Art as Protest, Ink as Solidarity. We also talk with Dexter Komakaru, an Ohio-based artist and the Ohio Immigrant Alliance’s project manager of the Brave of Us Tattoo Design Contest, about how tattoos and art are a form of resistance that goes beyond borders and immigration. 

Make sure to submit a design before the Brave of Us Tattoo Design Contest’s deadline on September 30. 

Show your creativity and solidarity by using art to send the message that we all stand with immigrant communities wherever we live in Ohio and beyond. So after listening to this conversation, submit your designs!

From Welcome to Deportation by Demba Ndiath. We talked with Demba Ndiath, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance’s Advocacy Director, about his first published book, From Welcome to Deportation.

Demba’s book centers the experiences of West African migrants, particularly those from Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, and neighboring countries—Black migrants who are often left out of immigrant narratives. Their journeys through the legal system and their eventual outcomes expose gaps and contradictions often overlooked in immigration.

Demba also offers realistic, timely solutions to fix our immigration system. 

Buy his book here.