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Defeating Tr*mp and the Republican party: how you can help

So as you've probably heard, there is a presidential election coming up in the US this November. You may even be experiencing some concern about the outcome of that election -- given both the high stakes and the active efforts by Republicans to suppress the vote -- and wondering what more you can do to stave off the possibility of a literal fascist takeover of the United States.

The good news is: you're not helpless. There are wonderful organizations out there -- staffed by knowledgeable, talented people with their feet already on the ground -- and they could use your help.

Here are a few of them:

VoteBeat offers deeply-researched local reporting about elections, which is both valuable and rare in the current news environment. A spinoff of ChalkBeat, it was founded and is run by journalists from ProPublica.

Spread the Vote is an organization that works on the ground to help every eligible voter secure the documentation and the access they need to make their voices heard. In particular, StV runs a program called Vote by Mail in Jail to help ensure that incarcerated persons also have access to these rights.

VoteRiders, like StV, works to ensure that every American has the opportunity to vote. In particular, they provide financial and practical support to trans people so that they can get hold of the documentation they need and can vote safely and confidently.

FairVote advocates for ranked-choice voting, a system in wide use outside the US which far more effectively captures the will of the electorate. (we don't have an individual feature page for them, but FV was one of FTH's supported orgs in 2020.)

(This is just a short starter list of amazing organizations, pulled from FTH's supported orgs list in past years; there are plenty of others. Please feel free to add them in reblogs!)

Ways you can help

Donate to one (or more!) of these organizations. These are all fairly small operations, even if their goals and their impact is large; they could use the help!

Volunteer your time. Many of these organizations rely on volunteers to make their day-to-day operations work. Sometimes it's necessary to do this volunteering in person, but often there is a remote option for volunteering if that's what works for you.

Run a fanworks auction to raise money. FTH recently rolled out a full and detailed playbook, sharing all of our organizational materials and step-by-step guides for how to use them and adapt them to your needs. This is a great moment to put that to work! Whether you want to raise money for one of the organizations listed above, or for some other nonprofit, or even for a progressive local candidate that could use the support (FTH doesn't do individual candidates, but you shouldn't let that stop you!) you can make a real difference while also helping to put more fanworks into the world.

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Supported Nonprofits for FTH 2025

Every year, we put together a focused list of small, progressive nonprofits that are making the world a better place on a very small budget. When you participate in the auction, you have a chance to help those amazing organizations out while also enriching your fandom!

This year's organizations work toward a range of causes: resisting censorship, journalistic integrity, civil rights, disability rights, reproductive rights, human rights, humanitarian aid, environmental protection, and creating leaders for democracy around the world.

We'll be posting more detailed profiles of each of these organizations over the next few weeks.

Bellingcat

Congo Leadership Initiative

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Disability Law United

Environmental Integrity Project

Fight for the Future Education Fund

Freedom to Read Foundation

Global Project Against Hate And Extremism

Hope for Ukraine

In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda

Middle East Children’s Alliance

National Network to End Domestic Violence

Never Again Action

Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights

Umbrella: LGBT Orgs

As we've done for the last four years, FTH is once again offering one “umbrella” category. This year our umbrella category is community organizations serving and supporting vulnerable members of the LGBT community. You are welcome to support your own local grassroots organization. We are also highlighting the following exemplary organizations working in communities where the need is especially acute:

Brave Space Alliance

Kentucky Health Justice Network Inc

Sherlock’s Homes Foundation

TransFamily Support Services

TransQueerPueblo

or a similar organization working in your community!

As always, we have an option for participating creators to support an organization that's not on our list. You can read our policy on outside organizations here.

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By the Numbers, 2023 edition

All right, folks, signups have been open for 3 days - here's how things are going:

353 offers from 263 creators in 176 fandoms (including 93 write-in fandoms, and 42 folks offering to work in any fandom.)

The signups so far include 238 offers for written fanworks, 47 for fan art, 32 for podfics, 26 for fan labor (beta, specialist expertise, translation, etc), 1 for video, and 9 for 'other' (including typesetting for print, playlists, origami, and more).

