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. I know this 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 the extreme domestic violence that I experienced in my small island. I came to the U.S. in hope for freedom and a peaceful life. My experience inside immigration detention was one of the most rewarding days 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 others until I arrived in detention. I started by teaching a basic english class to a small group of women who had never attended school in their lives, and who wanted to use their time inside detention to learn English. From there I continued to seek more ways that I could help women in detention, and that is when I started to have a new dream on my own. A dream for my life that was no longer about me anymore, but about helping people who desperately needed someone because they do 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 I was inside 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. Although it made me sad to see a lot of women who never received anything because they did not have family in the U.S. or because their family 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 also wanted to provide the opportunity for people to be able to write to immigration detainees in their own free time. Not only that, receiving documents for court is a huge problem for detainees since it takes so long for international mail to arrive from their home countries. This would mean having to have their court dates postponed, which meant more days 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 be much appreciated if you could tell your friends about my website, and anyone else that you feel may benefit by my letter writing service.
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 the extreme domestic violence that I experienced in my small island. I came to the U.S. in hope for freedom and a peaceful life. My experience inside immigration detention was one of the most rewarding days 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 others until I arrived in detention. I started by teaching a basic english class to a small group of women who had never attended school in their lives, and who wanted to use their time inside detention to learn English. From there I continued to seek more ways that I could help women in detention, and that is when I started to have a new dream on my own. A dream for my life that was no longer about me anymore, but about helping people who desperately needed someone because they do 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 I was inside 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. Although it made me sad to see a lot of women who never received anything because they did not have family in the U.S. or because their family 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 also wanted to provide the opportunity for people to be able to write to immigration detainees in their own free time. Not only that, receiving documents for court is a huge problem for detainees since it takes so long for international mail to arrive from their home countries. This would mean having to have their court dates postponed, which meant more days 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 be much appreciated if you could tell your friends about my website, and anyone else that you feel may benefit by my letter writing service.
