CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH & BLACK LIVES MATTER

FUNDRAISER & BAKE SALE

ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE OKRA PROJECT & TRANS LIFELINE

*SPECIAL DEDICATION TO KATHRYN AND ALL TRANS PEOPLE*

see details on each organization below

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FUNDRAISER HOSTED BY JUDY KIM

NYC PICK UP ONLY

LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN - 211 E BROADWAY (NEAR CLINTON ST)

THURSDAY JULY 2, 12PM - 5PM

FRIDAY JULY 3, 10AM - 2PM

CARROLL GARDENS, BROOKLYN (address given upon confirmation)

FRIDAY 12PM - 5PM

*NEED AN EARLIER/LATER PICK UP OPTION BECAUSE OF 4TH of JULY WEEKEND? PLEASE INQUIRE

Have questions? Email jkimbakesale @gmail.com

The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.

During the Middle Passage, our African ancestors snuck okra onto captive ships to sustain themselves and plant in the new world. Black Diasporic cooking traditions often use the okra plant for its versatility and it is often associated with health, prosperity, and community.

In this spirit, The Okra Project hopes to extend free, delicious, and nutritious meals to Black Trans people experiencing food insecurity.

How Does it Work?

It’s actually very simple! Based on individual donations, The Okra Project pays Black Trans chefs to go into the homes of Black Trans people to cook them a healthy and home-cooked meal at absolutely no cost to our Black TGNC siblings. For those Black Trans folks currently experiencing homeless or whose homes cannot support our chef’s cooking, The Okra Project has partnered with institutions like Osborne Association and other community spaces to deliver foods. Follow them on Instagram @theokraproject

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis - for the trans community, by the trans community.

Trans Lifeline was founded in 2014 as a peer-support crisis hotline. The Hotline was, and still is, the only service in the country in which all operators are transgender. Because of the particularly vulnerable relationship transgender people have with police, it is also the only service in the country with a policy against non-consensual active rescue.

Since our founding, Trans Lifeline’s services have grown to match growing need from our community. Our Hotline has evolved from an entirely volunteer-run operation into a comprehensive resource that employs trans people working as paid operators and team leads. Our operators have logged thousands of hours of talk time with trans people in our community, and, with new volunteers signing up all the time, our capacity is only growing.

In time, we came to recognize that the epidemic of suicide in the trans community is inextricably tied to the economic justice issues trans people face at alarming rates, and that meaningful emotional support often requires financial support as well. In 2017, Trans Lifeline merged with the Trans Assistance Project, which became our Microgrants program. Microgrants offers low-barrier grants to trans people for legal name changes and updated government identification documents, as well as specialized support for incarcerated and undocumented trans people. While this is a relatively new program, we recently celebrated the disbursal of $100,000 in small grants to trans people - all with a commitment to resist gatekeeping and respectability politics.

Trans Lifeline is committed to being a resource that the trans community can continue to rely on for years to come. With your support, we can keep these vital services available to those in our community who need them most. Follow them on Instagram @translifeline