Track: Redefining Democracy by Building Multiracial Power track
Speakers:
- Mauri Balanta Jaramillo, Deputy Director, AfroResistance
- Oluchi Omeoga, Co-Director, Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
Moderator:
- Ola Osaze, Cultivation Strategist, Trans Justice Funding Project and Black Migrant Power Fund
Session Description:
Federal policies targeting migrants have disproportionately impacted BIPOC trans and gender-expansive immigrants. At the increasingly militarized U.S.-Mexico border, they face hostility and violence during the long waits for CBP One appointments. If detained, BIPOC trans migrants encounter additional layers of violence and isolation. Once released, they must navigate housing and other survival needs while also contending with a wide array of anti-LGBTQ bills and laws at the state level. In spite of these realities, for every $100 awarded by U.S. foundations, merely $0.23 goes to LGBTQ communities and issues, and less than $0.05 of that specifically benefits trans communities. In this session, speakers will share the urgent challenges facing trans migrant-led and supporting organizations and what it looks like to resource power building in the long-term.