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children deserve to be free.
You can help make a difference for immigrant children in detention camps.
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Black Lives MAtter.
Rise with us in solidarity with our Black brothers and sisters against police brutality and systemic racism
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Women’s rights are human rights
Work with us to end gender-based violence, discrimination, and inequality.
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Human rights
We are the catalyst for the transformation of our communities. We bring diverse groups of people together for positive, global, and sustainable change in the name of respecting basic human rights.
Some of the issues we’ve been involved in:
Immigrants & REfugees
No more children in detention camps. No more inhumane treatment of immigrants. Learn how you can make a difference.
Racial Justice
Black voices deserve to be heard - not spoken for. Hear from Black leaders and advocates about how to fight against systemic racism.
LGBTQ+ Rights
From equal pay to intersectional women’s rights. Learn how we’re fighting for women’s issues and for the equitable treatment of all.
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WHO WE ARE
Alquimia Global has a mission to connect local and international programs and agents of change, and support and create sustainable and equitable transformation spaces and projects around the globe.
We are fostering partnerships for innovative programs that address gaps in social justice systems change work. Facilitate violence prevention work, develop empowerment projects,
integrating healing, the arts, and wellness at every level of our work; and organizing emergency response activities.
We strive to open up spaces and connect with thought leaders, engage in partnerships for work for intersectionality, and create & support projects that keep individual and global impact in mind.
Above all, we support projects that have human rights at their foundation. Stay tuned for upcoming programs this 2021!
How we help
Our focus is to provide alternatives to traditional forms of support to seek gaps in services and partners building community positive transformations in our aligned projects.
How You Can Help
Passionate about equity and justice? Us too. Click below to find out which volunteer opportunities are best for you and how you can join Alquimia.
the FActs
immigration:
4 months
The age of the youngest child separated at the US - Mexico border. Unaccompanied children as young as 5 years old, seeking legal asylum, have been documented.
$184,000,000
How much the GEO Group, contractor to I.C.E and operators of private jails and detention centers, received in taxpayer dollars in FY 2017.
LGBTQ RIghts:
31
The number of states that remain without adequate LGBTQ employment protections.
20%
According to an NTDS survey, 20% of respondents had been refused medical care due to bias.
Racial justice:
56%
Of the 277,000 people imprisoned in the US for a drug offense, over 56% are Black or Latino - although drug use rates do NOT differ substantially by race and ethnicity.
1,025
People have been killed by police in the past year, according to an NAACP report.
Don’t look away.
Change begins with individuals like you. Together we can take the steps toward eradicating injustice and violence.
Get informed, get involved. Learn more about the UPR.
Data provided from different sources including but not limited to Freedom For Immigrants, Global Detention Project, and Southern Poverty Law Center.
Be a part of the UPR
What is the UPR?
The UPR (Universal Periodic Review) process is an important tool in advancing human rights and for ensuring accountability when those rights are violated.
At its core, the UPR is a review of a country’s human rights record
The country being reviewed will then made formal declarations of which recommendations it will or will not take on.
More on the UPR:
It can certainly be a lot to process. If you’re interested in learning more, you can find information here or launch the UPR quiz if you think you’ve got what it takes!