Project Hajra is in their third and final year of funding from the Martín-Baró Fund. Over the last several years, the organization’s main project has been its Community Safety Initiative. This work is based on deepening the communities’ understanding that interpersonal violence and gender injustice within the community are linked to the marginal status of Muslims in society. The project organizes meetings and leads discussions about the multiple forms of domestic, community, gendered, economic, and state-sponsored violence.

Project Hajra continued to support the AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian) communities centered around Queens, NYC, They hosted weekly and bi-weekly workshops and discussions centered around the causes of violence and oppression within these communities. The gatherings also focused on enhancing the community members’ knowledge and strategies for organizing radical, grassroots spaces to heal in the face of threats of state-sponsored eradication.

With a final year of funding, Project Hajra will continue to collaborate with the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance to host training sessions related to worker’s justice and strategies for negotiations with employers. They will continue to collaborate with Chhava, a group that focuses on resisting gentrification and supporting local efforts for community housing justice. Both collaborative projects aim to inform local communities of their rights and of the support that Project Hajra offers. Project Hajra will continue to focus on facilitating community conversations and workshops centered around unpaid labor, domestic workers and mobilizing families according to the community’ needs.