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'Tis the season for us to ask you for your hard earned cash to help us show solidarity with those in need.

We use money for things like cups and ingredients for meals, buying propane or special request items like shoes. We also give out some funds directly to those in desperate need. We have a transparent ledger of transaction publicly available.

Everything is available on our website which you can find at linktr.ee/crmutualaidnet along with all our donation links.

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🎉🎉ANNUAL FUNDRAISER!!

linktr.ee/crmutualaidnet for all donation links including our tax-deductible fiscal host Hack Club.

With this money we are able to host our weekly community meal and free store, and give direct aid to people in need of a little extra cash for gas, food, or bills. It also lets us know ahead of time that we are funded and allows us to plan farther into the future and consider cool new projects.

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I think that it can easily be shown that one if not both of these council members did:

1. Make a false statement of fact about me;
2. Cause harm to befall me, through their statements; and
3. Act with “reckless disregard for the truth” by making the statements.
This is, as I understand it, against one of those laws you all are so fond of. I am curious what your next steps are. Awaiting your reply.

Google Drive folder:
https://drive.google.com/.../1MVvTj...

PS

Considering the event of today (Riley Carter's arrest on 1st degree R*pe of a Child) I think my point is driven ever home. This man is dangerous, these people are dangerous. Please take swift and decisive action when the people who are tasked with being our leaders and making our decisions for us are obviously and heinously unstable. These are not behaviors becoming any adult, much less someone holding themselves out to be a leader, bestowed with such power as you wield over the vulnerable in this City.”

All of this as the deadline for the final eviction of camp and the enforcement of the anti-camping ordinances approaches on the 7th. If you are able to come and show support for our unhoused community on that day, PLEASE do so. Donations are always accepted as well. These folx are facing the possibility of having to breakdown their camps each and every day from 6AM to 11PM and potentially not be able to sit or lie down during that period either.
Thank you for the shout out at the city council meeting y’all! You warm our hearts when you share how this organization has touched you and been a beacon of hope in dark times. Even if they cut off public comment immediately after that! LOL.

And as for you Deb Hodgkin, Hello!! and welcome to the fray. We continue the fight, even when we are not posting on Facebook. We still feed every week on Sundays at 4 under the bridge, and don’t plan on stopping that. We are always conspiring and strategizing about next moves here, hopefully things can come to fruition soon. See you in the streets! Care For Each Other.

We fully condemn the City of Aberdeen and its inhumane treatment of the unhoused for the last several years. Now you can too! Our Contact List of Local Officials has been updated!

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Please consider making a donation of clean gently used or new warm winter clothing. Maybe you have more than you need. There are those in desperate need. Thank you. Drop locations and donation links at linktr.ee/crmutualaidnet

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Please help us collect warm winter clothes for the unhoused this winter. So far no Cold Weather Shelter is designated to be opened this year yet again. Please Help.
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SIGN OUR PETITION at linktr.ee/crmutualaidnet

Tell the City of Aberdeen to STOP it's harassment of the unhoused and those who feed them.

#CRMAN #MutualAid #SolidarityNotCharity #FoodNotBombs

FUNDRAISER!!
We are trying to raise funds monthly now, as we grow in size and things start to outpace what our organizers can afford, we are reaching out to the community for help.
If you can donate any amount it would be appreciated, the most impactful donations though are recurring monthly ones which can be set up on our Open Collective account and are also tax deductible.
#CRMAN #MutualAidRequest #SolidarityNotCharity #Solidarity

FUNDRAISER

The pop up canopy we use for our weekly meals is breaking and we want to replace it with something sturdier. Please help us buy a new canopy. This helps us keep our supplies and comrades dry when serving food in rainy Aberdeen.

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A picture of a carport style canopy tent. Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network needs this tent for it's meals. We've raised 400 out of 800. Tax deductible donations at linktr.ee/crmutualaidnet

Today the City of Aberdeen demolished multiple campers' homes during their so-called cleanup.

People who had built solid structures to avoid the elements this winter, a winter where the City of Aberdeen also refused a cold weather emergency shelter, had their structures demolished, and everything they couldn't haul across the train track crushed and thrown in the back of a dump truck.

Everyone was forced to remove what they could from their space and were not even provided with a spot to place their belongings out of the rain, while the City did their demolition. Luckily a local property owner stepped up and allowed people to lay out their belongings on tarps across the tracks from camp. The entire operation placed multiple people all over the dangerous train tracks themselves.

Thank you to those who came down to support, help, and protest these disgusting actions. Especially those comrades who traveled from out of town to show their support.

#Solidarity #CRMAN #MutualAid #HousingNotHandcuffs #StopTheSweeps

Get yourself to the River St camp this Friday morning to help defend the camper's rights and document the City's actions, as the City comes to demolish their residences and steal their belongings.

