Kerry Phelan Designs philanthropic work is in progression with goal 10 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to reduce inequality

Embroidered Tote Bag and Mask Sets Fundraisers to support many causes, from a Black Trans Lives Matter raffle Set for For The Gworls, a close the camps tote for United We Are, a Black Lives Matter tote for The Loveland Foundation, and many more to come. Read more about these causes below.

Black Trans Lives Matter Raffle Set For the Gworls

It’s time for another tote bag fundraiser and time to keep showing up for black trans folk! Kerry Phelan Designs recently raffled off the sustainable Black Trans Lives Matter bag and mask/scrunchie set.

Asking customers and followers to give $5 to enter the raffle, donating 100% of the proceeds to For The Gworls , an organization that provides rent relief and healthcare support to Black trans women and femmes. Thank you to all of the people who helped show up for a community facing grave injustices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A winner has been drawn and we were able to donate $170 through your generosity to For The Gworls. Thank you!

Close Camps Tote Raffle for United We Dream

Yesterday, a previous ICE detention facility worker in Irwin county Georgia filed a complaint revealing the abuses of ICE at the detention center including that detained immigrant and refugee women were being coerced into mass hysterectomy and forced sterilization. Interviews with women detained at the center include reports of lack of consent, lack of clear info, and many woman who have undergone intense trauma and lasting changes to their reproductive health.

Forced sterilization and reproductive coercion is NOT new in this country. Please take some time to research the Long history of reproductive atrocities on black and brown women in the United States. The ICE’s abuse of immigrant rights has resulted in thousands of deaths. During the pandemic the number of deaths has doubled due to unsanitary conditions and in humane treatment. We must act NOW. This is a human rights issue, a feminist issue, and an anti racist issue.

Kerry Phelan Designs recently raffled off the sustainable ‘close camps’ bag. Asking customers and followers to give $5 to enter the raffle, donating 100% of the proceeds to United We Dream, the largest youth led immigrant network in the country. Through the fundraiser we were able to raise $270 in 24 hours for @unitedwedream

Black Lives Matter Tote Bid Loveland Foundation

In support of the Black Lives, Kerry Phelan Designs auctioned off the sustainable Black Lives Matter tote bag asking customers and followers to bid money on the bag over 24 hours, 100% of the proceeds being donated to The Loveland Foundation.

The Loveland Foundation is a foundation committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. Our resources and initiatives are collaborative and they prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing. We are becoming the ones we’ve been waiting for. @thelovelandfoundation

Vote for Vote.org | Autumn 2020 Election Masks

VOTE Mask collaboration designed by Emma Madia X KPDesigns! Fun graphics to help spread the message to get out and VOTE! Visit https://www.vote.org/ to get registered to vote! 30% of the proceeds from the masks will be donated to https://wokevote.us/ and https://bailproject.org/

In March when COVID-19 first struck, like most sewers, I started sewing and donating as many masks as I could to family, friends and healthcare providers. I quickly began using my time and resources to support the Boston community by creating and donating handmade cloth masks. As the pandemic spread, my work grew and before I knew it, I was shipping supplies to hospitals, shelters and essential workers all along the East Coast. 

In order to increase production, I started a fundraiser that would allow me to donate one mask for every mask sold. Thanks to this initiative, around 2,000 masks have been donated in the past 5 months to local healthcare providers in the Boston area!

A list of some hospitals and shelters we donated to: Mass General Hospital, Yale New Haven Hospital, Carney Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Healthcare for The Homeless, Father Bill's Shelter Quincy, Boston Medical Center, Boston South Shore Hospital, Aspire Health, Beth Israel, Mass Eye and Ear, Santander Bank, Quincy, Tufts Medical, Montilios, Quincy, Many more healthcare providers and essential workers along the East Coast, and Hundreds of BLACK LIVES MATTER masks to protesters in Boston, NYC, Upstate NY, Minneapolis, LA & CT.

For more resources on the Black Lives Matter movement visit https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/, For more resources on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals visit: https://sdgs.un.org/goals, Vote Mask Selfie: Nisha Stickles @businessinsider @insider, Vote Mask Graphic Design: Emma Media www.beautycounter.com/emmamadia, First Three Graphics: Harlie Yeldezian https://lnk.bio/0uiW , Fourth Graphic ‘Girl in Mask’: Elena Flordeliz https://elenaflordeliz.myportfolio.com/work, KerryPhelanDesign Mask Graphics & Type: Max Thomas, Last Three Graphics: Julia Donovan @juliadonovan_visuals, Last Two Photographs: Eric Blamoville photographed by Kevin Gaurdia @printvivid, I would like to thank all of the beautiful people pictured above, my friends and family, and love Nicolas Thomas who helped make all of this happen!