ugh fine my personal blog is not cutting so I’ll post here
DO! NOT! DONATE! TO! AMAZON! CONSERVATION! NGOs! DO NOT!
they don’t act on the root of the problem, they don’t mitigate the effects of deforestation, they do have limited action and they don’t help conserve the forest land outside their very small grounds besides doing little to nothing to help the people who actually live in the amazon and conserve it on a daily basis
DONATE TO THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS INSTEAD
they are organized, they can keep woodcutting companies away from their land, they are getting murdered for it, they are the only reason there is any forest left at all
THIS is a a fund for indigenous peoples of the Amazon (Brasil only)
THIS is a link to donate from abroad to the indigenous women’s march, it has already happened but you can still donate to support the cause
THIS is a link to support the free land camp, and you can email them at [email protected] if you really want to find ways to support them, donations will go to APIB (Brazilian Articulation of Indigenous Peoples) and you can keep up with their news here
(APIB is coordinated by, among others, Sonia Guajajara! so if you know her you know this means shit will get done)
(These are full sentences! You do not need to say any more)
I am not comfortable.
I am not comfortable, I would like…
you to wait a moment.
another person in the room.
everyone else out of the room.
a doctor/nurse of my same gender to preform this test/procedure.
the person who came with me to this appointment in the room.
you to explain everything before you begin.
you to tell me what you are doing as you go.
to do this another day.
I want to get a second opinion before we proceed.
I don’t understand, please repeat that.
I don’t understand, please explain more simply.
Please say that slower/spell that, I want to do some research myself.
I would like to talk to [someone in my life, ie my parents to SO] before making this decision.
No, I do not need to talk to [anyone] before making this decision, I am confidant on my own and am ready to proceed.
What are the side effects of this medication/procedure? What are the potential complications?
Why are you recommending/prescribing this specific thing?
What other treatment options are there? Why are you choosing this?
Would your treatment plan be different if I were a man/woman older/younger had kids, etc? Why are you choosing this one then?
IS there anything I should know about this treatment you have not yet told me?
I understand you say not to, but If I choose to do X, against medical advice, what risks am I running? (ie taking recreational drugs while on medication)
How much will this cost?
Are there any less expensive options/tests we can run first?
Is there a generic of this medication you can prescribe instead?
I think you are not understanding me, I said…
You are not listening to me, please let me finish describing my symptoms.
You are not understanding how much pain I am in, let me clarify…
I do not think it is anxiety/depression/my weight/etc, what else could it potentially be?
I think by assuming it is anxiety/depression/my weight/etc you are ignoring some symptoms. Please listen again and let’s discuss what else it could be.
Please write in my chart that you are not testing for X and why not.
I am in enough pain/this is detrimental enough to my life that non-treatment is not an option. If you can not treat this/figure out what is wrong, to whom can you refer me?
Please write (or help me write) a summary of what we did today so I don’t forget
What are our next steps?
If [what you are recommending] is ineffective, what would my next steps be? What other doctor should I talk to?
What is the best way to contact you if I have additional questions or issues?
Remember, a doctor is a person YOU pay because they know a lot about bodies in general, to help you figure out whats best for YOUR body. It is still your body, not theirs! They know about medicine but you are the expert in your body. Don’t let them act like they own you. Don’t leave if you’ve still got questions, don’t stay if you’re uncomfortable, and feel free to insist on ANY information you want.
When undocumented immigrants are detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), they are held in detention until they go to trial where the court will decide whether they can stay in the country. In some cases, the immigration judge will let them go while they await trial if they first pay a bail bond. Bail is set at a legal minimum of $1,500, but can be much higher. The bond is meant as a deposit to ensure the accused will report to their trial. If they attend all of their court appointments, they can get the money back. But many people have trouble coming up with the funds. The average bail bond issued by the San Francisco immigration courts in 2014 was $3,411 and the average cost of bond in immigration courts nationally is $6,500. Bond amounts could be as high as $80,500 on Central District of California immigration bonds, according to a 2015 study by USC law professor Emily Ryo. Donating to community bond funds can immediately “lead to freedom,” she said. Community bond funds are charities, like RAICES, that use funds to post bail and provide legal defense for detained people.This is one of the fastest ways to reunite immigrants with their family, said Pilar Weiss, project director at the National Bail Fund Network.
DIRECTORY OF CRIMINAL SYSTEM BAIL FUNDS
National organizations funding bail across the U.S.