#CRMAN #Solidarity #HousingNotHandcuffs #StopTheSweeps #MutualAidRequest

🚨🚨EMERGENT REQUEST!!
👉We need people to show up and help provide eyes on the City during this eviction. If you can attend Friday morning at 9 am it would mean the world to our unhoused friends and family.
📆Under the Chehalis River Bridge. Aberdeen, Wa. Friday 9AM. BE THERE. Lets show the community there that they are not alone, and show the City that we stand with the unhoused.
Paperwork was served on camp yesterday, the City of Aberdeen will be moving everyone from the lower camp and destroying the built structures, then everyone can move tents back into the area.
This is always a traumatic experience that involves a lot of chaos and loss of property for the already vulnerable population. This move is additionally cruel as it is occurring during winter, a winter in which the City denied the Cold Weather Shelter for our people. They have necessarily built themselves structures capable of withstanding the cold elements this winter, now the City will be removing them. IT SNOWED LAST WEEK Y'ALL!!
#StopTheSweeps #MutualAidRequest #HousingNotHandcuffs #CRMAN #solidarity

CHEHALIS RIVER MUTUAL AID NETWORK PRESENTS

Joint Statement and Call for Action:

We here in Aberdeen are all too familiar with the violence that the State inflicts upon those it deems threatening, surplus, or distasteful. Police are the enforcement mechanism of the City, and they cost people their lives in a multitude of ways every day. In the same vein of State sponsored violence we experience here everyday, on January 18th in Atlanta law enforcement shot and killed Manny Teran, aka "Tortuguita or little turtle", during an early morning raid of the forest encampment to defend the Welaunee aka Atlanta Forest and to stop CopCity. In response to this killing of Tortuguita, the movement called for a week of action March 4 - 11 in solidarity with forest defenders. Read their statement and learn more about their struggle at defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity.

In light of the recent sweep of the unhoused encampment, a move that included placing large boulders in and around the small area that remains in order to prevent future expansion of the camp, we at Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network want to bring together a coalition of voices in the community who oppose this move, and the various hostile moves the City has made against it's unhoused and vulnerable residents. We also want to call for actions to be taken in defiance of the City and it's intentions to eliminate our friends and family. To this end we have crafted the following statement that all are free to sign onto and pass along.

We are asking community leaders and organizations to endorse the following statement by emailing crmutualaidnet@riseup.net. Multiple autonomous and community organizations have already endorsed. For personal endorsements, please list your name and any relevant roles, titles, or affiliations (if needed, we’ll make clear you are endorsing in personal capacity only). We hope to announce an initial list of endorsers by the end of February.

Statement published at sabotmedia.noblogs.org/solidarity

SOLIDARITY FROM ABERDEEN TO ATLANTA:

When law enforcement struck this blow against the movement to stop CopCity in Atlanta, they did what our police here in Aberdeen do every time they move along or "sweep" unhoused individuals. They inflicted State violence against peaceful people just trying to resist the worst affects of our capitalist system. The City is constantly making moves against the unhoused which cause the needless deaths of people every month. It is incredibly difficult to maintain an existence when the City threatens your stability on a daily basis. From removing the public restrooms around town, to demolishing people's homes and belongings, the City of Aberdeen are active in sabotaging the efforts of the unhoused and mutual aid volunteers in bettering the lives of these people.The combined crises of mental health care and addiction make it even harder for certain individuals to access the care they need, leading to many interactions with the City's police. All of this instability caused by the City serves to make it harder for people to survive the long wait list for a housing unit. Many of the people living on the streets are there because of the lack of available affordable housing units, not because they are not trying to seek assistance or shelter. It can take years to get into housing in this county. This is real violence committed by our City government against the most vulnerable residents of our community.

For too long the City of Aberdeen has pushed around the community of unhoused individuals within it's borders. It is time for our community to organize itself, become familiar with the so-called legal protections afford them, and fight for justice above and beyond the system. This grassroots coalition is calling for a week of actions against the City of Aberdeen's treatment of the unhoused, in conjunction with the week of solidarity actions already planned for March 4-11. To this end we will be holding a Homeless Rights Conference in the Aberdeen Library parking lot on Sunday March 5th. This event is for our local community to come together and try to come up with a plan of action regarding future City sweeps and unhoused harassment. We will be discussing the community's response to the continued threats to our unhoused comrades and making sure that everyone is well informed of their legal rights. All interested parties are invited to attend, but nothing about the unhoused will be solved without participation and guidance from the unhoused population themselves, and their voices will be centered.

For us it is important to show solidarity with the struggle in Atlanta, for we all experience violence at the hands of The State, and a show of solidarity with our street comrades here and those fighting to stop CopCity lets them know we are with them, and lets authorities know that we will not let this violence go unanswered. These actions against our City will be our show of solidarity with those defending the forest in Atlanta. It is important to uplift the voices of the marginalized and oppressed in this time, let the tactics you bring to the party be diverse and creative. Go out and meet someone who lives on the streets, form a protest against the City sweeps, join us at the Homeless Rights Conference, or smash back at the system in your own creative way. Any action, big or small, can help to break down the barriers the City builds between us.

