Re-Entry Fund for Afro-Latina Trans Woman

Per a letter from Christina:

"My name is Christina. I'm a 31-year-old Afro-Latina trans woman, and I've been incarcerated since age 19. I'd been engaged in sex work since age 14, to survive and to cover transition expenses.

After 12 years in prison, I'm approaching the end of my sentence. I hope to make parole in 2023, but if not I'll be released early 2025. While incarcerated, I've worked hard to receive an education and to fight for better healthcare and living conditions for incarcerated people (especially trans prisoners). In 2015 I successfully represented myself in a lawsuit against the Department of Correctionsions that is now frequently cited by lawyers and in related legal scholarship. I am currently suing DOC for a second time!

I wrote hundreds of letters to get educational sponsors, which paid off as I was able to go to college from prison. I graduated with Honors from Jacksonville Baptist Theological Seminary (earning a Bachelor of Theology) and also with Honors from Blackstone Career Institute (earning my Diploma in Paralegal Studies and a certification in Advanced Civil Litigation). I'm currently a Master's theology student, and I work as a paralegal/law clerk in my prison's law library. I've also published writing about conditions of confinement and transformative justice.

This fundraising goal is a lot because rebuilding a life from scratch costs a lot. Aside from a place to live, I'll need clothes, furniture, a car, car insurance. I'll also need health care for seizure and other chronic conditions, and of course to further my transition. I deserve a second chance at life, and the opportunity to excel as an advocate, a writer and organizer for transformative justice and human rights.

Please donate and please share."