National Bail Out
The American Bar Association
Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
Freedom for Immigrants
Local organizations funding bail for immigrants
Arizona
Tucson Second Chance Bail Fund
Colorado
Colorado Freedom Fund
California
Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund
Immigrant Families Defense Fund
The Orange County Justice Fund
Connecticut
Connecticut Bail Fund
Immigrant Bail Fund
Florida
LGBTQ Freedom Fund
Hawaii
Hawaii Community Bail Fund
Illinois
Champaign County Bailout Coalition
Chicago Community Bond Fund
Iowa
Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project
Kentucky
Louisville Community Bail Fund
Louisiana
New Orleans Safety & Freedom Fund
YWCA Greater Baton Rouge Community Bail Fund
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bail Fund
Minnesota
Minnesota Freedom Fund
Nebraska
Omaha Freedom Fund
Nevada
Vegas Freedom Fund
New York City
Bronx Freedom Fund
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Lorena Borjas Community Fund
WSLS Bail Fund
New York State
Columbia County Bail Fund
EOC of Suffolk Inc. Charitable Bail Fund
OAR of Tompkins County Bail Fund
Syracuse Jail Ministry
North Carolina
Southern Coalition for Social Justice Bail Fund
Alamance County Community Bail Fund
North Carolina Community Bail Fund of Durham
Oregon
Portland Freedom Fund
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County Bail Fund
Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
Philadelphia Bail Fund
Tennessee
Hamilton County Community Bail Fund
Memphis Community Bail Fund
Nashville Community Bail Fund
Texas
Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee Fianza Fund
Community Bail Fund of North Texas
Virginia
Richmond Community Bail Fund
Roanoke Community Bail Fund
Charlottesville Community Resilience Fund
Washington
Northwest Community Bail Fund
Wisconsin
Free the 350 Bail Fund
DIRECTORY OF IMMIGRATION BOND FUNDS
National organizations across the U.S.
Freedom for Immigrants National Bond Fund
Haitian Immigrant Bond Assistance Project
LGBTQ Freedom Fund
RAICES Bond Fund
Arizona
Pima Monthly Meeting Immigration Bond Fund
California
Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund
Immigrant Families Defense Fund
Orange County Justice Fund
San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium – Borderlands Get Free Fund
Colorado
Immigrant Freedom Fund of Colorado
Connecticut
Immigrant Bail Fund
Iowa
Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project
Massachusetts
Beyond Bail & Legal Defense Fund
Michigan
Kent County Immigration Bond for Our Neighbor’s Defense Fund
Minnesota
Minnesota Freedom Fund
New Hampshire
NH Conference UCC Immigrant and Refugee Support Group
New York
LIFE Bond Fund (New Sanctuary Coalition)New York Immigrant Freedom Fund
Ohio (includes Northern Kentucky)
3R Fund for Immigrants
Texas
Fronterizo Fianza Fund
Hutto Community Deportation Defense & Bond Fund
RAICES Texas Bond Fund
Vermont
Vermont Freedom Bail Fund
Virginia
Cville Immigrant Bond Fund
Washington
Fair Fight Immigrant Bond Fund
White people denying their white privilege is always a relevant discussion, but seeing how the first panel starts with preferential (discriminatory) immigration practices, this seems especially relevant on this 4th of July.
Government agencies are grappling to respond to the number of immigrants coming into the country. Many tax-funded shelters housing immigrants are overcrowded, and there are reports some have substandard living conditions. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help.
provides legal services and representation to detained parents. It’s seeking volunteers to represent low-income individuals and families.
On Saturday, a Democratic state representative tweeted that border patrol officials told him that they were not accepting donations for immigrant children. Still, we’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to try to help children separated from their parents and asylum seekers at the Texas-Mexico border:
http://www.americangateways.org/ - provides legal services and representation to detained parents. It’s seeking volunteers to represent low-income individuals and families.
https://www.facebook.com/angrytiasandabuelas/ - delivers financial support to local shelters; transportation to and from bus stations, airports and shelters; and emergency food, water, clothing and toiletries to individuals and families seeking asylum. They are accepting donations.
https://annunciationhouse.org/ - shelters families detained and separated by ICE on the El Paso/Juarez border.
https://www.houstonimmigration.org/members/bakerripley/ - is providing free or low-cost legal services throughout the Houston immigrant community.
