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PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR JULY 8 FUNDERS' TELECONFERENCE
(June 21, 2010) Grantmakers are invited to join Funders for LGBTQ Issues for our July 8 teleconference, 2:30-4:00 ET. Please RSVP to Marvin Webb at marvin@lgbtfunders.org for dial-in information.

"BEYOND THE UNITING AMERICAN FAMILIES ACT: LGBTQ ISSUES IN IMMIGRATION"

What are the strategies and commitments that LGBTQ and immigrant activists and advocates bring to the intersection of our issues? While there has been intense focus on the Uniting American Families Act (which would allow U.S. citizens to sponsor their foreign born “permanent partners”), LGBTQ advocates and activists have a much broader immigrant justice agenda. Presenters on this call will discuss:

- strategies for supporting and sustaining LGBTQ immigrant rights work

- a human rights approach to inclusive, comprehensive immigration reform

- the history and necessity of queer engagement in the immigrant justice movement

- what the Arizona legislation means to the rest of the country

- the emphasis on skills and family reunification in US immigration law and what it has meant to LGBTQ communities and individuals

- the disproportionate detentions and deportations of transgender people

- labor, asylum, and detention issues for LGBTQ immigrants

PRESENTERS:

- Pooja Gehi, Sylvia Rivera Law Project

- Trishala Deb, Arcus Foundation

- Eric Berndt, National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities, National Immigrant Justice Center

- Nancy Ordover, Funders for LGBTQ Issues, moderator

Co-sponsored by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and Hispanics in Philanthropy.

For complete information on this and other upcoming teleconferences, please click the title above.



Funders for LGBTQ Issues Joins Arizona Boycott
[NEW YORK, NY] (May 12, 2010) In protest of the new Arizona law on immigration, Funders for LGBTQ Issues has pulled its January 2011 funders retreat from Tucson, and will relocate it to another state. For a full statement, click the headline.

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Releases New Reports on Grantmaking
[NEW YORK, NY] (April 9, 2010) Funders for LGBTQ Issues has released two reports on LGBTQ grantmaking. One is "LGBTQ Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations (2008)," available as a full report and in executive summary form. The other is an update from the Racial Equity Campaign, and highlights "U.S. Foundation Support for LGBTQ Communities of Color." Both reports are available at the publications page, at http://www.lgbtfunders.org/resources/publications.cfm

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Launches an Online Toolkit for Foundations Interested in Learning about LGBTQ Communities of Color
[NEW YORK, NY] (November 9, 2009) This evolving, online resource includes a range of original funder tools, perspectives from foundations and nonprofit leaders in the field, a library of publications and more.

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Changes Its Name to ‘Funders for LGBTQ Issues’
[NEW YORK, NY] (October 14, 2009) New name highlights the importance of supporting transgender and gender non-conforming communities in achieving safety, equity and enhanced well-being.