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Huu ndio wito wangu.&quot;\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Luis kutoka Guatemala<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20370d3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20370d3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab9fc53 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ab9fc53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"bde-heading-680-101 bde-heading\">Mahali pa Kumiliki: Ndani ya PRISM, AsylumWorks&#039; Kundi la Usaidizi linaloongozwa na rika la LGBTQ+<\/h1><div class=\"bde-text-680-103 bde-text\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-680-106 bde-div\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-680-104 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p><b><i>&quot;PRISM ilinipa zaidi ya usaidizi - ilinipa familia. Kama mtafutaji hifadhi, ndipo nilipata usalama, urafiki, na nguvu ya kuanza upya katika nchi mpya.&quot;<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Rufael kutoka Ethiopia\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kwa wageni wengi wa LGBTQ+ kama vile Rufael, kuwasili Marekani huleta ahueni na huzuni. Kwa mara ya kwanza, si lazima waishi kwa hofu au kuficha utambulisho wao. Lakini hakuna mtu anayewangojea hapa, pia. Hakuna familia. Hakuna sauti zinazojulikana. Mahali pasipojulikana, siku nyingi peke yako, na utambuzi wa utulivu kwamba uhuru si sawa na kuwa mali.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>PRISM, kikundi cha usaidizi cha AsylumWorks kwa wageni wa LGBTQ+, kipo ili kubadilisha hilo.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mnamo 2020, mashoga wawili wanaotafuta hifadhi kutoka Afrika Mashariki waliingia katika Kituo cha DC LGBTQ kutafuta jumuiya. Kikundi kidogo cha usaidizi kilianza kuunda, kwanza chini ya jina Center Global. Kikundi kilipokua, washiriki walifikia AsylumWorks, wakitumaini kuwapa makao ya kudumu. Mnamo Februari 2021, AsylumWorks ilipitisha rasmi kikundi na kukipa jina PRISM: <\/span><b>Mkutano wa Usaidizi wa Wakimbizi na Wahamiaji wa Pride<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katika siku zake za mwanzo, PRISM iliongozwa na wafanyakazi. Lakini kufikia 2024, kitu kilikuwa kimebadilika. Mikutano ambayo mara moja ilijaa mazungumzo ilikua kimya. Viti vilikaa tupu. Na timu ilianza kuuliza swali gumu lakini la lazima: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Je, sisi ndio watu sahihi kuongoza kundi hili?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ili kuelekeza upya kikundi na kuwezesha uongozi kutoka ndani, wafanyakazi waliwaalika wanachama wanne wa muda mrefu kuunda kamati ya uongozi na kuwapa changamoto ya kufikiria upya nini PRISM inaweza kuwa. Baada ya miezi kadhaa ya kupanga, hafla ya kwanza ya kamati - hafla ya kuburuta - ilivutia waliohudhuria kumi na saba, zaidi ya mkusanyiko wowote katika kumbukumbu ya hivi majuzi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangu wakati huo, PRISM imeandaa hafla za kijamii za karibu na kutoa warsha ya kisheria iliyoundwa kwa wapya wa LGBTQ+. Wanachama 15 wameunganishwa na kikundi, na sasa wamedhamiria kuendeleza kasi - kupanga, kufikiria, na kujenga njia mpya za kuungana na kujaliana.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shukrani kwa kamati ya uongozi, mikusanyiko ya PRISM inaonekana tofauti na ilivyokuwa katika miezi hiyo tulivu ya 2024. Sauti hujaza chumba tena. Wanachama wapya na waliopo hubadilishana nambari za simu, kupanga matembezi, na kusherehekea hatua muhimu kama vile kupata kazi au kupewa hifadhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRISM imekuwa kile ambacho Rufael na wengine walikuwa wakitafuta - na kile ambacho wengine wengi bado wanahitaji: mahali ambapo uhuru na mali hukutana.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;PRISM ilinipa zaidi ya msaada - ilinipa familia.&quot; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":13,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Place of Belonging: Inside PRISM, AsylumWorks&#039; 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