https://www.catholiccharitiesrgv.org/Home.aspx - provides a place for men, women and children to rest, have a warm meal, shower, change into clean clothes, as well as receive medicine and other supplies.
http://www.dmrs-ep.org/ - says it’s the only full-service immigration legal aid clinic serving low-income immigrants and refugees in the southwestern U.S.
https://immigrantfamiliestogether.com/ - works to bond out asylum seekers and reunite them with their children. It also provides food to families and government and foster-agency-approved housing to expedite reunifications. The group is accepting donations.
https://www.immigrantjusticenow.org/current-initiatives - is working to provide supplies, like bus tickets, Pedialyte, shoes, prepaid cellphones and underwear, to immigrant families and children.
https://interfaithwelcomecoalition.org/ - assists refugees, asylum seekers and at-risk immigrants. They have an overnight shelter at Travis Park Methodist Church and help migrants get transportation — buses or planes — as they travel to other places through San Antonio.
http://njfon.org/ - provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant individuals and families in Texas.
https://supportkind.org/ - partners with major law firms, corporations and bar associations to create a nationwide pro bono network to represent unaccompanied children through their immigration proceedings. Volunteers don’t need to have immigration law experience.
https://lppshelter.org/ - in San Benito runs a shelter for people in the legal process of seeking asylum, residency or some other legal alternatives.
https://www.raicestexas.org/ - is a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant children, families and refugees in Texas. It’s accepting donations and volunteers at its website.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/immigration/projects_initiatives/south_texas_pro_bono_asylum_representation_project_probar/ - s looking for volunteers and attorneys (even ones not experienced in immigration law) to provide legal services to asylum seekers detained in South Texas.
https://texascivilrightsproject.org - is looking for bilingual attorneys who can help represent detained and separated parents during their immigration proceedings.
http://www.trla.org/ - provides legal advice and prepares detainees for credible fear interviews at the Dilley detention center. They recently expanded to another detention center in the Houston-area.
http://www.cilacademy.org/ - has pro bono attorneys representing children in immigration-related proceedings. It’s also providing specialized training to legal service providers and volunteers who are serving unaccompanied immigrant children.
https://hrionline.org - provides free legal services to immigrants who are seeking asylum in the U.S. and immigrants who are victims of violence.
https://migrantcenter.org/ - is providing free and low-cost legal services for detained asylum seekers in Texas.
https://vvbhcoalition.com/ - supports refugees by providing them with access to phones, restrooms, showers, laundry and warm meals.
https://www.theyoungcenter.org/ - is accepting donations that will go toward providing more child advocates for immigrant kids inside the detention centers weekly and accompany them to immigration proceedings.
https://togetherrising.org/ - is collecting money that’ll go toward defenders, prosecutors and advocates who are working to reunify immigrant children with their families.
PLEASE SHARE THIS USEFUL INFORMATION IT COULD SAVE LIVES!!!
There are lots of ways to help in political crises. Protesting, voting, joining unions, calling your asshole representatives so they know their days in office are numbered, making sure people know their rights, protecting immigrants and minorities-in-general who live in your neighborhood, etc. are all good,
but in terms of the human rights violations happening in America right now, here’s something more immediate you can do.
If you’re in a financial place to make donations, check out these links. If not, spreading the word on any tangible way to make a difference will help; if you have a twitter, you could retweet the original thread here: twitter.com/sarahmirk/status/1143201552657575937
I don’t usually make these posts myself, but my influence on Twitter is practically nil, so here I am.
If ICE shows up to your house with an ICE warrant, they can’t get into your house and search your property and documents unless you let them. If they have a warrant signed by a judge, they can.
I’m seeing a lot of tags on the posts talking about the concentration camps asking what to do. I think now is one of those times when it’s really important to “think global; act local.”
You might not be able to have material impact on any of the children at a specific facility if you’re across the country or states away. But you can have an impact on people being detained in your own county.
Freedom for Immigrants has a map of all the detention centers in the country. Look up those closest to you.
You can use this website to look up the number of people detained (and the name of the detention center) nearest you.
For example, say I live in Suffolk County, MA.
I can find that the latest numbers retrieved in Dec 2018 there were 17 people held at the Suffolk County House of Corrections.
Once you know the location, you can look up that detention center and “ICE” to get news articles about protests from inside or outside the facility. Look for the organizations involved, and reach out to them. I guarantee they have lots of work that needs to be done and will be grateful for your help.
