Weekend wish: Here's a recent pep talk from Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson that I found grounding. I added a little bit of bold emphasis to help folks skim. You can find and share it on Bluesky, on Facebook, on Instagram, on LinkedIn. Follow and share Ash-Lee on your platform
Chicago-based writer and trainer (and really great friend) LaTanya Lane wrote this poem. If you're in Chicago, you might see a version around town with "ICE" in place of "authoritarians." P.S. You're not imagining things; I took a hiatus from posting
Item 1. Book auction To raise survival funds for two families in Gaza, Bianca Mabute-Louie and several other writers are auctioning off signed copies of their books on Instagram this week. ➡️ Check out these IG posts and, if you're able, follow the instructions in the slideshows to bid
Item 1. Gaza Can you help a malnourished, orphaned, 18 year old mom? ➡️ Contribute $ toward formula and diapers for her infant (Chuffed, via Joanna E.) No cash to spare? ➡️ Call your reps using the latest script from 5Calls. The phone app makes it very easy. Want to be able to
Item 1 How to Live Like the World is Ending, by Margaret Killjoy.
Item 1. Upcoming events All of these events are virtual, and all are free unless otherwise noted. * Tonight, 7/21, 5:30-6:30pm ET or Wednesday, 8/6, 3-4pm ET ➡️ Want to avoid going into flight/freeze/fawn mode when you witness someone being harassed? ➡️ Right to Be hosts online
Weekend wish May we take even less shit than Judge Xinis. (That link is from The Hill; for a play-by-play of this week's hearings in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, dive into Anna Bower's Bluesky reporting for Lawfare.) P.S. This week I witnessed firsthand how
Item 1. Help a Los Angeles family A personal friend is leading this fundraising effort ➡️ Bring Jairo home: Support his family during ICE detention. Jairo had no criminal record and entered the US legally through "CHNV" humanitarian program. After getting married, [he and Melanie] retained an immigration attorney,
Items 1-2. Melt ICE If you have a little money ➡️ I haven't met this person yet, but he is my neighbor, and now he has been detained by ICE. Resistencia en Acción NJ set up this GoFundMe for his legal fees and his family during this terrible time.
Item 1. Now If the Big Bill passes today, it will cut billions in funding for Medicaid, SNAP, education, and more. ➡️ Text RESIST to 24284. Item 2. Anytime The Horizons Project writes that political violence has a playbook and that we can make it backfire. Item 3. Upcoming It'
This is a little longer than usual because (with a sick kid home from day camp) I neglected to click send yesterday! Stick with me through the Weekend Wishes if you can. Yesterday's collection Item 1. Small acts Did you love the Summer Reading Challenge as a kid?
Item 1. A tiny way to show love to LA's immigrant rights community This Friday is a National Day of Action to get the charges against Los Angeles immigrant rights activist Alejandro Orellana dropped. Two weeks ago, FBI agents, National Guard troops, and LA County Sheriff’s deputies