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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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Description

Ten years ago Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) helped launch Dream Summer, an annual national fellowship that empowers immigrant youth and allies to become the next generation of social justice leaders. Grounded in the value of creating a safe and healing space and promoting intersectional, cross-racial, and intergenerational approaches to social justice, Dream Summer is relevant as ever as youth leaders continue to agitate for racial justice and have helped put immigration reform back on the table for the first time in over a decade.

Join GCIR and FCYO for a discussion with leaders from the immigrant youth moment during this critical time.

Speakers

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Registration

Register by Wednesday, May 5 at 4 pm PT.

Transparency Committment
Thank you for your interest in this program. GCIR's webinars and funder learning opportunities are made possible through the time and expertise of presenters from the field. In the spirit of transparency, GCIR will make available the list of webinar participants to presenters upon request, unless the registrant requests to remain anonymous (to register anonymously for this program uncheck the box "show in roster")
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Building Immigrant Youth Power: A Funders Briefing

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Ten years ago Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) helped launch Dream Summer, an annual national fellowship that empowers immigrant youth and allies to become the next generation of social justice leaders.

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Graceful ending for our Spring We Gon Be Alright Class 

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Graceful ending for our Spring We Gon Be Alright Class 

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Governor Newsom signs the 2021-22 budget onJuly 14th including $15 million for the building

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Governor Newsom signs the 2021-22 budget onJuly 14th including $15 million for the building

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More advanced social media designs/tactics

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More advanced social media designs/tactics

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Officially launched kindness study with the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute!

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Officially launched kindness study with the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute!

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Bought Mario Party Super Stars (SO FUN YET INFURIATING)

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Bought Mario Party Super Stars (SO FUN YET INFURIATING)

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The Inaugural LA Labor History Advisory kicks off on 10/29/21 with 25 Labor folks, supported by Labor Studies and the Labor Center

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The Inaugural LA Labor History Advisory kicks off on 10/29/21 with 25 Labor folks, supported by Labor Studies and the Labor Center

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Launch of our Inaugural Cohort of Freedom Fellows 

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Launch of our Inaugural Cohort of Freedom Fellows 

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Successful in-person meeting for the DRC Alumni Council at Lake Arrowhead

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Successful in-person meeting for the DRC Alumni Council at Lake Arrowhead

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President Michael Drake finally approves the naming of the building, The UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center

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President Michael Drake finally approves the naming of the building, The UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center

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family was all fully vaxxed so I got to surprise mom for mothers day

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family was all fully vaxxed so I got to surprise mom for mothers day

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This website was created to provide the WEI steering committee a repository of workforce development resources. These resources are tailored to advance learning among WEI participants and similar organizations working to advance equity in California's public workforce development system. ​

California Workforce Development System Worker Equity Initiative

Overview
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The California Workforce Development Worker Equity Initiative (WEI) is a partnership between community and labor organizations and the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) that seeks to transform the publicly funded workforce development system and promote high road, quality jobs and career pathways for the state's most marginalized workers. Centered on a north star of advancing racial, gender, and worker equity in the workforce system, the initiative is anchored by a statewide steering committee and staffed by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment/Labor Center and National Skills Coalition.

A central purpose of the initiative is to engage in joint learning and research and to develop strategic recommendations for increasing worker inclusion, equity, and positive outcomes in the public workforce development system, particularly in the context of COVID-19 and movements for racial equity. The initiative will identify ways that the public workforce development system-and in particular LWDA-can support marginalized workers in training for, connecting to, and thriving in quality careers in major industries. In doing so, the initiative seeks to center workers' needs, voices, and career aspirations with a racial equity framework.

​Approach
Grounded in racial, gender, and worker equity, the Worker Equity Initiative is anchored by a steering committee comprised of cross-sector leaders from worker centers, nonprofit training providers, labor unions and labor-management partnerships, and a local workforce board to draw on their insights and experiences to ensure that the initiative:

Centers the voices and active engagement of diverse and directly impacted communities.

Creates an opportunity for on-the-ground leaders in the workforce development and workers' rights arenas to learn from each other.

Engages and is shaped by the expertise of community-based and grassroots organizations.

​ Increasing worker inclusion, equity, and positive outcomes-especially for the most marginalized and COVID-19 impacted workers-in the public workforce development system is the guiding north star. The findings will serve as a foundation for developing strategic recommendations. Project Milestones and Timeline
The Worker Equity Initiative includes three phases over the course of 18 months, each with significant milestones that include: For more information on the Worker Equity Initiative, contact Ana Luz Gonzalez at

Phase 1 (July 2020- March 2021) - Identify, establish, and conduct initial co-design and planning activities with the steering committee

Phase 2 (March 2021 - August 2021) - Conduct culturally and linguistically responsible and effective joint learning and research process that results in concrete recommendations for workforce development systems change

Phase 3 (September 2021 - December 2021) - Develop and share strategic recommendations with LWDA and other stakeholders with key action steps for workforce development systems change

anagonza@g.ucla.edu or Kate Kinder at KateK@nationalskillscoalition.org .

