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ReflectSpace Gallery – Sites of Fracture: Diasporic Imaginings of Occupied Artsakh

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Dedicated to Armenian liberation and building transnational solidarity. We uplift ALL Armenians - mixed race, LGBTQIA2S, undocumented. 🇦🇲🏳️‍🌈🏳️⚧️

We are joining @swanalosangeles and @_daliazada in

We are joining @swanalosangeles and @_daliazada in the call to support a Kurdish Trans Woman’s journey to asylum! <br />
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Sarab is a young woman from Kurdistan Province (Iran) who is fleeing years of violence and coercion. She is in a very vulnerable position and needs all the support she can get. For the last couple months, members of the Los Angeles SWANA community have been providing her with emotional support throughout her journey. <br />
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In order to be able to reach safety and go through the asylum process, Sarab needs funds for several different needs including but not limited to: plane ticket, rent, transportation, groceries, clothes and shoes, english-language classes, and more. This process will take place with the oversight of members of SWANA-LA. <br />
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Dalia Zada will be collecting donations and members of SWANA-LA will use it to fund Sarab’s journey. <br />
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Update: After a tumultuous start of her journey, Sarab has arrived in Armenia last night and has a series of immediate needs: funds for temporary housing, daily meals, clothes (she left with a backpack) and much more as we navigate her asylum process (both in terms of personal and legal needs). Her goal is to be relocated to the US and be granted refugee status here. <br />
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We call on the Armenian community to support her journey! 🇦🇲 <br />
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#Safety4Sarab #TransLiberation #TransSafety #TransLiberationNow #Kurd #Kurdistan #Armenia #QueerLiberation #SWANA #TransSWANA #TransSWANAliberation #SWANAqueers #QueerSWANAliberation #QueerArmenia #TransArmenia #QueerIran #IranianQueers #TransIran

#HispanicHeritageMonth runs from September 15th -

#HispanicHeritageMonth runs from September 15th - October 15, celebrating the independence days of many Latin American countries. 🇸🇻🇲🇽🇬🇹🇨🇷🇭🇳🇨🇱🇧🇿<br />
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Latine/x + Hispanic communities and Armenian communities have existed side by side in California for generations.<br />
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The Armenian community must show up for our Latine/x and Hispanic community, as US systems of immigration and law enforcement target Latine/x communities disproportionately. <br />
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We have put together a non-exhaustive toolkit of organizations serving the Latine/x community at the link in our bio. ⬆️⬆️⬆️<br />
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This is merely meant as a primer and as a way to begin taking action. Head to the link in our bio or scan the QR code to start taking action. 💪🇦🇲<br />
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#LatineHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxArmenians #Solidarity #HispanicArmenians #Armenian

Today marks one year since the start of the genoci

Today marks one year since the start of the genocidal attack on Artsakh. 🇦🇲<br />
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We at Yerazad recognize the heaviness and the complicated emotions of today.<br />
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Swipe for statements from all of us at Yerazad.<br />
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💭 This is our vision for the future of Armenia + Artsakh:<br />
〰️ We reaffirm our commitment to a sustainable Armenia and a sustainable Artsakh.<br />
〰️ We want to bring our regenerative farming project to fruition in Armenia.<br />
〰️ Our project will support women farmers in the informal sector, integrate regenerative and innovative farming practices, encourage diasporan engagement, and develop international agricultural partnerships<br />
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Learn more about our project at the link in our bio and DM or email us at info@yerazad.com if you want to get involved.

To our Latine/x + Hispanic Armenians, we want to u

To our Latine/x + Hispanic Armenians, we want to uplift you this #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth. 🧿<br />
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We want to hear anything you want to share about you and your experience as a Latine/x + Hispanic Armenian.<br />
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Head to the link in our bio to send us your submission! ✨✒️📜<br />
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#LatinxHeritageMonth #Armenians #LatinxArmenians #HispanicArmenians #DiasporanArmenians

