Co-Sponsors: Fund for Housing and Opportunity  & Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 2:00pm ET, 1:00pm CT, 12:00pm MT, 11:00am PT

This call will explore the deep connections between immigration, housing insecurity, and the broader movement for housing justice and immigrant rights. Experts and advocates will discuss the connection between the harmful actions against our undocumented neighbors and housing justice and how anti-immigrant policies exacerbate displacement and homelessness—especially for undocumented individuals and mixed-status families. We’ll examine the real-life impact of these actions, share strategies for response, and discuss how funders and their grantee partners can support immigrant rights as a critical and necessary part of advancing housing justice.  

Learning Objectives 

• Understand Policy and Legal Threats – Analyze current immigration policies, deportation threats, and xenophobic narratives that contribute to housing instability for undocumented individuals and mixed-status families.
• Explore Cross-Movement Strategies – Examine the connection between the attack on our undocumented neighbors and housing justice and how the housing and immigration movements can collaborate and organize together.
• Identify Opportunities– Provide funders with concrete strategies to support immigrant communities and frontline organizations, advocate for protective policies, and invest in long-term solutions that promote housing security for immigrant communities.

Speakers 

• Jennifer Angarita, Deputy Director, Fund for Housing and Opportunity  (Moderator)
• Danae Kovac, Executive Director, HANA Center
• Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Evictions Initiative Project Director, National Housing Law Project  

Registration

Please RSVP for this call using the button below. You will receive your unique Zoom link once a Funders Together staff person has approved your registration.

Please note: Participation in Funders Together programming is limited to foundations, community foundations, grantmaking staff at United Ways, corporate giving programs, individual philanthropists, venture philanthropy and other non-traditional philanthropic giving entities, philanthropy-serving organizations, and members of Funders Together. Government funders and staff at organizations where grantmaking is not the primary function are not eligible to participate. Funders Together reserves the right to deny participation to individuals we believe do not meet participation eligibility criteria. If you have questions about your eligibility, please reach out to Rachelle A. Matthews (RAM), Director of Membership and Programs.

Technology

This funder call will take place via Zoom meeting. Registration will be open until the time of the call. If you do not receive your Zoom link or have technical issues logging into this call, please reach out to Rachelle A. Matthews (RAM) at [email protected].

This call will last 60 minutes.