This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.*
The U.S. government has a long history of excluding people from entering the United States, including individuals from China in the 19th century, most of Asia and southern and eastern Europe in the 20th century, and Muslim-majority and African nations in the 21st century. There is also a history of expelling people from the United States, including nearly 2 million people of Mexican descent in the 1930s and at least 1 million people of Mexican descent in the 1950s – including U.S. citizens.
The administration’s current attempt to exclude and expel people through sweeping executive overreach in defiance of the rule of law is separating families and striking fear in communities, and is part of a broader attempt to criminalize and invisibilize historically marginalized populations, starting with noncitizens.
What will you learn?
- How advocates are addressing the closure of the border and the resulting denial of access to safety while others are defending people who have made the United States their home.
Speakers
- Lillian Aponte, Executive Director, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
- Erika Pinheiro, Executive Director, Al Otro Lado
- Fatima Saidi, Director, We Are All America
- Basma Alawee (Moderator), Deputy Executive Director, Community Sponsorship Hub
- Zenobia Lai (Moderator), Executive Director, Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative
Who should attend?
All interested funders. Please note that calls are open to GCIR members, other grantmaking institutions, philanthropic advisors, and members and staff of funder affinity groups and regional associations of grantmakers. (Participation is limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.)
How do you sign up?
Registration is required by April 25th.
Members and Non-Member Funders: Please click on the "Register Now" link above. Dial-in and webinar information will be emailed to you before the webinar.
Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions.
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