zoning, prisons, worker owned coops, trans rights, localizing food.
pick one and fight.
your elected official is lonely by the phone wondering what you're thinking.
The dirt is waiting for your attention.
fights: landlords, cops, bosses, agency erosion, and threats to starve out any progressive movement
#calltoaction #whatdoido #howtohelp
#slumlords #defundpolice #noconcentrationcamps #transrightsarehumanrights #growlocal #forestgarden #urbanrenewal #patriotgarden #victorygarden
I noticed that the #LATimes "How to Help" article doesn't just list the usual household name charities but also includes some #MutualAid orgs people are running out of storefronts using Google docs and venmo
#LAFire #wildfire #HowToHelp
How to help those affected by fires raging across Los Angeles County
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/how-to-help-victims-of-pacific-palisades-eaton-and-hurst-fires
#FYI #ExtincitonRebellion #LAfires #HowToHelp
@CalFireFound donate to support firefighters
@LAHomelessServices support the unhoused
@MutualAidLA direct assistance to marginalized communities
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEoUT3xO5bG/
#climate #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #EcosystemCollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #methane #GreenhouseGases #KeepinInTheGround #ClimateJustice
I'd say I'm decent at the skill I demonstrated here (audio):
Few people equal me in talent (guitar)
Guitar is NOT my only skill (Imagine that!)
"How-to Be Less Near #Homeless "
in #2025
Anyone?
#ChapelHillNC is sending teams of first responders up in 5-day shifts.
If you live in the southeast, find out if your community is doing the same. If so, ask how you can support them. It's hard work, physically and emotionally, and it's going to be needed for a very long time. #HelpTheHelpers
Federal and state aid agencies, including #FEMA, are on the ground, helping families get the resources they need to recover and rebuild. They're also now, of necessity, becoming experts in countering misinformation. Social media and some political interests are rife with efforts to sow seeds of mistrust of aid organizations, esp FEMA. This is making it vastly harder for people to get and give help.
Don't amplify those efforts. Deplatform those who do.
There are multiple ways to help the survivors of #Helene. Tons of established local organizations are working around the clock to provide food, shelter, clothing, and health care. You can find information about some of them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RR5HML5ni83NdVodRGp2NZvyDJ_HtiAgw3J-IlMtPuA/edit?gid=0#gid=0
If you want to help, one way is to give directly to the amazing organizations already on the ground in the southern Appalachians. I have a steadily growing list of organizations I (and/or those I know and trust) can vouch for:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RR5HML5ni83NdVodRGp2NZvyDJ_HtiAgw3J-IlMtPuA/edit?usp=sharing
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#NorthCarolina
#WNC has an urgent, desperate need for baby formula of all kinds!!!
If you're in NC, please also check with your local fire departments, churches, animal shelters, etc. So many of these groups are collecting donations and working through established channels to get them delivered to people who desperately need them!
#Helene #HowToHelp
I've done the sensible thing and made a google sheet of organizations taking donations and distributing aid in #WesternNC.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RR5HML5ni83NdVodRGp2NZvyDJ_HtiAgw3J-IlMtPuA/edit?usp=sharing
I'm trying to lift up those organizations that are already established in the areas they serve, and already know how to help those who need it most urgently. If there are others you trust and want me to add, please message me.
#LynchburgVA: my friend Kyle from Bon Air Aviation is flying relief missions from Lynchburg to #Asheville. Whatever you can donate, please drop off at Bon Air before 3pm TODAY (9/30).
Kyle's a seasoned hurricane relief pilot. He'll get it done. It's what he does.
ICYMI #Helene #volunteering #NCTriangle
Day One Relief is looking for people to help sort and pack donations to be shipped to #WesternNC
Sign up sheet: https://forms.gle/qVXXMMDxhwWcKpZs6
#ConcordNC area --
Operation Air Drop is collecting donations to fly to places in need across #WNC
#Asheville
Summit Coffee in the River Arts District is gone, but are giving 100% of their online sales this week to their (now unemployed) staff. I went to college with the owner and can vouch for this
In the Morganton area. Christy is a longtime friend and trusted helper
#Helene #HowToHelp thread:
If you're in the NC Triangle, 2 locations to drop supplies off to be delivered by Day One Relief (likely by air):
- Carrboro: Back Alley Bikes, 100 Boyd St. Open Tues/Sat 11-6
- Durham: Art Post, 718 Iredell. Open Mon-Say 12-6
(I'll add more as I learn; feel free to add your own information)
Thousands of teachers across America pay for school supplies out of their own pockets. If you're looking for ways to help, this article shares 3 organizations you can donate to.
https://www.lovetoknow.com/life/lifestyle/donate-school-supplies
@londubh This one's somewhat more generic, but also provides some useful advice:
"How to Comfort Someone Who Has Just Lost Everything"
https://thesurvivalmom.com/dos-donts-for-comforting-someone-who-has-just-lost-everything/
One issue is that we as a culture seem to both lack much by way of instruction in how to address grief and loss (in both others and ourselves), and had a whole slew of bad advice, much of it probably well-intentioned, often religiously-tinged (e.g., "it's God's will" or "... plan").
I find that comfort, solidarity, hearing the person out, and offering specific future-oriented assistance (as opposed to vague, past (esp. re-litigating past events), and generalities) to be most useful.
The neighbourhood organising to ensure that ready-to-heat or ready-to-eat meals appear at the back door is a powerful memory. Also helping out with specific tasks or administrivia.
I so wish that more people I'm close to, and more organisations putatively existing to help, were more aware and/or acted in far greater accord with these principles.