Creators are overwhelmingly choosing to let their bidders decide what org to support (231 for 'bidder's choice'), but for those who have selected orgs, the top two are TLDEF (87) and Any/All abortion funds (82). The orgs selected least often are Xerces (22), The Appeal (18), and Razom (17).

We'll be giving additional detail for fandoms over the weekend (bring on the Unlisted Fandom Challenge!!), but for now ... here's a quick peek at listed fandoms that don't yet have any signups:

Anne with an E / Anne from Green Gables Assassin's Creed Bleach Cyberpunk 2077 Diamond No Ace Dracula Ghosts (BBC) Goncharov (1973) The Green Knight Hockey RPF Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries RWBY Spider-Man Into the Spider-verse Stellar Firma Venom Voltron Wheel of Time

Watch for more numbers over the weekend!

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FTH2021 Supported Organization: Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund

Although the legal and social landscape for trans people is better than it was ten or even five years ago, trans people still face discrimination, and in some cases even violence, in many dimensions of life. Trans people are far more likely to be confronted with unjust eviction, denial of medical treatment and employment discrimination. Trans people of color are particularly vulnerable, and are among the most frequent targets of violent hate crimes.

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund's mission is to end discrimination and achieve equality for transgender people, particularly those in our most vulnerable communities. Transgender people have been subject to pervasive discrimination that has kept them, with rare exceptions, hidden from public view.

TLDEF’s strategies include path-breaking trans rights cases and "friend of the court" briefs regarding the key issues of employment, health care, education and public accommodations. They seek to coordinate with traditional civil rights organizations and other LGBT civil rights organizations. They also provide public education on transgender rights.  

In addition, TLDEF's Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to community members through partnerships with some of nation's premier law firms and corporate law departments.

You can support TLDEF as a creator in the 2021 FTH auction (or as a bidder, when the time comes to donate for the auctions you’ve won.)  If you have already signed up as a creator and would like to add TLDEF to your list of supported organizations, your confirmation email contains a link to edit your signup information.

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FTH2021 Supported Organization: The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights

Immigration has always been a hot topic, and the previous administration was keen to fan the flames of fear and anger towards those hoping to find a new life in the US. It became policy to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants who had lived here as contributing members of society their whole lives, separate families at the border, and to nullify the protections afforded to unaccompanied minors that immigrate into the US.

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (The Young Center) champions the rights of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children, advocating for the safety and well-being of each child throughout the detainment and deportation process. They aim to create an immigration system that serves children and advocates for immigration proceedings to take best interest into account when decisions are made, with due regard to the child’s expressed wishes.

The Young Center also seeks to preserve the existing laws, policies and practices that provide unaccompanied immigrant children with protections such as access to attorneys and Child Advocates, family reunification and access to a court hearing.

You can support The Young Center as a creator in the 2021 FTH auction  (or as a bidder, when the time comes to donate for the auctions you’ve won.)  If you have already signed up as a creator and would like to add The Young Center to your list of supported organizations, your confirmation email  contains a link to edit your signup information.  

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FTH2021 Supported Nonprofit: Food Banks

Hunger affects people from all walks of life. Many Americans are only one job loss or medical crisis away from food insecurity - and that was before the pandemic. As closures and social distancing orders meant to limit spread of COVID-19 sweep cross the country, the impact is highly likely to affect rural and Indigenous communities to a greater degree and cause deeper levels of hunger and poverty. While changes taking place are disrupting the lives of nearly everyone in some way, these already food-insecure individuals will face particular challenges, and the number of people who experience food insecurity is expected to grow.

Feeding the Carolinas, The Fairbanks Community Food Bank, The Community Pantry, and the Pueblo Relief Fund work directly with their communities and with networks of local food banks to provide food, essential household and personal health items, disinfecting supplies, and personal protective equipment to primarily rural and native populations. These communities suffer from higher rates of poverty and unemployment, and are at the greatest risk of food-insecurity.

You can fight hunger as a creator in the 2021 FTH auction (or as a bidder, when the time comes to donate for the auctions you’ve won.)  If you have already signed up as a creator and would like to add any of the above orgs fighting hunger to your list of supported organizations, your confirmation email contains a link to edit your signup information.