Meet Edafe Okporo, Helping Refugees Redefine Home in New York | Meet a Participant

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  • Опубліковано 7 лис 2021
  • What does home mean to you? Edafe Okporo is helping refugees redefine home in New York. He established the RDJ Refugee Shelter, which currently is the only shelter in New York City to provide support and care for refugees experiencing homelessness…
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  • @nathanmalik1697
    @nathanmalik1697 2 роки тому +2

    Yay! A Nigerian. Love from Lagos.

  • @cmiro3069
    @cmiro3069 2 роки тому +5

    The 'goodbyes never said' made me cry! My father came to this country as a refugee; seeking political asylum. Home is what you make of it and it is comprised of the 'family' you choose. God bless you for welcoming others who feel lost! 🙏

  • @whatheavensaid
    @whatheavensaid 2 роки тому +2

    Bless you! 💖💖💖 I thank God that you came to the U.S. We need you. The world needs you!

  • @eduardopadilla5505
    @eduardopadilla5505 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent first participant!

  • @somayh
    @somayh 2 роки тому +5

    Home, such a deep concept. Love this, and the poem in the end is so emotionally captivating.

  • @whitorse
    @whitorse 2 роки тому +2

    What a beautiful story! The world needs more people like this and more soulpancake to share their stories 😊

  • @earth2ellie
    @earth2ellie Рік тому

    ❤ bless him that he’s helping others to not go through what he did. 😢 Immigration is such something that needs a reform but grateful a community was created

  • @wellingtonsboots4074
    @wellingtonsboots4074 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this, i enjoyed hearing Edafe's story. Refugees have so much to offer yet they are so put down. Here's hoping that one day things will change

  • @voices7198
    @voices7198 2 роки тому +1

    Those is so profound. I love it. And may your joy for to be you know no bounds.

  • @DrJustininJapan
    @DrJustininJapan 2 роки тому +2

    thank you for this video!!

  • @ButterflySeraph612
    @ButterflySeraph612 2 роки тому

    Although I am not part of the refugee community (I am a second-gen immigrant), I am an activist, and immigration issues as a whole are tied to my very being. I almost cried watching this video, though, because as an activist, what he is living now is the closest I see as a dream: the work will never be done, but the support will be forever unwavering. I almost cried! But this has definitely reinvigorated my love for activism.

  • @christopherholvenstot9624
    @christopherholvenstot9624 2 роки тому

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @tuiyastudio4463
    @tuiyastudio4463 2 роки тому

    "I'm always looking for home in everything"

  • @tuiyastudio4463
    @tuiyastudio4463 2 роки тому

    That food looks so delish

  • @potatototem4342
    @potatototem4342 2 роки тому +2

    HE UPLOADED AGAIN YAYY

  • @tionytttiony5219
    @tionytttiony5219 2 роки тому +3

    Hey I liked

  • @storydoc2115
    @storydoc2115 2 роки тому

    It would be great if you could review "What They Meant For Evil" by Sudanese-American author Rebecca Deng. Great book! Rebecca was born in Sudan, which is present day South Sudan. She left her village as child during the Second Sudanese Civil war, grew up in the Kakuma refugee camp, and then came to the USA at age 15 with the Lost Girl and Lost Boy program. Today, Rebecca is an international speaker and advocate for girls' education, refugee/immigrant, Peace and democracy.

  • @Gamerboyvr141
    @Gamerboyvr141 2 роки тому

    I like the young kid president

  • @biggesthaterontheinternet
    @biggesthaterontheinternet 2 роки тому +3

    Dragged out of his house and beaten just for being gay.. God, that hurt my heart. Awful.

  • @amrealviper43
    @amrealviper43 2 роки тому

    anybody remember kid president?

  • @user-zx7my5jd1c
    @user-zx7my5jd1c 2 роки тому

    Where tf kid president at