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Help national human rights activist Arely return home!

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Help Arely return home from ICE detention to her rescue animals!
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My name is Mich Gonzalez & Arely Westley is my trans sister and she is currently helping dozens of women and LGBTQ+ people with resources and advocacy while inside a rural ICE detention center in Louisiana. Arely needs money to maintain her rent and sanctuary for her several rescue animals while she is detained far from community and resources. Arely will likely be forced to fight her case for a few months before being released. As always, she is still working to support her community from inside detention, but this incredible humanitarian work is unpaid. Please help her to keep her housing and safety for her animals!

Goal: $15,000 to cover rent & bills & animal care for three months

Who is Arely?
Arely is national LGBTQ and HIV+ immigrant rights activist and the 2024 recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award. Arely was raised in New Orleans from the age of 10 and has dedicated her life to the increasingly intersectional human rights movement in the United States for her community. She has built a sanctuary in her New Orleans home for her rescue animals--10 dogs, 2 cats, 2 turtles, 1 bunny, and a family of chickens. Let's keep this sanctuary safe for her return home upon release!
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¡Ayuda a Arely a regresar a casa desde el centro de detención de ICE para rescatar a sus animales!

Me llamo Mich Gonzalez y Arely Westley es mi hermana trans. Actualmente, esta ayudando a dozenas de mujeres y personas LGBTQ+ con recursos y apoyo desde un centro de detención rural de ICE en Luisiana. Arely necesita dinero para pagar su renta y dar refugio a sus animales rescatados mientras sigue detenida, lejos de su comunidad y recursos. Es probable que Arely tenga que defender su caso durante unos meses antes de ser liberada. Como siempre, sigue trabajando para apoyar a su comunidad desde el centro de detención, pero esta increíble labor humanitaria no es remunerada. ¡Por favor, ayúdenla a mantener su vivienda y la seguridad de sus animales!

Meta: $15,000 para cubrir su renta, las facturas y el cuidado de los animales durante tres meses.

¿Quién es Arely?
Arely es activista nacional por los derechos de los inmigrantes LGBTQ+ y VIH+, y recibió en 2024 el Premio Robert F. Kennedy de Derechos Humanos. Arely creció en Nueva Orleans desde los 10 años y ha dedicado su vida al movimiento de derechos humanos, cada vez más interseccional, en Estados Unidos para su comunidad. Ha construido un santuario en su casa de Nueva Orleans para sus animales rescatados: 10 perros, 2 gatos, 2 tortugas, 1 conejo y una familia de gallinas. ¡Mantengamos este santuario seguro para su regreso a casa tras su liberación!
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Mich Gonzalez
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New Orleans, LA

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