Edafe Okporo
Edafe Okporo (amuru March 3, 1990) bu onye odee bụ onye Naijiria na onye Amerika. Ọ bụ onye isi nchịkwa nke Refuge America, nzukọ na-enyere aka ịtọgharị ndị na-achọ mgbaba LGBTQ+.[1] A mụrụ ya na Warri, Naijiria, Okporo nwere ihe ike n'ala nna ya n'ihi mmekọahụ ya ma mee ka ọ gaa ọgwụgwọ ntụgharị.[2] Okporo gbara ọsọ ndụ na United States mgbe otu ìgwè mmadụ wakporo ya maka ịkwado ohere nlekọta ahụike maka ndị ikom na-edina nwoke ibe ha. [2]
Mgbe Okporo rutere na United States, e jidere ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ ICE na Elizabeth, New Jersey ruo ọnwa ise.[3][4] Mgbe e nyechara ya ebe mgbaba, Okporo enweghị ebe obibi, biri na Newark Penn Station na ebe mgbaba.[4] Ozugbo ọ chọtara ụlọ siri ike, Okporo jere ozi dị ka onye nduzi mbụ nke RDJ Refugee Shelter, ebe obibi mbụ nke New York City maka ndị na-achọ ebe mgbaba.[4][2] Okporo dere akwụkwọ, Asylum: A Memoir and Manifesto, na-akọwa ahụmahụ ya na-achọ Ebe mgbaba na United States. [5]
Okporo na-agba ọsọ ugbu a n'ọsọ asọmpi maka New York City Council District 7, ma ọ bụrụ na a họpụta ya, ọ ga-abụ onye mbụ na-achọ mgbaba ahọpụtara n'otu ahụ.[3][6][7] Okporo bụ onye natara onyinye David. [8]
Edensibịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Refuge America. Refuge America.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nigerian refugee creates N.Y.C. shelter for asylum-seekers. NBC News (July 26, 2020).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Manhattan Council race heats up with entrance of refugee turned migrant advocate. Gothamist (May 15, 2024).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hughes (October 13, 2020). New Prize Modeled on MacArthur 'Genius' Grants Hands Out $1 Million. The New York Times.
- ↑ Nwaubani (June 2, 2022). Guilty Until Proven Innocent: A Gay Refugee's Confrontation With America. The New York Times.
- ↑ Lang (July 26, 2024). This Gay Nigerian Refugee Could Be the First Former Asylum Seeker Elected to the NYC Council. Them.
- ↑ Alfred. Edafe Okporo gains traction in local District 7 race. Columbia Daily Spectator.
- ↑ Edafe Okporo. The David Prize (September 1, 2020).