needs of immigrant and refugee communities, the current economic recession has made it crucial for foundations to come together and think more strategically about funding and plan ways to more effectively use their limited resources to address the changing needs of Minnesota's immigrant and refugee communities.
Join funding colleagues in a discussion about the impact of the economic crisis and changing political landscape on Minnesota's diverse immigrant and refugee communities. Co-sponsored by MCF and GCIR, this briefing will update us on national trends and opportunities for local grantmakers; examine approaches for supporting immigrant and refugee issues during these challenging times; and provide an opportunity to coordinate and collaborate on advancing Minnesota's immigrant integration efforts.
To read more information about the program, please click here.
Underwriting for this program has been generously provided by the Northwest Area Foundation and The Minneapolis Foundation.
Program Venue:
The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
One Market, Landmark Building, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94105
The data gathered from the 2010 Census will provide a comprehensive snapshot of Bay Area communities-and communities across the United States-that will be used to distribute nearly $41.9 billion in federal funding to California per year over the next decade. Additionally, government agencies, the private sector and non-profit groups will assess trends and develop programs based on the Decennial Census numbers. These numbers will also determine our political influence by informing redistricting decisions.
Yet the challenges to a fair and accurate census count in California are great: ten of the top 50 "hard to count" (HTC) counties in the country are in the state (including San Francisco and Alameda) and so are 12% of the total U.S. population and 25% of the nation's undocumented population. Moreover, populations that are traditionally undercounted-ethnic groups, homeless, families that double-up on housing, among others-have grown in the past decade.
The need to optimize coordination and leverage limited resources will be essential to a successful census count. Recognizing this, a group of funders has developed a statewide census outreach strategy to enhance coordination and communication. Join fellow grantmakers in a discussion about what this strategy and the 2010 census means for Bay Area communities and learn about current and past successful outreach, education, and advocacy efforts and how those strategies may be applied in 2010.
As a result of this session, participants will:
This program is free and open to all Northern California Grantmakers members and funder-members of:
To register, visit the NCG website.
Presenters:
Lia Bolden, Sr. Partnership Specialist, is responsible for Complete County Committees for the U.S. Census Bureau. Her focus is on the development of State, local and Community Complete Count Committees. The 2010 Census is her third decennial census. She was a Partnership Specialist in both the 1990 and 2000 Census counts. Lia brings to the 2010 Census not only her institutional knowledge of the decennial census but also her understanding of the challenges the Census bureau faces as it tries to reach an increasingly complex and diverse population in Northern California.
Cathy Cha is the Senior Program Officer at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund's Immigrant Rights and Integration program. In this position, Cathy manages the Fund's efforts to promote equal opportunities for immigrants to become fully engaged citizens. Cathy has more than 15 years' experience in economic development and community engagement, with a focus in low-income and immigrant communities. Her previous work experience spans nonprofit, government and private sectors.
Vincent Pan is the Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a community-based social justice organization in San Francisco. CAA advocates for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial injustice. CAA also supports progressive movement building efforts in the Asian and Pacific American community by leading and partnering in efforts such as API Equality and Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality.
Moderator:
Daranee Petsod is the Executive Director of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR). Daranee has worked on social and economic justice issues for the past 22 years. Prior to joining GCIR in December 1998, Daranee was a consultant working with foundations and nonprofits on program planning and communications, and served as interim executive director and development director for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Daranee's areas of expertise include immigrant integration and building the capacity of immigrant-based organizations.
Program Sponsors:
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Twenty seven percent of all immigrants nationwide reside in California. While the voting rates of immigrants are not proportional to their current population, their overall share of the electorate in recent elections has increased four times as quickly as that of non-immigrant groups. The phenomenal size of California’s immigrant populations, together with the influence of California’s elected officials and the state’s role as a bellwether for influencing policy change, make California immigrants significant players in determining policy in the areas of immigration reform, health care, education, workers rights, housing, environmental justice and civil rights.
Join philanthropy colleagues and leaders of the Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV) California Collaborative for the Los Angeles release of the “MIV California 2008” documentary. Following the film, participants will share in a critical conversation on the role of the immigrant vote in transforming the public policy landscape – locally, statewide and nationally. Topics of discussion will include:
Speakers:
To Register:
Register online or by contacting Kameron Green.
Sponsors:
Liberty Hill Foundation
Southern California Grantmakers
The Joint Affinity Group
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Southern California Blacks in Philanthropy
The escalating violence along the border of the United States and Mexico is a growing crisis measured not only in lives lost, but in its debilitating and destructive effect on governance, the rule of law, immigration, and issues of social concern to both countries. Since January 2008 alone, it is estimated that nearly 7,000 lives have been lost in drug-related violence in Mexico. While the bulk of U.S. policy attention on this issue has focused on changing internal factors in Mexico, less attention has been given to external influences from the U.S. helping drive this violence.
For more information and to register email register@nyrag.org.
A NYRAG Members Briefing sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, and Open Society Institute; Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees; and the Four Freedoms Fund
What does President Obama's new administration mean for comprehensive immigration reform? What are the likely steps that will be taken this year? What can be done to build new alliances and a broader base of grassroots support for reform? What are the administration's immigrant integration priorities? What can be done to lessen anti-immigrant tensions and improve immigrant policies and services at the local level?
This briefing brings together top leaders in the immigration movement and will provide an insiders' view of D.C., the politics of reform, and implications for local and state work to successfully integrate immigrants in our communities.
Please join us to:
Presenters:
Sponsors:
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Rosenberg Foundation
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Contact: Dion Ward
Email: dward@ncg.org
Phone: 415.777.4111 ext 23
More Info: http://www.ncg.org/events/reg_free.php
Location:
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund offices
One Market, Landmark Building, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Whether your foundation focuses on education, health, employment, or civic engagement, immigrants and refugees are part of your constituency. Newcomers now constitute one in seven Massachusetts residents, and one in five students in the Boston Public Schools is an English language learner. Although immigrants have accounted for more than 80 percent of the workforce growth since the mid-1980s, they—and their U.S.-born children—face barriers to self-sufficiency. For instance, the majority of working-age immigrants have only a high school diploma or less, and 40 percent of children in immigrant families live in poverty.
Join fellow AGM members to examine current demographic trends, the latest issues in the national immigration policy debate, the 2010 census, and how they impact local efforts to reform public education, improve health outcomes, and ensure the civic and economic vitality of our state. Learn about the Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) Immigrant Integration Framework and how it can be used to connect immigrant-related funding to your foundation’s mission. And discuss funding challenges, strategies, and best practices that can inform and strengthen your grantmaking, particularly in today’s tough policy and economic environment.
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