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The Okra Project provides meals free of charge to the black transgender folks they serve. We still want to call attention to their greater impact and encourage you to provide further direct support to their programs, if you are able. However, this was just one small way to support the work of The Okra Project. For those currently experiencing homelessness or those whose homes cannot support cooking, The Okra Project has partnered with institutions and other community spaces to deliver foods.īluebird’s Pride-edition Hemp Classic product allowed us to donate a small portion of proceeds to The Okra Project. The initial $15,000 commitment from The Okra Project for this fund has already been more than doubled through community donations.īut their main programming centers around hiring black trans chefs to cook healthy meals at absolutely no cost for other black trans people in their homes. These funds are dedicated to connecting Black transgender and nonbinary people with mental health services. The Okra Project also established the Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund and the Tony McDade Mental Health Recovery Fund following the recent killings of Nina Pop and Tony McDade, both transgender individuals. This includes paying rent or bills, posting bail, doing anything possible to make sure that people are taken care of and have what they need during this time of crisis.
While The Okra Project is still addressing food insecurity, they’ve also shifted their work to include financial distribution and otherwise supporting people. The Okra Project seeks to address the global crisis faced by black transgender people by bringing home-cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources directly to them.įounded just over a year and a half ago, The Okra Project has been making a big difference in the black transgender community - especially during COVID. We offered a special Pride Label version of our Hemp Classic product in support of The Okra Project. That’s why during Pride Month, Bluebird Botanicals decided to focus our food insecurity work on supporting the Black Trans community. One of those has been our ongoing hunger-relief work with Conscious Alliance. And one way Bluebird continues to use business as a force for good is by supporting organizations already doing good work for the causes we believe in. From a global pandemic to tough conversations and ongoing demonstrations about the fatal impacts of racism, standing up for what we believe in and supporting one another has become a top priority. We let compassion guide our business decisions by offering customer assistance programs, supporting nonprofits, and working to standardize health- and environmentally-conscious standards across the CBD and larger supplement industry. Read more about The Okra Project here and their updates here.Bluebird Botanicals has always aimed to be a company that leads from our heart, not our bank account. They are currently developing a COVID-19 compliant Direct Chef Services program, which will provide free meals made by and for the Black Trans community in New York City. These incredible achievements are only the beginning as the Project continues to work through the pandemic. As of November, the collective also successfully provided 125 free therapy sessions for Black Trans people with Black therapists. During the pandemic, a partnership with Akimbo Card allowed The Okra Project to distribute over $250k in COVID relief. In August, the collective partnered with UberEats and distributed over 1,800 vouchers for food orders. Since its founding, the project has grown to include partnerships that help to provide more resources and support.
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Ianne founded the project in December 2018 when they wanted to combat food security and isolation within the community.
Senior Fellow Ianne Fields Stewart has been working on The Okra Project, a grassroots mutual aid collective that supports black trans, non-binary, and gender non-comforming people.
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