In partnership with the California Labor Workforce and Development Agency, The Worker Equity Initiative is facilitated by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment/Labor Center and National Skills Coalition and is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation.

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This website was created to provide the WEI steering committee a repository of workforce development resources. These resources are tailored to advance learning among WEI participants and similar organizations working to advance equity in California's public workforce development system.

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Continue my somatics and transformative coaching as part of my leadership and personal development. 

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Continue my somatics and transformative coaching as part of my leadership and personal development. 

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Being able to meet amazing folks and building community to create an amazing 2022 program !

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New website, new episodes that received national and international attention, "viral" social media

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Governor Newsom signed Garment Worker Protection Act! 

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Governor Newsom signed Garment Worker Protection Act! 

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300 Students in Intro to Labor Studies Class!

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300 Students in Intro to Labor Studies Class!

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Though not fun at all, I was able to get surgery for a medical problem and Now I am back at 100% Looking FWD to working with everyone!!

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Started back full time at the Labor center

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Started back full time at the Labor center

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Monica, Saba, Lola and Rob start meeting regularly to kick off our new cannabis worker study/community engagement project

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DRC team finished our search for 3 new staff in 1.5 months! 

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DRC team finished our search for 3 new staff in 1.5 months! 

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My new book is finally coming out next month! - VN

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My new book is finally coming out next month! - VN

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IJF CA Health Resource Guide Complete - in 5 different languages! (will release soon)

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IJF CA Health Resource Guide Complete - in 5 different languages! (will release soon)

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Proud of joining the team! and the vision we have for Dream Summer '22

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Essential Stories website launch with LABWC, COPE, Earthlodge, and IEBWC https://covidandblackworkers.org/

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Essential Stories website launch with LABWC, COPE, Earthlodge, and IEBWC https://covidandblackworkers.org/

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Essential Stories | Black Worker Voices and COVID-19

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Essential Worker Voices

Essential Stories is a movement-building advocacy campaign created to uplift the voices and experiences of Black workers in California. Our aim is to ensure Black workers receive equitable and long-term COVID-19 recovery supports, resources, and protections.

Share your story with us! We want to understand your experiences working during the COVID pandemic. Join our efforts to hold decision-makers accountable to Black workers and to advocate for the rights, protections, and resources Black workers deserve to remain safe and recover from the COVID 19 pandemic.

"I have had to continually sacrifice [mentally and physically] because of my socioeconomic instability... The work you do and the commitments you make at this time are the pricetag of survival you make as a worker"

JeiRonemo T.

"I'd love to see some more resources around supporting workers of underrepresented communities like those who are disabled, women, and Black. But when discussing the Black experience specifically, there definitely should be some resources and support geared towards checking in with/looking out for Black coworkers in the workplace."

Nadia B.

"We need more relief, we need more help. We're not getting enough resources or help that we need. We should be getting that COVID vaccine... We are essential workers but they don't treat us like it. They swept us under the rug, we get no recognition whatsoever. You should see how many packages were being ordered from Amazon and all kinds of places."

Clarence R.

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Essential Stories | Black Worker Voices and COVID-19

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Essential Stories is a movement-building advocacy campaign created to uplift the voices and experiences of Black workers in California. Our aim is to ensure Black workers receive equitable and long-term COVID-19 recovery supports, resources, and protections. Share your story with us! We want to understand your experiences working during the COVID pandemic.

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Getting to go back to my fitness routine

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Getting to go back to my fitness routine

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During this month in June 2021, I ended my position as a research assistant with the Luskin department and embarked in my new career journey at the Labor Center. It was a bitter sweet moment, but happy to be back at the Labor Center working on projects that have an impact on my community.

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reconnecting with fam/friends/the pacific ocean & official start as UCLA postdoc!

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/ Elda Solomon, Deja Thomas, Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to Employment , a new research brief by CARE At Work at the UCLA Labor Center, states that the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the systemic discrimination Black workers have long faced. Authors note it is imperative that state and federal funding allocated to workforce development prioritize addressing the barriers that impact many Black workers.

Among other findings, the research brief states:

From March to December of 2020, 84% of the Black labor force in California filed for unemployment.

Institutionalized racism leads to Black people being overrepresented in incarcerated and homeless populations and at risk for a number of health and educational disparities. These factors create economic insecurity and barriers to employment that are difficult to overcome without strategic support.

The California Workforce Development Board's (CWDB) Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative aims to create grant programs that ensure that individuals are equipped with skills training and educational services that will reduce barriers to employment.

Amendments to Breaking Barriers, like those currently suggested in AB 628, would allow for more resources to reach Black workers who have been economically devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to Employment

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Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to Employment, a new research brief by CARE At Work at the UCLA Labor Center, states that the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the systemic discrimination Black workers have long faced. Authors note it is imperative that state and federal funding allocated to

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$15 Million to Establish UCLA Lawson Worker Justice Center!

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$15 Million to Establish UCLA Lawson Worker Justice Center!

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Being able to see family and friends

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Asian American Workers Rising Published!

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Asian American Workers Rising Published!