Our goal

Our work centers on the advancement of immigration and gender rights for young people in the United States. We recognize that no social issue can be understood and addressed in isolation. As Audre Lorde pointed out, “we do not lead single-issue lives”. Our work focuses on gender and immigration but it is intersected by race, class, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive justice, among other areas.

​This page was curated to stand in solidarity with the causes that directly intersect our everyday work. The resources found in each section were carefully selected to serve as starting points to widen your understanding of current social issues and find ways to take action towards the advancement of human rights.

Black Lives Matter

Articles

  1. “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic
  2. “The New Jim Crow: How mass incarceration turns people of color into permanent second-class citizens” by Michelle Alexander for The American Prospect
  3. Few Charges, Fewer Convictions: The Chauvin Trial and the History of Police Violence by Aidan Gardiner and Rebecca Halleck
  4. Kimberlé Crenshaw: the woman who revolutionised feminism – and landed at the heart of the culture wars by Aamna Mohdin for The Guardian

Videos

  1. “What Black Lives Matter Means to an 11-year-old” from Vox
  2. Angela Davis on the argument for police and prison abolition | UpFront from Al Jazeera
  3. Eight black women discuss the politics of skin tone from The Guardian

Instagram Accounts

  1. @darkest.hue
  2. @nyc_shutitdown
  3. @audrelordeproject

Mutual Aid Funds

  1. The Movement for Black Lives National Mutual Aid Resource
  2. The Free Black Women’s Library Sister Outsider Relief Grant
  3. Envision Freedom Fund (formerly the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund)

Know Your Rights

The Brave House team assembled a toolkit that outlines your rights while protesting as a non-citizen. Regardless of your immigration status, you have protected constitutional rights. ​

Immigration

​Articles

  1. “Her murder conviction was overturned. US immigration still wants to deport her” by Sam Levin for The Guardian 
  2. “US immigration agency operates vast surveillance dragnet, study finds” by Ed Pilkington for The Guardian
  3. “The border can’t be our only concern. The U.S. needs an immigrant integration policy” by Francisco Lara-García for the Los Angeles Times
  4. "Biden to replace Trump migration policy with Trump-esque asylum policy" by Myah Ward for Politico

Videos

  1. U.S. Immigration | Let's Talk | NPR
  2. Trans Migrants Seeking Asylum in America from Vice Impact
  3. Through the eyes of a child immigrant | Erik Gomez | TEDxPSU

Instagram Accounts

  1. @informedimmigrant
  2. @unlocalinc

Mutual Aid Funds

  1. Coalition for Immigrant Freedom Covid-19 Relief
  2. New Immigrant Community Empowerment Worker Emergency Fund 
  3. Mixteca Food Justice Fundraiser

LGBTQ+ Rights

Reproductive Rights

Articles

  1. “The Future of Abortion in a Post-Roe America” by Jessica Bruder for The Atlantic
  2. “Black women fear the steady rise in abortion restrictions across the US will worsen maternal health crisis” by Maya Brown for CNN
  3. “Transgender advocates say the end of Roe would have dire consequences” by Olivia McCormack for The Washington Post

Videos

  1. Kathryn Kolbert: The end of Roe v. Wade -- and what comes next | TED
  2. Rep. Cori Bush: Black women, girls getting abortions 'have nothing to be ashamed of' from PBS News Hour
  3. Lindy West - Counteracting Dangerous Myths with “Shout Your Abortion” | The Daily Show​

Instagram Accounts

  1. @abortionfunds
  2. @reprojusticecollective
  3. @abortioncarenetwork

Mutual Aid Funds

  1. National Network of Abortion Funds
  2. No Body Criminalized: Repro Legal Defense Fund (for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion)
  3. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund

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