22/05/2024
Dear
On our 4rth anniversary, the community would like to present you with the House Mother/ Zonja e Shpis award for creating a safe space for us all where we don't feel so alone and isolated.
Thank you for your love.
Thank you for being a beacon of light.
Thank you for bringing us all together.
Thank you for your work.
Thank you for you compassion
Thank you for your visibility.
Thank you for your activism.
But most of all THANK YOU FOR MOTHERING US ALL ❤️
Rremida Shkoza is an Albanian Diaspora LGBTQ+ Activist and Public Figure. She was born in the great city of Shkodër, Albania and is a proud Albanian-American. Rremida’s family escaped communism in the early 1990s by joining over 7,000 dreamers on a ship going to Brindisi, Italy. Rremida’s family was fortunate to be granted political asylum and move to the United States (US) in 1992.
Since 2001 she has been out and has worked with several LGBTIQ centers such as LGBT center of Raleigh (NC) and LGBT center of Durham (NC). As a member of the LGBTQ+community Rremida has been actively working and fighting for equality with a focus on the Albanian Diaspora. Rremida is the founder of SOFRA, an inclusive group for LGBTQI+ Albanians around the globe. She collaborates with OMSA, Albania on global initiatives. Rremida served as the Executive Director of Dignity Global. Rremida is an active member of the Albanian-American Alliance at Depaul University where she was able for the first time in the US history to offer educational live sessions on LGBTQ+ rights and challenges within the Albanian Community. She is also a member at large of the Albanian American Community, US, where she focuses on building healthy relationships within the Albanian-American community through academic and community educative panels and networking.