Caribbean Equality Project to celebrate 10 years of advocacy for LGBTQ and immigrant rights

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Caribbean Equality Project to celebrate 10 years of advocacy for LGBTQ and immigrant rights

After a decade of grueling advocacy work, the Caribbean Equality Project (CEP) in Queens is celebrating a major milestone.Mohamed Q. Amin founded CEP in 2015 in Richmond Hill, Queens, on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. “It became a monumental celebration for all LGBTQ people, and for us as an organization, it just amplified the work that we were doing,” said Amin.The incident that sparked the idea for the…