Hi, my name is Grace. Thank you for visiting my website. I was motivated and inspired to create this website from my own experience. Not many people know that on any given day there are up to 34,000 immigrants in detention facilities across the U.S. Up to 1,000 immigrants are held in detention facilities in Orange County, California alone. I know, because I was one of them.
I spent a year and two weeks inside immigration detention to be exact. I was released in 2017. I came to the US due to extreme domestic violence I experienced in my small island. I came to the U.S. in hope of freedom and a peaceful life. My experience inside immigration detention was one of the most rewarding of my life. This may sound crazy since I was in jail, but I was able to find ways to find joy and satisfaction through serving others. I had never had so many opportunities to serve until I arrived in detention. I started by teaching a basic english class to a small group of women who had never attended school. They wanted to use their time inside detention to learn English. From there I continued to seek out more opportunities to help others in detention. That is when I started to having a new dream. A dream of a life that was no longer about me anymore, but about helping people who desperately needed someone because they did not have anybody else.
I wanted to create this letter writing service because it's hard inside detention when you face your trials and challenges alone. To have at least one person outside of detention who is willing to encourage you and support you means the world. Receiving a letter was one of my favourite things while in detention. It always made my day better and happier just because someone knew I existed and took the time to write to me. Even just a half page brought a smile to my face and lifted my spirit. It made me sad to see many women never receive anything. Either their families were not in the U.S. or their families in their home countries were unable to write a letter and/or go to the post office. Remembering the women who did not receive anything is the reason why I created this website. I wanted to provide the opportunity for people to be able to write to immigration detainees in their own free time.
Additionally, receiving documents for court is a huge problem for detainees since it takes so long for international mail to arrive from their home countries. Waiting on documentation meant having to push back their court dates, ultimately prolonging their time spent in jail.
These simple things may seem like it is not a big deal, or it doesn’t really matter, but it matters to detainees. It would mean the world to them to know that there is someone out there willing to offer their hands of service, or even one heart that is willing to offer them love and care.
If you would like to make a comment, provide helpful feedback on my website, or even just to say hello, I would love to hear from you. You can contact me by email at [email protected] or on Facebook.
It would mean the world to me if you could tell others about my website, initiative and anyone else you feel may benefit by my letter writing service.
With great gratitude, thank you!
I spent a year and two weeks inside immigration detention to be exact. I was released in 2017. I came to the US due to extreme domestic violence I experienced in my small island. I came to the U.S. in hope of freedom and a peaceful life. My experience inside immigration detention was one of the most rewarding of my life. This may sound crazy since I was in jail, but I was able to find ways to find joy and satisfaction through serving others. I had never had so many opportunities to serve until I arrived in detention. I started by teaching a basic english class to a small group of women who had never attended school. They wanted to use their time inside detention to learn English. From there I continued to seek out more opportunities to help others in detention. That is when I started to having a new dream. A dream of a life that was no longer about me anymore, but about helping people who desperately needed someone because they did not have anybody else.
I wanted to create this letter writing service because it's hard inside detention when you face your trials and challenges alone. To have at least one person outside of detention who is willing to encourage you and support you means the world. Receiving a letter was one of my favourite things while in detention. It always made my day better and happier just because someone knew I existed and took the time to write to me. Even just a half page brought a smile to my face and lifted my spirit. It made me sad to see many women never receive anything. Either their families were not in the U.S. or their families in their home countries were unable to write a letter and/or go to the post office. Remembering the women who did not receive anything is the reason why I created this website. I wanted to provide the opportunity for people to be able to write to immigration detainees in their own free time.
Additionally, receiving documents for court is a huge problem for detainees since it takes so long for international mail to arrive from their home countries. Waiting on documentation meant having to push back their court dates, ultimately prolonging their time spent in jail.
These simple things may seem like it is not a big deal, or it doesn’t really matter, but it matters to detainees. It would mean the world to them to know that there is someone out there willing to offer their hands of service, or even one heart that is willing to offer them love and care.
If you would like to make a comment, provide helpful feedback on my website, or even just to say hello, I would love to hear from you. You can contact me by email at [email protected] or on Facebook.
It would mean the world to me if you could tell others about my website, initiative and anyone else you feel may benefit by my letter writing service.
With great gratitude, thank you!
