Neighbors, Not Strangers: Building Solidarity Beyond Detention by Octavia McBride-Ahebee

 

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Update & Call to Action

Friends, I’m grateful to share that the funds we’ve raised so far will begin to cover two critical areas:

Hiring an asylum expert to testify on country conditions and persecution in Mauritania.

Paying a translator to prepare official documents from Mauritania for court.

This is a powerful start, but it is only a beginning. Much more is needed to sustain this work and give Yero a fair chance.

Just last weekend, more than 500 neighbors, faith leaders, and community members filled the streets of Germantown to demand freedom for Anou Vongbandith, a beloved neighbor detained by ICE. That outpouring reminds us that in Philadelphia, we stand up for our own. We will not allow ICE or private prison profiteers to quietly tear families apart.

And yet, too often, Black detainees receive little public exposure about their plight. Their stories often remain hidden, while the machinery of detention continues unchecked. This campaign is one way to break that silence and stand with our neighbors in full view of the community.

Now we need your help to widen the circle of solidarity. Please share this campaign with your networks and invite others to give. Every share and every donation, no matter the size, builds the path toward justice and freedom.

All funds go directly to Yero's defense team: https://gofund.me/ea76afe0