#orishaland

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https://rage.love/@noyovo/105834428774589022

Question about #OrishaLand. Can any of you find a single article about it that isn't written by a cop when you search online? Very concerned about this, given that it's gotten a lot more attention from fascists, including local police, in the last few days. Can someone who's not fascist write about it? Can people work on a wikipedia page or something?

Non-Black fedi please consider this a direct appeal to show that you actually support Black liberation in a meaningful way. Our first post on here about #OrishaLand got 59 books (linked below). We were kinda surprised that it was that popular & took that as a sign of interest/support. Please do something to help shore up this project's defenses so that it can survive, grow, & thrive rather than just be remembered after it's gone. If you would like to support in more direct ways than those suggested above or in the post please check out 400and1's social media to find out what they need most at this time.

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https://www.fourhundredandone.com/so/ebNUVWIan

Jordan’s Place quickly became a site for resource distribution, safety, and refuge for not only the Black unhoused population, but for the residents of Rosewood Courts Apartments, Mt. Carmel Apartments, and Marshall Apartments, all low-income and subsidized housing occupied predominantly by Black Austinites. At the height of the energy and water crisis Texas residents faced as a result of the state’s failed infrastructure and underpreparedness, 400+1 delivered over 300 meals, distributed 115 reparations payments, and offered housing to 14 people in and from Orisha Land.

The state’s infrastructure failed, but the vanguard was present.

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https://rage.love/@noyovo/105804525367268803

A group of Black revolutionaries have started an autonomous zone named #OrishaLand in #Austin, #Texas. They've already done a lot to fight #gentrification by organizing material support & political education for the local Black community. It's a real glimmer of hope for what has otherwise been a shitty #BlackHistoryMonth.

For more about their recent efforts: https://www.fourhundredandone.com/so/ebNUVWIan

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