Help send Indigenous and BIPOC activists to the United Nations climate conference
A very dear friend of mine is an Indigenous activist who is part of an Indigenous and BIPOC delegation of activists to the UN Climate Conference, COP 30! However they are struggling to secure housing due to the exorbitant price gouging surrounding these conferences and the absolutely massive cuts in funding and grants for Indigenous and environmental orgs made by Trump.
If you are able to donate, they would really appreciate it and it would make a huge difference!
They need 350 people to donate $20 by Monday or they will lose what might be their only opportunity to secure housing for less than, I fucking kid you not, the going rate of $35,000 (for about 10 people, for two weeks, in Brazil), which would force them to leave most of their delegates behind.
Constantly fighting in colonial spaces is exhausting. For many of us, we already have to combat the dehumanizing narratives thrust upon ou
"Constantly fighting in colonial spaces is exhausting. For many of us, we already have to combat the dehumanizing narratives thrust upon our Peoples before we even get to open our mouths. Narratives that try to keep us confined to tokenized roles like blessings or performances instead of listening to our actual advocacy. Because confronting how much you need to change is uncomfortable; demanding systemic reform for the sake of our planet is impolite. Just stand there and look sacred or diverse for a picture you didn’t consent to but don’t you dare open your mouth to speak truth because what you have to say is unpalatable to the colonizers in control. We reject that kind of objectification. When we stride through the white-washed hallways where they didn't want us to even tentatively tread, we mean business. No matter who it makes uncomfortable. One of the tactics used to keep out grassroots organizations is exorbitant price gouging. However, thanks to the hard work of some dedicated organizers, there are some more affordable housing options available. However, the slots are limited and going fast. While we have secured some funding, if our delegation isn’t able to raise $7,000 more dollars by Monday, we’re back to square one and may need to leave some of our delegates behind. We have applied to multiple grants, but even if we are selected as awardees, we won’t get the funding quickly enough, making direct grassroots crowdfunding our only option to secure housing. Please support us by sharing this post and donating if you are able. https://lnkd.in/gQ3EPXz6 Needless to say, advocating at UN conferences is not fun. We’re not going on vacation. We’re going to COP because there is no substitute for intervening in Earth-destroying policies where their creators plot. [Note: Extremely literally. Big Oil sends thousands of representatives to COP each year, many of them undercover, and petrostates have used the last two COP conferences to make massive oil deals. x, x] If we can just find 350 people to donate just $20, we’ll be able to meet our intermediate goal. Keep your fingers crossed that philanthropy will smile upon SustainUS and make crowdfunding for the additional costs obsolete. For now though, this is really the only option we have. We understand that not everyone agrees with the idea of even attending spaces like COP, and we respect those choices. We all have different roles to play, and for us, we feel like this is one of our responsibilities. Thank you so much for reading this far. Hang in there everyone."
-via Sheelah Bearfoot, September 4, 2025
You can donate here!!
100% of donations go directly to getting these activists to COP!