If you too agree that the City has gone too far in it's mistreatment of the unhoused in town, then please join us in signing this statement announcing that our community will no longer tolerate this without taking action. You can also show your solidarity by joining us at the conference or by taking your own autonomous actions against the City during the week of March 4-11. We vow to continue to take action every time the City sweeps the unhoused of Aberdeen.

#Solidarity #StopCopCity #AberdeenWA #Atlanta #CRMAN #FoodNotBombs #SabotMedia #action

CHEHALIS RIVER MUTUAL AID NETWORK PRESENTS

Joint Statement and Call for Action:

We here in Aberdeen are all too familiar with the violence that the State inflicts upon those it deems threatening, surplus, or distasteful. Police are the enforcement mechanism of the City, and they cost people their lives in a multitude of ways every day. In the same vein of State sponsored violence we experience here everyday, on January 18th in Atlanta law enforcement shot and killed Manny Teran, aka "Tortuguita or little turtle", during an early morning raid of the forest encampment to defend the Welaunee aka Atlanta Forest and to stop CopCity. In response to this killing of Tortuguita, the movement called for a week of action March 4 - 11 in solidarity with forest defenders. Read their statement and learn more about their struggle at defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity.

In light of the recent sweep of the unhoused encampment, a move that included placing large boulders in and around the small area that remains in order to prevent future expansion of the camp, we at Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network want to bring together a coalition of voices in the community who oppose this move, and the various hostile moves the City has made against it's unhoused and vulnerable residents. We also want to call for actions to be taken in defiance of the City and it's intentions to eliminate our friends and family. To this end we have crafted the following statement that all are free to sign onto and pass along.

We are asking community leaders and organizations to endorse the following statement by emailing crmutualaidnet@riseup.net. Multiple autonomous and community organizations have already endorsed. For personal endorsements, please list your name and any relevant roles, titles, or affiliations (if needed, we’ll make clear you are endorsing in personal capacity only). We hope to announce an initial list of endorsers by the end of February.

Statement published at sabotmedia.noblogs.org/solidarity

SOLIDARITY FROM ABERDEEN TO ATLANTA:

When law enforcement struck this blow against the movement to stop CopCity in Atlanta, they did what our police here in Aberdeen do every time they move along or "sweep" unhoused individuals. They inflicted State violence against peaceful people just trying to resist the worst affects of our capitalist system. The City is constantly making moves against the unhoused which cause the needless deaths of people every month. It is incredibly difficult to maintain an existence when the City threatens your stability on a daily basis. From removing the public restrooms around town, to demolishing people's homes and belongings, the City of Aberdeen are active in sabotaging the efforts of the unhoused and mutual aid volunteers in bettering the lives of these people.The combined crises of mental health care and addiction make it even harder for certain individuals to access the care they need, leading to many interactions with the City's police. All of this instability caused by the City serves to make it harder for people to survive the long wait list for a housing unit. Many of the people living on the streets are there because of the lack of available affordable housing units, not because they are not trying to seek assistance or shelter. It can take years to get into housing in this county. This is real violence committed by our City government against the most vulnerable residents of our community.

For too long the City of Aberdeen has pushed around the community of unhoused individuals within it's borders. It is time for our community to organize itself, become familiar with the so-called legal protections afford them, and fight for justice above and beyond the system. This grassroots coalition is calling for a week of actions against the City of Aberdeen's treatment of the unhoused, in conjunction with the week of solidarity actions already planned for March 4-11. To this end we will be holding a Homeless Rights Conference in the Aberdeen Library parking lot on Sunday March 5th. This event is for our local community to come together and try to come up with a plan of action regarding future City sweeps and unhoused harassment. We will be discussing the community's response to the continued threats to our unhoused comrades and making sure that everyone is well informed of their legal rights. All interested parties are invited to attend, but nothing about the unhoused will be solved without participation and guidance from the unhoused population themselves, and their voices will be centered.

For us it is important to show solidarity with the struggle in Atlanta, for we all experience violence at the hands of The State, and a show of solidarity with our street comrades here and those fighting to stop CopCity lets them know we are with them, and lets authorities know that we will not let this violence go unanswered. These actions against our City will be our show of solidarity with those defending the forest in Atlanta. It is important to uplift the voices of the marginalized and oppressed in this time, let the tactics you bring to the party be diverse and creative. Go out and meet someone who lives on the streets, form a protest against the City sweeps, join us at the Homeless Rights Conference, or smash back at the system in your own creative way. Any action, big or small, can help to break down the barriers the City builds between us.

If you too agree that the City has gone too far in it's mistreatment of the unhoused in town, then please join us in signing this statement announcing that our community will no longer tolerate this without taking action. You can also show your solidarity by joining us at the conference or by taking your own autonomous actions against the City during the week of March 4-11. We vow to continue to take action every time the City sweeps the unhoused of Aberdeen.

#Solidarity #StopCopCity #AberdeenWA #Atlanta #CRMAN #FoodNotBombs #SabotMedia #action