Brooklyn Unchained: Caribbean LGBTQ Immigrant Support Group

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Launched in 2015, Unchained is a pioneering initiative in New York City, offering through the Caribbean Equality Project. For nearly a decade, Unchained, a unique peer-to-peer support group, has been at the heart of our Healing Justice work, providing a empowering space for Caribbean LGBT+ immigrants, those impacted by HIV, and survivors of family rejection, discrimination, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault to heal and build community.  

The Unchained group has roots in building community in a time of unprecedented isolation and grief. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, we expanded our healing justice work to meet the emotional needs of the Caribbean LGBTQ+ community in NYC and beyond. Launched in 2020, during a global pandemic, as a virtual version of the inaugural in-person Queens Unchained support group, the Brooklyn Unchained iteration quickly became an international safe space to heal and unpack the pandemic, the isolation, unresolved feelings, and the uncertainty that came with it. The virtual group evolved into a transformative therapeutic space, support network, and a staple independent of its in-person Queens counterpart.   

Our goal to provide hyper-local healing spaces in neighborhoods with strong Caribbean ties, such as Little Caribbean in Brooklyn persists. The Brooklyn Unchained group will hold both in-person and virtual spaces for participants to release anxiety, combat loneliness, gain tools for managing stress, and be resilient.  

Mohamed Q. Amin (he/they) is the guest facilitator of the support group, and L (they/them), Healing Justice Manager, coordinates the program and facilitates Queens Unchained.  

Email info@CaribbeanEqualityProject.org or call our confidential hotline at 347.709.3179 for additional RSVP support.