Nonprofit

Garra

Queens County, NY | www.garrabr.org/
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About Us

We are a community-based organization aimed at increasing the economic and political power of Brazilian immigrant women living in New York. Our vision is to provide immigrant women the tools needed to heal the trauma of family separation, discrimination, and abuse through artistic expression; raise their voices through leadership development; and remove barriers to political visibility and economic power, in order to make a positive and tangible social impact for all immigrants.


Somos uma organização de base comunitária que visa aumentar o poder econômico e político das mulheres brasileiras imigrantes que vivem em Nova York. Nossa visão é fornecer às mulheres imigrantes as ferramentas necessárias para curar o trauma da separação familiar, discriminação e abuso por meio da expressão artística; elevar suas vozes por meio do desenvolvimento de liderança; e remover barreiras à visibilidade política e poder econômico, a fim de ter um impacto social positivo e tangível para todos os imigrantes.

We are a community-based organization aimed at increasing the economic and political power of Brazilian immigrant women living in New York. Our vision is to provide immigrant women the tools needed to heal the trauma of family separation…

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