The Tea Project Reparations Fund

HeaRT has joined with the Tea Project Reparations Fund to raise funds for Guantánamo survivors.

When someone sits, sips, and reflects over a cup of tea there is space to ask questions about one's relationship to the world: a world that is filled with dehumanization, war, and destruction; a world that is filled with moments of beauty, love, and resistance.

 –Amber Ginsburg and Aaron Hughes, Tea Project (2021)

Reparations are a gesture toward righting wrongs and a pathway to healing. In anticipation of the US Government acknowledging and being held accountable for the use of torture and extralegal detention at Guantánamo, the Fund for Guantánamo Survivors is sending financial relief directly to Guantánamo survivors. This people-led endeavor cannot wait. There is great need among survivors. 

Artists Aaron Hughes and Amber Ginsburg are donating an edition of 780 porcelain cast Styrofoam teacups. Each cup is based on the creative acts of resistance by people imprisoned at Guantánamo drawing on Styrofoam teacups, one for every man held since 2002. 

Everyone who donates $155 or more will receive one porcelain teacup. Anyone donating $25 or more will receive a limited artist edition tea package that includes a special tea blend and preparation instructions based on one of the 48 recipes collected by the Tea Project.