Hey yโall! I wanted to make a post about my new account @dontspillthefrijoles43
I didnโt wanna clutter up this blogโI donโt I am gonna be writing for the IT fandom anymore. Iโve move on from that fandomโhonestly I kept saying I might get back into but at this point I donโt think so :/
But for now this new blog focuses on my specific new/revisited obsessions (Ex: pjo)
Being asexual and racist is embarassing as fuck. Being racist at all is obviously embarassing as fuck but the amount of racism and especially antiblackness i have been seeing from asexuals recently is obscene.
One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.
And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.
Edit: why are you all too scared to repost this. Cmon. Be vocal about being against racism
Remember to be safe when doing some friendly neighborhood โredecoratingโ! We totally support the government here! (No we donโt, literally ICE can go fuck themselves)
Remember these names and know them well. These are innocent people who have been murdered simply because of their race and because those ICE assholes wanted to. These people had friends, coworkers, partners, mothers, fathers, children, and families. They had ambitions, dreams, and goals that they never got to achieve because their lives were snuffed out, they were murdered. Simple as that. We as a society cannot accept this, we must stand up.
In Loving Memory of:
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez
Genry Ruiz Guillรฉn
Serawit Gezahegn Dejene
Maksym Chernyak
Juan Alexis Tineo-Martinez
Brayan Garzรณn-Rayo
Nhon Ngoc Nguyen
Marie Ange Blaise
Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado
Jesus Molina-Veya
Johnny Noviello
Isidro Pรฉrez
Tien Xuan Phan
Chaofeng Ge
Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas
Oscar Rascon Duarte
Norlan Guzman-Fuentes
Miguel รngel Garcรญa Medina
Santos Banegas Reyes
Ismael Ayala-Uribe
Huabing Xie
Leo Cruz-Silvia
Hassan Ali MohโD Saleh
Josuรฉ Castro Rivera
Gabriel Garcia Avile
Kai Yin Wong
Francisco Gaspar-Andrรฉs
Pete Sumalo Montejo
Shiraz Fatehali Sachwani
Jean Wilson Brutus
Found Saeed Abdulkadir
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez
Nenko Stanev Gantchev
Keith Porter
Renee Nicole Good
May they rest in peace and may their families find solace.
Please let me know if there are any mistakes, autocorrect hates me.
I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and ignores us.
I am writing these words with tears streaming down my face. I can no longer bear this pain. My wife is suffering from a severe deficiency in vitamins, especially vitamin D, and she urgently needs surgery to save her life. Her body is growing weaker day by day, malnutrition is stealing her strength, and I stand helpless watching her suffer.
All I wish for is to see her alive and healthy. Please help us provide healthy food, her medications, and fund the surgery that could save her life.
Even if you cannot donate, please share this post. Every support, every word, could be the difference between her life and death.
(this list is mainly ways non-locals can donate but by extension offers a lot of resources and places to volunteer in the Twin Cities + there are specific ways to donate time under the cut which can be adjusted to your local neighborhood)
full credit to cataloo from r/minnesota [x]
๐ฉตImmigrant support
Immigrant Defense Networkย โย coalition of 90+ groups organizing rapid response and collecting evidence.
Immigrant Law Center of MNย โย free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
COPALย โย advocacy, organizing, phone hotline. Focus on Latine community.
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC)ย โ education and protest organizing.
Interfaith Coalition on Immigrationย โย advocacy, aid, events.
Monarca MNย โย training and phone hotline.
Unidos MNย โ education, protests, advocacy.
Center for Victims of Tortureย โย advocacy and mental health services for immigrants and refugees.
International Institute of Minnesotaย โย refugee resettlement group that provides support and legal help to vulnerable new-to-country families.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesotaย โย offers services to refugees, including legal aid to non-citizens.
๐ฉตFood support
If local, food donations are welcome, otherwise monetary donations help these types of orgs source what is most needed
VEAP
Second Harvest Heartland
Every Meal
The Food Group
Meals on Wheels MN
Find a local food shelf
๐ฉตMutual aid funds & community support
Community Aid Network
Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid
Leo's Tow (Venmo @leostowingmn) isย towing cars back to familiesย if a car is stranded when someone is detained.
๐ฉตMore links
MN50501 Mutual Aid Linktreeย โย well-organized list of various Twin Cities groups.
