Live Pridefully
Love and Resilience within Pandemics
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A benefit for THE CARIBBEAN EQUALITY PROJECT'S COVID-19 Relief and Recovery program, which supports our Food Justice work and undocumented Caribbean LGBTQ+ immigrants and asylum seekers impacted by the coronavirus in New York City.
Join Caribbean Equality Project on Wednesday, June 23 and Thursday, June 24 for "Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience within Pandemics" - a virtual two-night event in commemoration of Pride Month and Caribbean Heritage Month, a celebration of queer Caribbean resilience through a racial justice lens, while fostering critical conversations related to pride, migration, surviving colliding pandemics, and coming out narratives. The program will feature a tribute to the beloved international activist and writer Colin Robinson, intergenerational panel discussions on Caribbean LGBTQ+ visibility, gender justice, safety, and beyond, as well as migrant histories and stories driven to construct healing spaces through storytelling, embodied resilience, dialogue on accessing mental health and immigration services, educational presentations, and cultural performing arts.
This forum is an intergenerational space in nature, grounded in community building, focusing on uplifting those who, out of fear, live in the shadows to safely access resources and share their experiences of living without essential health care, mental health care, and legal status. Through a multidisciplinary approach, "Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience within Pandemics" produces an opportunity for activists, organizers, academics, and artists to empower vulnerable community members impacted by COVID-19, family abandonment, isolation, and living with HIV, which adds another layer of stigma, shame, and discrimination to seek support and find community.
This dynamic event will showcase the intersections of Caribbeaness, LGBTQ+ identities, culture, dancers, musicians, drag performers, and poets, including undocumented and HIV-affected creatives, who the global coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, queer and trans immigrants of color have lived in a constant state of fear and isolation. From experiencing food insecurity and lack of access to equitable healthcare to the rising rates of anti-Asian violence and police brutality against Black bodies – Black and Brown marginalized people have been under attack. Before we can heal and protect our vulnerable communities from these senseless acts of violence and discrimination, we must name them. It's about eradicating white supremacy, racism, gender-based violence, xenophobia, and misogyny.
As the pandemic continues to spread and disproportionately impacts low-income and working-class immigrant communities, we want to uplift the multitude of ways that Caribbean LGBTQ+ people have persevered throughout history, even before and during the coronavirus pandemic. "Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience within Pandemics" will be hosted in solidarity as we fight on for justice and collective liberation within colliding pandemics.
This event is part of our annual "L.O.V.E.: Living Our Values Equally," a benefit that celebrates the intersectionality of queer Caribbean love through empowerment and interdisciplinary performing arts. Despite this event traditionally taking place on the last weekend in February, "Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience within Pandemics" is being reimagined and will occur during Pride Month to adequately accommodate pre-production and participants' safety. To learn more about L.O.V.E., click here.
The project's ongoing goals are to create networks of support, celebrate, educate, build capacity and highlight the cultural diversities and colorful identities of the diasporic Caribbean LGBTQ+ community in New York City and beyond.
Caribbean Equality Project's advocacy and organizing are all volunteer-led, with a focus on community building and education, facilitation of pro-bono legal representation for Caribbean LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, culturally competent mental health resources, visibility at city-wide pride parades and cultural festivals, and empowering LGBTQ+ Caribbean diasporic community through storytelling and resource sharing.
The Caribbean Equality Project is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, registered non-profit organization. All contributions and donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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The Caribbean Equality Project is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, registered non-profit organization. All contributions and donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Be Social!
Help us to maximize our financial relief efforts by sharing this fundraiser with your networks! Tag us on Twitter @caribequality and Instagram and Facebook @caribbeanequalityproject.
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