Funder Briefing: Mexican Consulates and Immigrant Protection
As immigrant communities face heightened enforcement, growing legal and service needs, and increasing pressure on frontline organizations, this briefing will bring together philanthropic leaders to explore how existing systems can be better connected and strengthened.
The conversation will focus on:
- Leveraging the Mexican consular network as a critical part of the immigrant protection ecosystem, including its reach, trusted relationships, and connection to communities across the country.
- Identifying gaps and opportunities across existing protection and rapid response infrastructure, with a focus on stronger coordination among consulates, community organizations, legal services providers, philanthropy, and local partners.
- Exploring where philanthropy can play a catalytic role in strengthening regional and national coordination, supporting shared infrastructure, and helping effective models move to greater scale.
This will be a strategic conversation designed not only to share information, but to surface opportunities for greater alignment, partnership, and investment at a moment of growing need.
Presented By
- Tzunu Strategies
- Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE)
- Philanthropy California, the alliance of California’s three leading philanthropy-supporting organizations: SoCal Grantmakers (SCG), Northern California Grantmakers (NCG), and Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties
- Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)