Queens Unchained: Caribbean LGBTQ Immigrant Support Group

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“Breaking the Rejection Cycle, Building Community”

Meeting Dates: Second Monday of every month, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meeting Location: Chhaya- 121-18 Liberty Ave, 2nd floor, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419
Registration is required. RSVP HERE at http://bit.ly/QueensUnchained

Launched in 2015, Unchained is a pioneering initiative in New York City, offering a unique culturally responsive peer-to-peer support group through the Caribbean Equality Project. For nearly a decade, Unchained has been at the heart of our Healing Justice work, providing an empowering space for Caribbean LGBT+ immigrants, those impacted by HIV, and survivors of family rejection, discrimination, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault to heal and build community in NYC.

Unchained is dedicated to creating a compassionate environment where individuals can embrace their cultural identities and experiences as Queeribbeans. It is a brave space focusing on healing and community-building through intergenerational dialogue and discussions to end stigma, foster healthier relationships, celebrate diversity, promote personal empowerment, and encourage family acceptance.

Our members find solace and support in conversations and creative healing around coming out, family dynamics, LGBTQIA+ issues, social norms, healthy relationships and dating, sexual fluidity, and overall health and wellness. Here, you’ll find guidance and understanding as we navigate a collective journey of storytelling and reflection, rich in culture and intention.

Our goal is to provide hyper-local healing spaces in neighborhoods with strong Caribbean ties, such as Little Guyana in Queens. The Queens Unchained group will hold in-person spaces for participants to release anxiety, combat loneliness, gain tools for managing stress, and be resilient.

L (they/them), Healing Justice Manager, coordinates the program and facilitates Queens Unchained.

RSVP HERE at http://bit.ly/QueensUnchained. Email info@CaribbeanEqualityProject.org or call our confidential hotline at 347.709.3179 for additional RSVP support.

About Caribbean Equality Project:
Caribbean Equality Project (CEP) is a grassroots community-based immigrant rights organization that empowers, advocates for, and represents Afro and Indo-Caribbean LGBTQ+ people in New York City. Through public education, community organizing, civic engagement, storytelling, and cultural and social programming, the organization focuses on advocacy for LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights, gender equity, racial justice, immigration, mental health services, and ending hate violence in the Caribbean diaspora.

To learn more about the Caribbean Equality Project & for regular updates on our work, connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube at @CaribbeanEqualityProject and Twitter at @CaribEquality.

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