Yerazad at the March for Afghanistan 🇦🇲✊🏽🇦🇫. @carenerose represented Yerazad at the March for Afghanistan in LA one week ago today. Note the Armenian white supremacist that heckled Carene as she spoke about the need for Armenian solidarity for our SWANA siblings. <br />
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To our Armenian community, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain from showing up for our Black, Indigenous, and POC communities. Watch and learn from @carenerose.<br />
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Text of speech below:<br />
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“Hello everyone thank you to Madina and the organizers for having me although I wish I didn’t have to be here and I wish we didn’t have to keep experiencing this trauma and screaming at the top of our lungs in the hopes that others will listen and take sustained action. My name is Carene and I am representing Yerazad Coalition which is an organization dedicated to Armenian liberation and building transnational solidarity.<br />
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We stand with our Afghan brothers, sisters, and non-binary friends as the world stands by and watches this humanitarian crisis, this atrocity, that was and continues to be cosigned by their complacency and the misinformation or complete erasure that comes from Western media.<br />
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To my communities, the Armenian community and the Black community, we must stand in solidarity and fight ALL of our oppressors. Colonialism and white supremacy impact all of us and we can not allow it to thrive anywhere just because we hold the false belief that a certain situation “doesn’t affect our community”. <br />
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Now I’m going to speak to my Armenian community specifically, because the Black community STAYS showing up and putting in work for others. Armenians who still remain silent. Armenians who choose to prostrate themselves for our oppressors. Armenians who fail to understand that everything is connected. ENOUGH. Enough with the oppression olympics. Enough with your solidarity that is purely transactional and centered on expectations of support for our cause. Enough with centering the proximity to whiteness that you feel this country has given you.” <br />
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(Speech continued in comments)

Ազատ Անկախ Արցախ \\ Free Independent

$Ազատ Անկախ Արցախ \\ Free Independent Artsakh 🔴🔵🟠 ✊🏼🎖️🪖<br /> <br /> 30 years ago today, #Artsakh declared independence from the Soviet Union.<br /> <br /> We celebrate Artsakh Independence Day with heaviness.<br /> <br /> ▫️We mourn the loss of life and land by Azerbaijan + Turkey's genocidal attacks.<br /> ▫️We mourn the cultural erasure and destruction by Azerbaijan + Turkey.<br /> ▫️We mourn the Artsakhsis who have been displaced from their indigenous lands + homes.<br /> <br /> We will continue to fight + work for a free and independent Artsakh. 🇦🇲<br /> <br /> #FreeArtsakh #IndependentArtsakh #ArtsakhIndependenceDay #Armenia #ArmenianDiaspora #Azerbaijan #Turkey #Shushi #Sumgait #Baku$

Yerazad stands in solidarity with the Afghan commu

Yerazad stands in solidarity with the Afghan community and will be participating in tomorrow’s action. You can download our flyer at the link in our bio and share it in your community. 🇦🇫✊🏽🇦🇲<br />
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Caption from @burqasandbeer & @swanalosangeles <br />
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We, a coalition of Los Angeles organizers in support of Afghanistan, are firm in the following stances: ACAB, ANTI-FBI, ANTI-CVE, ANTI-US OCCUPATION, ANTI-IMPERIALISM, ANTI-TALIBAN<br />
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We believe in inclusivity:<br />
As diaspora Afghans, we recognize Afghans in Afghanistan have limited agency to self-determine the future of their nation. We are NOT experts on what is best for Afghanistan - we aim to uplift Afghan voices and demand accountability for the ongoing humanitarian crisis which is a direct result of decades of imperialism.<br />
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Afghanistan is a nation of many nations. Our history is multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, & multi-religious. Diversity of thought is expected. However, we will not tolerate Racism, Ableism, Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia & Xenophobia.<br />
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Furthermore, Western media has a predatory history of exploiting Afghan voices when we are the most vulnerable. The Los Angeles organizers do not endorse statements made to the media.<br />
Please mask up, bring hydration, and foldable chairs to accommodate everyone who would like to attend. We encourage Afghan attire!<br />
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#afghanistan #losangeles #handsoffafghanistan

Solidarity with Afghanistan. 🇦🇫
Solidarity w

Solidarity with Afghanistan. 🇦🇫<br />
Solidarity with Algeria. 🇩🇿<br />
Solidarity with Haiti. 🇭🇹<br />
Solidarity with Iran. 🇮🇷<br />
Solidarity with Lebanon. 🇱🇧<br />
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Our linktree is updated with ways to take action, #donate, and show #solidarity for our SWANA + international friends in crisis. <br />
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Comment organizations to donate to + people to follow + petitions to sign we should share.<br />
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Edit: On slide 6, we said the explosion that happened on August 15th happened at the port in Beirut. It happened in Akkar, Lebanon, not Beirut, Lebanon.<br />
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#Afghanistan #Algeria #Haiti #Iran #Lebanon #ArmenianSolidarity #Solidarity #SWANA #Armenia #USArmenians #Diaspora #ShowSolidarity

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