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Baltimore schools are closed today, April 28!

188 schools. 85,000 students overall. 84% of those students rely on free/reduced meals from their schools to have enough to eat every day.

Operation Help or Hush will be serving lunch to students today in 4 locations in West and East Baltimore.

Locations so far:

222 N Bentlou (recreation center) 655 N Bentlou (church) 1121 W Lanvale (church)

You can donate to Operation Help or Hush here.

You can also follow ophelporhush, akacharleswade, and #BaltimoreLunch on Twitter for more info!

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The side of the Baltimore riots you won’t see on TV:

On Monday, the media was quick to paint a single picture of Baltimore: a chaos scene of violence and mayhem filled with images of looting, rioting, the burning of a CVS and the torching of a police car. But on the ground, a very different story unfolded — and these remarkable photos and videos are proof.

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White rioters are usually called “revelers,” “celebrants” and “fans.” They’re not even called “rioters” in many cases. They’re not derided as “criminals,” “thugs,” “pigs” or even “violent.” Those descriptors, as events in Baltimore Monday night reveals yet again, are only reserved for black people. And the disparate reasons for rioting are just as eye-opening.

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Louis’ shoe collection is awesome

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Bangkok, 14/03

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When we say “black lives matter”, it does not imply “white lives don’t matter.”

When we say “women should be respected”, it does not imply “men should not be respected.”

When we say “there’s nothing wrong with being gay”, it does not imply “there’s something wrong with being straight.”

When we say “trans people are people” it does not imply “cis people are not people.”

Us getting rights does not mean your rights are being taken away. You are not a victim. So please stop making everything about you.

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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

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Niall’s like our little brother

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how to help in Nepal

If you didn’t see the post I reblogged earlier–there was a catastrophic earthquake in Nepal. At least 1,200 people have died. Kathmandu was badly hit. It’s a city of over a million people. They’re going to need food, water, and shelter on top of medical help and search and rescue.

Food and bottled water are already running short. People are afraid to go back inside and are sleeping outside despite the cold.

If you can donate here are some reputable charities, who are already on the ground helping in the rescue efforts. And if you cannot donate, please consider reblogging.

Oxfam

The International Red Cross & Red Crescent in Nepal

CARE

Save the Children

you can also donate to your local Red Cross in your country and you can often select to apply the money “to where the need is greatest.”

When donating to charity it’s a good idea to check http://www.charitynavigator.org/ to make sure your money is being put to good use and the charity is not a scam.

And please feel free to add other ways to help.

Google has launched a person finder tool since communications are severely impaired there right now.

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about the earthquake in nepal

(it happened today, april 25, and was measured at 7.8 on the richter scale in case you haven’t heard — which is likely, since i have seen exactly 0 posts on my dash about it)

just after i heard about it, i got a call from my grandmother in Kolkata, India. she told me there had been a large earthquake.

“how did you hear about it?” i asked.

“I didn’t,” she said. “i felt it.”

in case you didn’t know, that’s a distance of over 774 kilometers — 481 miles.

this was the Dharahara tower — one of Nepal’s most famous historical landmarks, and (I believe) a world heritage site:

…and this is what it looked like after the earthquake:

so far, the earthquake has killed nearly 1,000 people, with many more injured. the death toll is expected to rise, as the full damage around the epicenter is not yet known.

this is nepal’s worst earthquake since 1932.

please continue praying for nepal.