PSA: ICE vermin will be raiding Chicago this weekend. Be safe, if undocumented. All the rest of the US should make their lives hell in the most disruptive ways possible.
Miami, FL will be one of the first cities where ICE officials are expected to crack down on immigrants with final orders of removal. The rai
“Immigration agents will target Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, and San Francisco this weekend, sources from congressional offices and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the Miami Herald.
Earlier this week, a Trump administration official confirmed that ICE will specifically target for deportation as many as 1 million people “who have been issued final deportation orders by federal judges yet remain at large in the country.”
so you’ve probably seen the post going around detailing the horrific human rights abuses in what are, undeniably, concentration camps in the US…. accompanied by the suggestion that the only thing you can do is call your senators.
it’s unfathomable to me that someone would see we have actual nazi death camps in our country, and think the solution is writing to the politicians who allowed it to happen.
i have yet to see a post on any social media that has meaningfully helpful suggestions for how to get involved, so:
this article offers a number of suggestions including getting involved with your local chapter of Sanctuary Not Deportation, which connects faith groups to offer sanctuary to immigrants fleeing ICE. it also has a comprehensive list of immigrant-lead organizations to get involved with or donate to, as well as a link to crowdfund for detainee’s phone bills, which allows them to contact their families, legal counsel, and inform the outside world of the realities they are facing in detention.
here is a link for finding detention centers near you. there are many rallies directly outside of these camps you can participate in, and physically going to them is crucial in liberation efforts.
posting bond for detained immigrants is still one of the best ways to get people out of the death camps, even though ICE is increasingly unwilling to participate. the linked article has a list of both federal and state-by-state bail funds/organizations.
host a refugee if you have the room. Room For Refugees is still trying to build a network in the US. keeping people out of ICE’s grip and preventing detention in the first place is the best thing we can do because these camps are becoming more and more impenetrable.
help the legal organizations helping immigrants near you; if you’re anywhere close to NYC the New Sanctuary Coalition needs volunteers/donations, and if you’re on the border get involved with Texas Civil Rights Project.
on top of free legal aid, the NSC specifically also organizes rapid responses to ICE raids, which is one of the most important things you can do – there are many local networks already in place, but here is how to organize a rapid response network if your city doesn’t have one.
one of the easiest things we can all do is learn the rights of immigrants in this country, and how to react to ICE raids. spread this information to everyone you know and keep the toolkit in easy access on your phone.
the only government policy that can make an immediate and tangible impact is municipal policy; push your local politicians to support or build sanctuary city initiatives – here is a toolkit for local political action.
finally, get involved with local antifa and leftist orgs! follow their social media to get updates on calls to action and protests happening near you. i cannot stress enough how important it is to be aware of efforts in your own city. antifa international’s tumblr is one page you can follow, but please research the orgs specifically in your area that are fighting the rise of fascism. the torch network has a list of chapters in several cities around the US, but again this is just a place to start.
i encourage everyone to find at least ONE thing from this list you can do, beyond donating. i know we are all stressed and have our time/energy zapped by capitalism, but if we do nothing, nothing will change. and please share these links wherever you can – copy and paste this post or at least share the first article i linked.
fascism is here, NOW, and we need to step up, because no one is going to invade us to free the camps this time.
hey so uhhh here’s an important update on what’s apparently happening at the border, especially with the use of the old japanese internment camps
all i can say is i’m sickened by this mess, by the atrocities committed against innocent people. and now there will be no surveillance. no one will be able to see what happens to these people. the UN, the media, and any other human rights organizations cannot get into these facilities, either, in order to stop what’s happening. by the way, coast guard members were apparently aiding in this process as well. so now it’s only a matter of time before it becomes a military movement.
no one gets in. no one gets out.
so when are we going to call this what it is? it’s fascism. it’s genocide. and if we don’t stop it now, it’s going to be disastrous.
contact your senators, your representatives, anyone that’s in office that can get off their lazy ass and do something.
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CBP then transfers these human beings to a facility called “the Dog Pound.” (Here, my friend started crying.) The “Dog Pound” is comprised of cages, outside and on dirt, with no protection from the elements. Don’t look away.
There are dozens of teen moms there. There is no baby food. While there, my friend saw a CBP agent take a baby from her teenage mother, strip the baby of its clothes, hand the baby back to the mother, and send them outside to the “Dog Pound” to sleep in the dirt.
