February 2019 Newsletter
Categories: General Announcements, Newsletters
Category: General Announcements
Meet our Newest Entrepreneurship Fund Grantees
Categories: Entrepreneurship Fund, General Announcements
We are delighted to announce our newest Entrepreneurship Fund Grantees!
After a review of 216 proposals from 247 undocumented young people, living in 29 different states and hailing from 40 countries of origin, we have selected six entrepreneurial projects to support through our Entrepreneurship Fund.…
“Beyond Borders” discussion with Immigrants Rising, NY Times, and Holly Cooper
Categories: General Announcements, In the Media
Join Immigrants Rising’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Katharine Gin, New York Times journalists Miriam Jordan and Kirk Semple, and Holly Cooper from the UC Davis Immigration Clinic for a discussion about “immigration in the Trump era” and what’s happening on our borders and in our cities, including San Francisco.…
Apply for Immigrants Rising’s Scholarship Fund today!
Categories: Financial Support, General Announcements
Don’t let anyone get in the way of your dreams.
Education is the key to personal transformation. The opportunity to learn, whether it is in a classroom, at a job site or in other forms, gives individuals agency to improve their own lives.…
January 2019 Newsletter
Categories: General Announcements
Inspiration, Community, and Knowledge at First Convening of California Campus Catalyst Fund
The first convening of our California Campus Catalyst Fund brought together over 200 people from all over California to engage in inspiring conversations about how public colleges and universities can address the needs of undocumented students and families at such a critically important time.…
First Convening of California Campus Catalyst Fund
Categories: California Campus Catalyst Fund, Educational Partnerships, General Announcements
On January 10th, over 200 students, educators, administrators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders gathered in Long Beach, California to engage in inspiring conversations about how California colleges and universities can best address the diverse needs of undocumented students and families at such a critically important time.…
2019 Entrepreneurship Webinar Series Starts January 31st
Categories: General Announcements, Services
We’re excited to announce the schedule for our 2019 Entrepreneurship Webinar Series!
The Entrepreneurship Webinar Series was created to inform immigrants—regardless of status—about alternatives to employment through entrepreneurship. To date, we have held 8 webinars that cover topics including “Working for Yourself”, “Credit and Financial Capital”, “Choosing a Business Structure”, and “Financing/Bootstrapping Your Business”.…
VAWA Update
Categories: General Announcements
January 3, 2019
On December 21, 2018 VAWA expired at midnight due to the government shut down resulting in temporary funding cut off for programs that help victims of sexual assault, domestic abuse and stalking.
Grants already awarded under the law will not be affected by the lapse in its authorization, but the shutdown will delay payment requests from VAWA-funded programs.…
December 2018 Newsletter
Categories: General Announcements
Still, Like Air, We Rise
In a year of ongoing attacks on immigrant communities, we fought back by ambitiously growing our programming:
We also celebrated our 10+ year anniversary, changed our organization’s name from Educators for Fair Consideration to Immigrants Rising, and completely transformed our website.…
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Alvaro Morales
Entrepreneur
"This organization creates opportunities and opens doors, often, for people that don't think those doors even exist."