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Lulu’s 24 Days of Christmas - Day 1

Destiny’s Child - 8 Days of Christmas (2001) dir. Sanaa Hamri

I don't think this is being widely covered by national news, but Western Alaska has been devastated by Typhoon Halong. Thousands of people are out of their homes, the coastal Yup'ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk had 6.6 feet of water above normal. Dozens of people were rescued swimming in icy waters, houses have been ripped off their foundations, one woman is dead, three people are still missing, and most people are sheltering in the community schools. This is a roadless, remote area where it's difficult to get supplies and help in, heading into winter. Consider giving towards the Native-coordinated disaster response sending food and other supplies if you can.

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RIP Miss Major

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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.

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A good way to honor Miss Major's memory, if you have the ability to, would be a donation to the Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project Black Trans Cultural Center.

This is a project originally led by Miss Major herself and aims to provide political education, leadership development, re-entry resources following incarceration, and legal advocacy to Black and Brown members of the transgender, gender-variant, and intersex community.

Donate today and help TGIJP continue in the fight for self-determination, gender justice, and abolition! Donate Today!

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Thousands of Palestinians return north from southern Gaza along al Rashid Street after the ceasefire came into effect. But with around 90% of their houses destroyed by Israel, many may find nothing left of the places they once called home.