Item 1. Feed some helpers At the suggestion of friends in Rogers Park* in Chicago, a few of us just shipped a bunch of snacks to be distributed to rapid responders / anti-ICE patrollers. Want to be a snack supplier? I'd love to send another shipment and make it
Item 1. If you've got some cash * The Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund is almost halfway to their goal of raising $300k to provide emergency support for vendors who are losing their livelihoods. ➡️ Please donate here if you can. * Victoria, who is from Honduras and has lived in
Item 1. Upcoming events All of these events are virtual and free unless otherwise noted. In chronological order... * All this week ➡️ Banned Books Week. And Thursday is Freedom to Read Day; there's a great list on that website of things you can do if you have 5 minutes
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.