The “Dog Pound” has no running water, no covers, no tarp, no care, no safety from the elements. It is freezing at night, and deathly hot during the day. Everyone is sick. My friend said she saw a baby on this trip that was so sick “I thought it would be dead by morning.”
Toddlers in the “Dog Pound” who had been eating solid food are given only infant formula. Moms are trying to start breast feeding again so their children don’t starve. These moms are dehydrated, sick, & have walked miles through desert with no water. CBP gives them nothing.
It gets worse. Don’t look away. From the “Dog Pound,” these human beings are moved to an area called “The Freezer.“ The Freezer is kept at 55 degrees. Some of the refugees who are moved there are still wet from their journey, and are put in The Freezer wet.
CBP is keeping human beings in “The Freezer” for weeks at a time. WEEKS. Including critically ill people, disabled people, sick children, teenage mothers with babies. The floor of The Freezer is made of dirt or very rough concrete. There are no beds. Keep reading.
From “The Freezer,” refugees are supposed to be moved to ICE facilities that are designed for residential care. They have beds, food, bathrooms. However, (keep reading) THOSE FACILITIES ARE EMPTY. ICE IS SHUTTING THEM DOWN. Don’t look away.
What our government is doing instead is moving refugees to MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. The announcement about Fort Sill, which was used as a Japanese internment camp, is only the start.So why would our government be doing this?
Here’s why: These concentration camps (let’s call them what they are) will be under the control of the Department of Homeland Security, but within the Department of Defense.
Unlike ICE facilities, which allow site inspectors inside, there will be no inspection of military-run camps. The military will be able to deny access to anyone it chooses. No media. No oversight.
Lawyers will not be allowed in. Human rights monitors will not be allowed in. The camps will also be protected airspace, meaning that no drones can fly over them to take pictures of what’s going on inside.
Literally all good white people SHOULD have this internal conflict… it means you care enough to want to understand but know that its not something you should drop on black friends out of the blue… maybe if you get really close with them or your friend starts talking about politics or a recent news event ask them to talk about it… and just listen for a spell and maybe ask some questions that further go on about it… but know your limit if you see that they feel like they don’t want to talk about it anymore don’t goad them… if they ask you why you asked just tell them the last panel of the meme
Until September 2nd, if you’re under 18, you can receive free lunch at public library branches in NYC (proof of age shouldn’t be required), and from trucks at certain locations around the city. Some schools should be open and providing them, too!!
[Image Description: Image 1 features a drawing of a transgender male with brown hair who is wearing a white binder. There is text above the drawing that reads “With trans awareness week coming to a close, it is necessary to mention the things of which cis people are completely unaware.”
Image 2 has text at the top that reads “Like jobs and universities setting trap questions in their applications in order to deny trans applicants.” Below the text there is a drawing of a laptop screen with the question “1. What is your sex at birth?” followed by two choices, male or female. Below that, there is a second question on the laptop screen which reads “2. Care to share more about your gender identity?”
Image 3 has text that reads “Like districts sending trans people to their most transphobic judges when applying for a name or gender marker change.” There is a drawing below this that shows a judge hammer on top of desk with 2 pieces of paper underneath the judge hammer.
Image 4 features text that reads “Like the fact that a trans person’s average lifespan is 50 years younger than a cis person’s.” Below that, there is a drawing of a newspaper with the headline “Transgender Murder”.
Image 5 has text at the top that reads “Like the selective service excluding trans men from applying for federal financial aid for university” There is a drawing below that featuring the same trans male from earlier looking at a piece of paper with “FAFSA” written at the top. The male is looking at the piece of paper with a sad expression and is hunched up and leaning on a table which the piece of paper is on.
Image 6 shows the text “like the transphobic medical system that prevents trans people from having access to lifesaving medicine and care.” Below there is a drawing of a bottle of pills, a bottle of medicine and a needle, all laying on a table.
Image 7 has the text “Like private institutions denying entry to trans people because they do not have to follow state law. Like the bullying of trans children that school administrators do not remedy but participate in. Like the physical pain trans people endure to modify their bodies in order to be safe out in the world. Like the horrific self-hatred society instills in every and all trans people.”
Image 8 features text at the top that reads “Educate yourselves. Don’t actively participate in ignorance. Our government is complicit in killing trans people.” Below that, there is a drawing of the trans male from earlier images from a side angle, showing his face and top of body. There is a drawing of the transgender flag behind him. End ID]
