Support Black Pride Ireland, a grassroots movement

Black Pride Ireland is a non-charity grassroots effort based in Dublin, Ireland, launched in August 2019. We are dedicated to the uplifting and nurturing of queer Black people across the island of Ireland. This is a necessary movement, working towards (among other issues) the abolition of the Direct Provision system here, and proper healthcare for trans people (particularly refugees and migrants). 

In the past few days, we have seen tremendous support from the community, both online and offline, for BPI - thank you for this. Your money will go towards the following:

1. Funding educational efforts (i.e talks, lectures, workshops)

2. Material costs (i.e. art/stationery supplies, protective equipment like masks, gloves and wipes, the making/printing of banners, lanyards, badges and stickers, etc)

3. Paying future speakers and performers at our events

4. Other costs associated with the necessary organising work BPI undertakes (e.g. covering transport costs to & from our events for people not able to afford it)

Read our manifesto here http://blackprideireland.ie - or listen to it here http://soundcloud.com/user-46885020/the-black-pride-ireland-manifesto



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Dear donors,

We’ve been on a hiatus for a while now, trying to re-strategise our organising, amidst personal issues and navigating the pandemic. This update has been long overdue and we apologise. 

In summary we want to return the money given to us, we can either refund you or we could donate to the following organisations:

Origins Eile

MASI

MERJ

Black Queer Book Club

If you wish us to refund you directly , please let us know. You will have to provide your name and iban

If you are ok with us redistributing please let us know as well.


Here is the breakdown of what we have spent so far:


GCN shoot: 37.70 euro

Crafts/ poster materials: 90.57 euro

Community support to members of our community that reached out: 1,210 euro

We thank you for your donations and understanding, please let us know at your earliest convenience, we will be proceeding when we have enough answers from folks, and await all your answers, please feel free to email us with any questions.