Yesterday I received good news that lifted my heart. Yero told me he received the letters from the Drexel University students who regularly participate in the Inside/Outside Prison Letter Writing Project. Some of you may remember when I shared Yero’s story with them and asked that they write to him and other African detainees.
The students did just that.
Drexel students write letters of encouragement for Yero and other detained asylum seekers.
When Yero shared the news with me, he sounded like a giddy kid. He was so full of excitement and joy. Their words of encouragement reached him, and he felt remembered, cared for, and human. These letters are proof of how small acts of solidarity can bring light into the darkest places.
But while letters bring hope, they don’t erase the reality that forced Yero to flee Mauritania in the first place. Many of you have asked, what exactly is happening in Mauritania? To help answer that, I want to share this short CNN documentary( * See above ) that exposes the persistence of slavery there, despite it being officially abolished in 1981. Please take a few minutes to watch.
This is the system Yero is escaping . It is one where dark-skinned Africans remain oppressed and targeted by the light-skinned Arab-Berber elite, trapped in a hierarchy that has denied them freedom and dignity for generations.
By supporting Yero’s legal defense fund, we are not only giving him the chance at freedom here, but we are also sending a message: we see, we understand, and we will act.
Please share this campaign with your networks, donate if you can, and help us widen the circle of care. Letters of encouragement give hope. Donations for legal defense create change. Together, they make freedom possible. 
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