Mplsmutualaid Linktreeย โย many neighborhood and individual GoFundMes listed here.
Mpls.St.Paul Magazineย โย see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Stand with Minnesotaย โย extensive list of organizations, mutual aid, and crowdfunding campaigns.
๐ฉตDonate blood
Memorial Blood Centerย declared a blood emergency on Tuesday, Jan 13. MBC is the blood supplier for both tier 1 trauma hospitals in the metro area (Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Health).
American Red Cross
๐ฉตDonate food or other goods
Mpls.St.Paul Magazineย โย see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Volunteer your time (under the cut)
๐ฉตMutual aid
Reach out to your neighborsย โย especially if you know they are staying home right now โย and ask if they need groceries or toiletry items. Offer to pick up prescriptions, give rides, or shovel their driveway. If you know them well, bring them a treat that you know they'll enjoy. Or just ask them how they're doing and let them know you are there to support.
Connect with any of the orgs aboveย and see if they are looking for volunteers.
Connect with a church or mosque in your area.ย Fromย u/MuddieMaeSuggins: "I know a lot of regular Redditors are not religious (myself included) but like it or not this is a where a lot of community organizing happens, especially in immigrant communities."
Connect with your local school's admin office and/or their PTA.ย It's ok to reach out even if you don't have kids at the school. PTAs are organizing mutual aid for school families, safe rides, school observers.
๐ฉตActivism
Find an official protestย or other event viaย Indivisible,ย 50501,ย FREE AMERICA, orย MIRAC. Students at many high schools areย staging walk-outs; if your local school is doing this, reach out to school leadership or the PTA and ask how you can support as a community member.
Join the effort to stop Hilton from housing ICEย by booking hotel rooms and then cancelling at the last minute. This action can be done from home! The effort is being organized by Sunrise Movement, who are telling activists to target specific hotels one-by-one. More info:ย SHUT DOWN HILTON
Find people in your area who are actively monitoring ICEย and/or stationing themselves in high-traffic areas and ask how you can help. Check for local FB events where people are organizing and just show up.
At minimum, read theย COPAL Handbookย before you go out to observe.ย The DFL, Monarca, and other orgs have been hosting online trainings for constitutional observers (though these fill up quickly).
When you see ICE in action, start recording. Be as loud and as disruptive as possible: honk your horn, set off your car alarm, blow your whistle. Let people know that ICE is in the area. If you see someone being detained, try to get their name and a phone number to call their emergency contact.
If you do not feel comfortable observing ICE in person, there are ways you can support from home. Just ask the people who are organizing in your area. I have social anxiety, and I had never participated in any kind of political action before this past Saturday. If I can do it, you can!
Local organizers are requesting that people who help monitor ICE DO NOT participate in 1-to-1 mutual aid efforts, as these can put the families you are helping at risk.
If you have friends/acquaintances who are sympathetic but not politically active,ย reach out to them. Show them that they're not alone in feeling helpless. Pick a few low-commitment actions from this list and do them together.
In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.
My friends, I suffered an injury to my head from enemy bombing. I hope that you will help me and support me in saving money so that I can travel and receive treatment for my eyes.
I hope that you will spread my campaign as widely as possible. I need you, so that you do not cause me to lose my eye.
I need to have an operation abroad in the Emirates. I need treatment costs and travel costs. We do not have money to buy food so that I can travel and have an eye operation so that I can see in my eyes again.
If each person donates $25, we will be able to collect money and treat my eyes. I hope you will donate, my friends by
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I'm Amal, a mother of three children, living under the weight of the genocide taking place in Gaza. ๐
My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones. He urgently needs medical treatment outside Gaza. .
Time is running out, and we are facing a critical situation. I am asking for your generosity to help us save him either through a donation or by sharing this urgent plea with others
I beg you, i kiss your feet, to help my son. My son may die at any moment
I lost most of my family. I'm afraid to lose my son too ๐ฅบ
Mohammed deserves to live a happy and healthy life, just like every other child on this earth.
So I humbly ask you to donate even a little or at least reblog this appeal.
I am Momen Al Mdhoun, a graphic designer and a father to 2 adorable kids, I need your help to get my voice heard and amplified by sharing my family's campaign?
Your help may save us from genocide and famine ๐
Please reblog my post and donate if you can ๐๐ป
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