American Problems, Trans Solutions | Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
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How did the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project get its start?
Oluchi Omeoga, the co-director of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) talks about the origins of the Minneapolis, MN organization. They center their work at the intersection of race, gender identity and immigration which Omeoga understands as a Black trans leader/activist whose family is Igbo of Nigeria.
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American Problems, Trans Solutions | Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
Clip: Season 8 Episode 11 | 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Oluchi Omeoga, the co-director of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) talks about the origins of the Minneapolis, MN organization. They center their work at the intersection of race, gender identity and immigration which Omeoga understands as a Black trans leader/activist whose family is Igbo of Nigeria.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Oluchi Omeoga] In 2016, I was i to this queer Black migrant gath We were talking about where are the spaces for us and how are those organizations not taking care of our unique identity?
Out of that gathering, that came and was like we actually have to build something for our people, for Black, queer, and trans migrants and first-generation folks, and that was the actual co-found of the Black LGBT Migrant Project, or BLMP.
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