*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.*
The federal government's new public charge rule is the latest and most powerful tactic to strip millions of immigrant families of access to basic needs like healthcare, food, and housing. Children will be among those most impacted, as one in four children in the U.S. have at least one immigrant parent. While the vast majority of these children are eligible for benefits like all other U.S. citizens, their families are afraid to access benefits for them out of fear that aggressive immigration policies will tear their families apart. Confronted by these harsh realities, too many families are risking falling behind.
While xenophobic rhetoric and the near-constant onslaught of policy changes have numbed much of the country to these issues, discriminatory policies like public charge will not only affect immigrants but also make the nation as a whole sicker and poorer, resulting in increased poverty, lower educational outcomes, children going hungry or unsheltered, and delayed or forgone medical care. Furthermore, the chilling effects of this new rule will have lasting negative impacts on community health, well-being, and even life expectancies, creating a generation of young Americans hindered from achieving long-term safety and stability simply due to their parents' immigration status.
Join this webinar to:
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learn why this rule devastates immigrants and non-immigrants.
- hear real stories from frontline organizations covering healthcare, education, disabilities, food and nutrition, housing, immigrant rights, and other sectors on the rule's wide-ranging impact.
- explore how philanthropies can help mitigate the harm.
Who should attend?
Staff and board members of foundations, corporate-giving programs, philanthropic consultancies, affinity groups, and invited governmental grantmaking agencies.
How do you sign up?
Registration is required by July 9.
To register to attend GCIR programs, please make sure you are logged into your GCIR account. This page discusses how to gain access to your account for both new and existing users.
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.
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