{"id":12638,"date":"2025-11-05T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=12638"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:17:35","slug":"ohio-immigrant-alliance-family-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/ohio-immigrant-alliance-family-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Immigrant Alliance Family Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11283\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lynn-tramonte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11283\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lynn-tramonte-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lynn-tramonte-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lynn-tramonte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lynn-tramonte-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lynn-tramonte.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynn Tramonte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Columbus, October 31, 2025:\u00a0Ohio Immigrant Alliance is hosting its first-ever Family Reunion and Fundraiser on November 15, 2025 at Chez Rama\u00a0from 4-7pm (3669 E. Livingston Ave), a popular Senegalese restaurant. The entire community is invited! Details and a quote from OIA\u00a0Executive Director Lynn Tramonte\u00a0follow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Performer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F@ohioimmigrant%2Fvideo%2F7546652376610983198\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/rYkeT-gu1cLxGRWpLjbr-Do2tjc=450\">Habi Gawlo<\/a>, renowned West African griot and Columbus resident. Find additional examples of Habi\u2019s beautiful performances on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F@ohioimmigrant\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/PmT483_KTKoRBuJ_2R_Ya-EioVA=450\">OIA\u2019s TikTok page<\/a>, from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.ohioimmigrant.org%2Fblog%2F2025%2F04%2F15%2Fpulaagam-a-celebration-of-fulani-heritage\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/tdWkrky0fbeJkWHdkC26QcY_7cc=450\">Pulaagam: A Celebration of Fulani Heritage<\/a>. Reunion attendees will be invited to participate in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Flatramonte.us19.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu=fc2a74b03bd9c450cd2ffc7b1%26id=7a790e0d21%26e=1ad22d08ca\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/nvPl_CsKNnEx7gq0oCDfTwddXL0=450\">juurgal<\/a>\u00a0and should bring dollar bills.<\/li>\n<li>Special Guests:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2025%2Fsep%2F25%2Fimam-freed-trump-deportation-cincinnati\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/xJEG_9c7QeeK_a-YLt5R4F1A4m0=450\">Ayman Soliman<\/a>, the Cincinnati leader who recently won reinstatement of his asylum status and\u00a0Ger\u00f3nimo Ram\u00edrez, Maya Ixil, co-founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fcomunidadsol2023%2F\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/G5qWn_WytepD9yj1H85XkCG54JU=450\">Comunidad Sol<\/a>\u00a0in northeast Ohio, will make remarks.<\/li>\n<li>Logistics:\u00a0RSVP at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F1450979249319710\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/oIb3ezSY0GlMBgxSS-tBHIpfKfU=450\">Facebook link<\/a>. Book hotel rooms\u00a0through OIA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fapogee.link%2Fohioimmigrant\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/43WxrPDxDh384JGYn1l09lJBpfs=450\">Apogee link<\/a>, and a donation will be made to the organization.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase family reunion t-shirts\u00a0at the event, or online at OIA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FOIAshirt\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/Hh9k9e1XQZKZbKTfjYYDXvNzV4E=450\">Bonfire store<\/a>. Other items for purchase include lawn flags, belt bags, water bottles, and shirts for every member of the family, featuring artwork by\u00a0Cincinnati high school student\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.bizjournals.com%2Fcincinnati%2Fnews%2F2024%2F03%2F01%2Foxford-nonprofit-maketank-helps-immigrant-students.html\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/JvMbQF8wvDtmlAuO1toPYPBQGII=450\">Shema Asifiwe<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fbuy.stripe.com%2FeVa6rX2eb4ODdd6cMM\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/_FMWNNYXeS4Rw7v-kcWZMT8tqSo=450\">Donate<\/a>\u00a0to the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Said\u00a0Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance,\u00a0\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where you were born. If you have chosen to make Ohio your home and are building a good life here, this is where you belong. It\u2019s been a hard year for everyone, including immigrants, whose right to remain with their families is under threat. The Ohio Immigrant Alliance Family Reunion is a time to come together and appreciate the fact that we are still here. We have each other. We\u2019re going to take a night off and just celebrate being together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOIA is a group of US-born citizens and immigrants working to make Ohio a better place for everyone. We know that migration is something that has always happened, since the beginning of time, and always will. People move across the state and across continents \u2014 for safety or opportunity, and sometimes both \u2014 every single day. Who wouldn\u2019t do anything they can think of, to take care of their families?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe immigrants I know are strong, courageous, and love their families, just like people born here. And if the U.S. immigration laws\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fohiocapitaljournal.com%2F2025%2F03%2F05%2Fthe-way-people-think-immigration-works-and-the-way-it-really-does%2F\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/aMLCOzbvRnHxSMiWJQtPa32UJUI=450\">don\u2019t work the way we think they should<\/a>, that\u2019s something politicians need to fix. Instead of scapegoating immigrants and pitting people against each other, politicians need to do their jobs and pass reasonable immigration laws. The ones we have today were written over a century ago, and they don\u2019t apply to today\u2019s realities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need to separate families and deport immigrants who are just trying to work and take care of their loved ones. We don\u2019t need to let our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.ohioimmigrant.org%2Fblog%2F2025%2F02%2F27%2Fohio-is-home-1000-expansion-of-ice-jail-in-ohio-is-bad-for-communities-and-bad-for-our-state%3Frq=jail%2520bad%2520for%2520Ohio\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/4caQu5sz8UNR5Sj9KcuTi71rFXw=450\">county jails become warehouses<\/a>\u00a0for the Trump administration&#8217;s deportation machine. We can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/%2Fs%2FOhio-Immigration-Jail-Decarceration-Case-Examples-1-4pam.pdf\/1\/0100019a3aebfaa2-fdbf1ffd-1a89-4ad0-91bf-b42fdc33dba9-000000\/3xgH6S2aMeyCugFc8mqlEiJGrYg=450\">say no<\/a>\u00a0to ICE contracts in Ohio; we\u2019ve done it before. We can choose a different, more humane approach. That\u2019s what the Ohio Immigrant Alliance is working for. We invite everyone who wants to learn more about us to attend our family reunion on November 15. Ohio is home, and if you agree you are part of our Ohio Immigrant Alliance family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Online at https:\/\/www.ohioimmigrant.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/31\/attend-our-family-reunion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus, October 31, 2025:\u00a0Ohio Immigrant Alliance is hosting its first-ever Family Reunion and Fundraiser on November 15, 2025 at Chez Rama\u00a0from 4-7pm (3669 E. Livingston Ave), a popular Senegalese restaurant. The entire community is invited! Details and a quote from OIA\u00a0Executive Director Lynn Tramonte\u00a0follow. Performer:\u00a0Habi Gawlo, renowned West African griot and Columbus resident. 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