06/30/2022
QDEP was featured in PoliticsNYC! To read the article about LGBT+ Power Players, please click here to read about Uche and Ian.
06/20/2022
From refugee to detainee: one activist’s path to organizing
Uchechukwu Onwa’s (he/him/his) calm self-confidence is borne out of nearly a decade of advocacy work within the LGBTQ community, although this self-possession is no doubt also a testament to the brutality he has witnessed and the violence he himself has faced
05/17/2022
Geraldine Monroy: Entre la fantasía y la realidad de ser una mujer trans en Nueva York
Escapar de su país por una amenaza de muerte la trajo a la Estados Unidos, ahora es una líder que promueve el desarrollo saludable de su comunidad.
04/14/2022
New York Daily News: Choose people and housing over crackdowns
In 2017, organizing by NYC tenants won a groundbreaking right to counsel in eviction proceedings that has had stunning success: With tenants now entitled to representation, 84% of tenants with lawyers are able to stay in their homes. Now, in the name of returning to business as usual, this essential right is being trampled by the courts.
02/18/2022
News Decoder: Helping LGBTQIA+ immigrants endure adversity in the U.S.
Transgender and queer immigrants can face hardship in detention and when settling in the U.S. Here’s a group that helps LGBTQIA+ migrants.
11/18/2021
Washington Blade: Bisexual Black man alleges abuse at Va. ICE detention center
A bisexual Black man in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody says he continues to suffer abuse at the Virginia detention center in which he is being detained. Paul White has been in ICE custody at the Caroline Detention Center in Caroline County, which is roughly 70 miles south of D.C., since August 2020…
09/24/2021
News 12 New Jersey: Activists hold ‘Communities Not Cages’ Day of Action at Foley Square
06/23/2021
Democracy Now!: Trans community together against detention in Washington DC
05/17/2021
The Sanctuary for Independent Media: Press Conference in Launch of New York Dignity Not Detention Act
05/11/2021
White Label American Podcast: “If You Aren’t Hungry For Justice, You Are Full of Privilege” Featuring QDEP’s Organizing Director Uchechukwu Onwa
05/07/2021