moonscentedzine:️ CHARITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Moon-ScentedAfter the reveal of the disregard that the Okra
moonscentedzine:️ CHARITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Moon-ScentedAfter the reveal of the disregard that the Okra Project has for its employees, we wanted to choose a new charity that will uplift Black LGBTQ+ voices and work hard for them instead of throwing them to the wolves. With this in mind, Moon-Scented would like to announce a new charity we will be donating to, the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project:After arriving in New York from Nigeria in 2004, Ola Osaze found the community of Black LGBT immigrants disconnected and isolated from resources that would enable them to navigate legal challenges specific to their lives.Since then, Osaze has worked to create welcoming spaces for Black immigrants. In collaboration with the Transgender Law Center he created the Black LGBTQIA+ Migration Project, which collaborates with [Tsion] Gurmu and BAJI [Black Alliance for Just Immigration] to highlight legal obstacles Black LGBT immigrants face and to organize advocacy on their behalf. One of their biggest challenges has been keeping Black immigrants with LGBT claims out of detention centers.“If they do get bond, they have the highest bond amounts, and we’re talking bonds as high as $25,000, $30,000, $35,000,” Osaze says. “And let’s say they are even able to raise the money to cover bond. ICE, in many cases, will refuse to release them because of ‘identification issues.’”Please help us donate and spread the word about the BLMP! We look forward to doing our small part to help Black LGBTQ+ immigrants. -- source link
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