First Grace Community Alliance Fundraiser

FGCA's mission is to work with and for people in need, especially women and children, by meeting food, housing and other emergency needs, while simultaneously challenging systemic poverty in the greater New Orleans area. Our two main programs are Hagar's House and Project Ishmael.

Hagar's House is a sanctuary for women, children, trans and gender-nonconforming folks that provides an open and empowering residential community, resource coordination, and a safe space to transition into sustainable housing.

Project Ishmael is a pro bono immigration legal program for children that seeks to meet the immigration legal needs of children through direct representation, coordinate with volunteer attorneys to meet the legal needs of Hagar's House residents, and challenge systemic injustices that allow children and their families to be separated, harassed, deported, or incarcerated based on skin color or immigration status.