{"id":335,"date":"2014-07-15T17:55:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsnewundergroundrailroad.org\/?p=335"},"modified":"2015-05-01T19:00:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T19:00:23","slug":"july-15-2014-emergency-appeal-we-are-raising-funds-now-to-support-the-escape-of-25-lgbt-ugandan-individuals-at-great-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/july-15-2014-emergency-appeal-we-are-raising-funds-now-to-support-the-escape-of-25-lgbt-ugandan-individuals-at-great-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"July 15, 2014 Emergency Appeal! We are raising funds NOW to support the escape of 25 LGBT Ugandan individuals at great risk!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are now raising funds for the planned escape of 25 LGBT individuals who were thrown out of two Ugandan \u201csafe\u201d houses by their landlords.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We want to do that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediatel<\/span>y, as they are currently harbored close to a location where a large anti-gay rally \u2013 led by evangelical preachers &#8211; is being held in the next several days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our conductor fears that any revelation will result in a large mob action and\/or attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It will cost us $55 per individual (plus a little bit for fund transfer fees) to get them to a safe place in another country, where they will be provided with food, housing, medical, psychosocial, legal, and visa support services.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>So we need to raise the $1375.00 USD + to assist these people. Please donate!<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>UPDATE Wednesday 07\/16\/14: We are close! We need about $600 more today, and if we get it, the 25 will be able to leave. Please help if you can. <span style=\"color: #333333;\">And please share this. Thanks, Gabi Clayton<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #34783d;\">To make a donation with PayPal<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, click here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=MLJJ9UY5Z2NRS\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/PayPal-Donate2FriendsNewUndergroundRailroad.png\" alt=\"PayPal-Donate2FriendsNewUndergroundRailroad\" width=\"145\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #34783d;\"><strong>Or send a check. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">See how to do that <a title=\"Donate!\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">on this page<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contributions to Friends New Underground Railroad\/Safe Passage Fund through Olympia Friends Meeting are tax-deductible.<\/p>\n<p>Please share this appeal with your friends, colleagues, and any people or groups you know of who can help with donations. If people want more information, please direct them to the FAQs page on our website: <a href=\"http:\/\/friendsnewundergroundrailroad.org\/faqs\/%20\">http:\/\/friendsnewundergroundrailroad.org\/faqs\/ <\/a>and let us know if you need other information.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<br \/>\nGabi Clayton<br \/>\nFriends New Underground Railroad Co-Manager<br \/>\nand Co-Clerk of <a href=\"http:\/\/olympiafriends.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olympia Monthly Meeting<\/a>\u2018s Peace and Social Justice Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are now raising funds for the planned escape of 25 LGBT individuals who were thrown out of two Ugandan \u201csafe\u201d houses by their landlords. We want to do that immediately, as they are currently harbored close to a location where a large anti-gay rally \u2013 led by evangelical preachers &#8211; is being held in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[11,9],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-alert","category-appeal","tag-action-alert","tag-appeal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}