Please take time to learn more about one of our community members who passed away in May 2021, our beloved sister Nona Conner.
Our Story
We are a group of interdependent DC/Maryland/Virginia-based community members, organizers, and allies who are raising money with six Black trans survivors of abuse, many of whom are experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
The survivors and victims of abuse suffered this harm from a white organizer within an organizing group in DC. As organizers and activists in DC, it is our duty to make sure our community members are safe. This fundraiser is one act to provide justice to survivors, and to begin transforming culture so this kind of harm can be unimaginable in our community decades from now.
Survival for some of our most marginalized community members depends on holding each other accountable for harm and making sure survivors’ can heal and thrive after violence.
The six survivors who are currently in need of housing and financial support have big dreams of running small businesses that support Black trans arts, becoming homeowners, going back to school to start a new career, and more--dreams that the huge barriers of years of abuse, systemic transphobia, and anti-Blackness stand in the way of.
We call on our community to face and directly repair this injustice: move your money to Black trans women.
The survivors have healing to do, which is only possible with safe and secure housing and financial independence.
We can get them there, together, and in the process change ourselves and our community so we consistently invest in accountable, community-oriented Black trans leadership.
Join as a donor and be part of building this vision in our community.