We had a BLAST virtually gathering and celebrating 5 years of building power for Black LGBTQIA+ migrants at our end of the year celebration –  BECOMING HOME: TRANSCENDENCE THROUGH TRANSITIONS! In case you missed it, click here to check out some images from the event and more performance highlights.

As we usher into the new year and prepare for our next phase of growth and work, we are reflecting deeply on our long-term sustainability and development. Thanks to supporters and community, you helped us reach one goal, and that has supported us to imagine even more expansive resources and abundance for BLMP in 2023 and beyond. We are now raising $75,000 to support Black trans,queer, and non-binary migrant organizing by December 31!

Will you help us get there? DONATE TO BLMP

Another $25,000 will directly support BLMP to provide mutual aid in 2023 to BLMP members in need, as well as fund critical BLMP programming like our Fierce Freedom School – a political education and leadership development program by and for Black trans women and femmes. 

You can donate online or  text “BLMP2022” to 41444. Contact rose@blmp.org if you have any questions about how to make your donation.

Your support helps to sustain our work advancing the liberation and wellness of Black LGBTQ+ migrants. We need our community to keep us going. Thank you for joining us!

BLMP Programs

National Organizing: BLMP shapes and informs national efforts to resist enforcement, detention and deportations through work within criminal justice/immigrant rights movements.

Local Networks: BLMP engages hundreds of community members across the U.S., and has developed active local/regional networks—centered in Oakland, CA; New York City; the Upper Midwest (Twin Cities, Chicago, Detroit); Washington DC/DMV, and the South.

Deportation Defense: We directly engage with and support detained community members, organizing campaigns for their release and helping to connect them with local support when they are released.

Research: BLMP is transforming narratives through the inaugural Queer Black Migrant Survey, which is collecting qualitative and quantitative data on our community’s experiences.