In lieu of simply 'blacking out' their social media, a friend of mine - and a fellow June baby - had the lovely thought to donate to a handful of charities and to ask any friends and family who are open to it to match one of those donations. Naturally, I thought this was a wonderful idea, and had to keep the train going. Narrowing down to three choices was tricky, but in honour of my 29th birthday, I have chosen to donate $29 each to @blacklegalactioncentre @cafcan_org and @taibu_chc. Their urls will be in my bio until the end of the month. I will refrain from over-tagging the explicitly-related tags on this, with the exception of #blm and #blackmentalhealthday, so as not to drown out actual Black voices using tags that are, unfortunately, already needlessly cluttered, but I do want to also reach a bit of an audience to draw attention to these organizations, so: #toronto #ontario #gta #greatertorontoarea #charity #socialservices #legalassistance #canada #thesix #the6ix #mentalhealth #birthday #birthdayfundraiser #torontohealth #cityoftoronto #covid19 #covid19resources #justice #law #communityhealth #youth #familyservices (at City of Etobicoke) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_1HPoHjVH/?igshid=1x2skznyg3yhg
