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A Tale of Two Fundraisers

Don't adjust the brightness of your screen, or even restart your router. You saw it correctly. I'm involved with two different fundraisers at exactly the same time.

But let's not get upset.

Really, all this means is that I am busy...and THAT... Is good.

Here is my personal request for navigating your support of these artistic pursuits:

Choose 1. Decide for yourself which project/cause/message for which you would prefer to align. And donate ONLY to that one.

I'd rather have your FULL support for one project, than half for each.

But the REALLY good news is that you have two AMAZING choices. (Which might be the most difficult part)

READY?

If you identify as Queer, Non-Binary, GNC, Trans, Gay, Lesbian, Bi, a cis straight woman, or a fervent ally of the aforementioned... And you would like to see more work by and for this community and you would especially like to see them paid for their work?

Then you probably want to donate to:

The Syndicate's 4th Birthday Fundraiser!

Watch this hot vid!

More info: www.wearethesyndicate.com

Donate here!

Insta- @wearethesyndicate

FB- @TheSyndicate

PERKS:

-We are throwing a part for this very reason and you are already invited:

-Every donor gets entered into THE BIRTHDAY BLENDER raffle to win a fun prize if drawn! Names are added weekly so donate NOW to increase your odds of being chosen!

-Tax-deductible thru our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas.

-Your support directly funds our Month-long residency: Syndicated @ IRT in the Fall. So if you live in NYC, you can actually see your $$ at work!

IF you are devastated by the way the US continues to treat Puerto Rico, Women, and/or Puerto Rican women, if you are hispanic, a woman, have a relationship with birthcontrol, a fervent ally of these people, and want to help after Hurricane Maria and the impending hurricane season...

Then you probably want to donate to:

Dispensado: A theatrical investigation into the 1950 birth control trials of Puerto rican women funded by the US.

More info: www.dispensado.webflow.io

Donate here!

Insta- @eldispsenado

FB- @Dispensado

Blog- @eldispensado

PERKS:

-the incentives include a percentage of your donation going directly to Taller Salud, the women’s health organization hosting our workshop and aiding women in PR since the 70s.

-We are also partnering with Red Dot Campaign who will donate 3,000 menstrual products to the women of Loiza.

-Tax-deductible thru our fiscal sponsor Luciole International Theatre Company

It should be stated that statistically as crowdfunding goes... projects that center women (which both of these do) are typically shown to receive less support than their male-centered counterparts.

Here’s a great way to flip that code. And help the data reflect the reality of your support and the importance of these stories to be told.

Thank you to everyone who has shown their support for all of my crazy ideas and adventures and projects. I am truly grateful. Today I ask not FOR myself. But FOR these collaborators and stories. FOR the messages they tell. And to use my network to support my communities to which I belong by blood and identity.

So please consider donating to either of these storytelling enterprises.

Thank you. Peace.✌🏼

And then sometimes its the origami busker's last day in union square and you swing back around having found the perfect home for your lone dollar bill. And in exchange and completely unexpected...he gives you a pink horse. Bags it lovingly himself. Don't say a dollar can't buy something awesome. I got a pink paper horse in a ziploc bag. Thank you for reading.

My last day as Copywriting Intern at @ThePekoeGroup thank you everyone. You've all contributed to my growth. I will miss you.

Happy 25th, soulmate.

Whoa. Jerome has been sleeping for like a year...his last relationship really fucked him up. This is the first time he's been out and about...and it looks like he met someone! Go get her, buddy! By the looks of that dew claw, she must be a freak...