Lighting The Way: SOJOURN's Annual Giving Campaign

Make your donation to guarantee that LGBTQ+ people – especially our young people – know they are not alone and that unity and solidarity are touchstones throughout the Jewish community and beyond.

Please consider making your donation before the end of the year for 2024 tax benefits or before January 20th of next year – when LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations will surely face a tense and uncertain climate.

Our work is needed because: 

• Only 24 hours after the presidential election, calls to crisis hotlines saw a 700% increase – and the pace of crisis calls around the nation continues to rise.
• The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) paints a bleak picture for LGBTQ+ rights in the South. Of the 11 Southern states, seven states are rated “negative” when it comes to existing laws and policies affecting LGBTQ+ people, and three states, including Georgia, are rated “low”. Distressingly, these ratings do not reflect the new, even more draconian, bills to come.

Our focus for 2025 includes:

• Deftly defending trans and LGBQ+ Youth, and leading legislative advocacy work across the South. We want our young people to have freedom to be their autonomous selves, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity — no exceptions.
• Engaging deeply with Jewish organizations so that our communities understand the dire impact of the election on their gender and sexually diverse members.
• Encouraging Jewish organizations to mobilize all Jews to come together and demonstrate what it means to be an LGBTQ+ ally and an activated partner of SOJOURN.
• Nurturing relationships with our LGBTQ+ youth and their families and to determine what SOJOURN needs to ‘build’ in our Southern communities.