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JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective

Mutual Aid collective providing financial support to Black and Brown LGBTQI+ folk who find themselves in need re:housing, food, medical, safety, etc.

About


After nearly two years of creating programming and supporting individuals and community brought together through Clubhouse, a virtual audio drop-in application, NiiLee, Founder of "Life of a Transwoman" creared the JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective. As a collective, individuals from Life of a Transwoman and Black Lesbian Well Check (groups founded on Clubhouse) will come together to create programing focused on supporting Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ individuals in various aspects of their lives.

The major focus of the Collective will be the mutual aid fund - its primary mechanism to provide financial support to Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ folk who find themselves experiencing hardship with regard to essential needs including, but not limited to, food or housing insecurity as well as healthcare and safety needs. According to UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute "LGBT people collectively have a poverty rate of 21.6%, which is much higher than the rate for cisgender straight people of 15.7%." That number increases to 29% for transgender people and cisgender bisexual women specifically.

LGBT and cisgender straight people differ in ways that affect the likelihood of poverty. Several characteristics known to be related to poverty are more common among LGBT people. LGBT people, particularly bisexual and transgender people, are more likely to be people of color, young, and experiencing a disability. The JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective's mission is to provide the resources to bridge those gaps and provide relief where we can.

"Growing up in a world that constantly dehumanizes our bodies based on race, gender, and sexuality, I lived as cis-assumed during the majority of my transition. Chosen family helped me through a lot of my everlasting transitional phases and birthed a passion for community building. JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective was created to not only build but to nurture community." 
- NiiLee 

Our team

Kershunda L. ...

Core Contributor

Amber Magic

Core Contributor

Zay Clark

Core Contributor

NiiLee

Admin
Can we count on you?

Byron Lawrence

Core Contributor

Rashad Wood

Core Contributor

Jordyn Barkley

Core Contributor

Jahrichard

Core Contributor

Zale Gaskin

Core Contributor

Rodney Willia...

Core Contributor

Patrick G. Ma...

Core Contributor

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Top financial contributors

1
Incognito

$1,000 USD since Oct 2022

2
Guest

$1,000 USD since Nov 2022

3
Joy T.

$615 USD since Sep 2022

4
Cory L. Scott

$400 USD since Sep 2022

5
Dorothy Young

$390 USD since Aug 2022

6
Thembi Dube

$310 USD since Sep 2022

7
Zimi

$150 USD since Sep 2022

8
Kershunda L. Washington

$140 USD since Sep 2022

9
Yusef A

$140 USD since Sep 2022

10
Ariana

$120 USD since Sep 2022

11
Rashad

$120 USD since Sep 2022

12
Roman Lorenzo

$100 USD since Sep 2022

13
Stephen Conrad Moore

$100 USD since Sep 2022

14
Rah Gie

$100 USD since Oct 2022

15
Christopher

$65 USD since Sep 2022

16
Guest

$50 USD since Sep 2022

17
Staci D

$50 USD since Nov 2022

18
Noebody

$40 USD since Sep 2022

19
Shane Johnson

$40 USD since Sep 2022

20
Jasmine Riley

$40 USD since Oct 2022

JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective is all of us

Our contributors 49

Thank you for supporting JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective.

Kershunda L. ...

Core Contributor

$140 USD

Amber Magic

Core Contributor

$35 USD

Zay Clark

Core Contributor

$15 USD

NiiLee

Admin
Can we count on you?

Byron Lawrence

Core Contributor

Rashad Wood

Core Contributor

Jordyn Barkley

Core Contributor

Jahrichard

Core Contributor

Zale Gaskin

Core Contributor

Rodney Willia...

Core Contributor

Patrick G. Ma...

Core Contributor

Events

JeSuisNiiLee Mutual Aid Collective is hosting the following events.

Past event
10:00 PM UTC
A warm & welcoming environment for LGBTQIA+ folk who need it on Thanksgiving Day.

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Budget


Transparent and open finances.

-$480.00 USD
Paid
Charge #128307
Invoice #127679
Contribution #569181
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Today’s balance

$2,553.50 USD

Total raised

$10,340.24 USD

Total disbursed

$7,786.74 USD

Estimated annual budget

$6,379.21 USD