just saying it could even make it happen

Category of half-things  Part I.

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

"The Irruption of the Pigeons" - Panos Aravadinos (1930)

White Nights of a Northern Summer - Victoria Crowe 

Scottish, b. 1945 -

Fight it, dear boy, fight it! Till the end, even if they say it's impossible to win.

(some process under the cut!)

“women” always includes trans women. absolutely no exceptions

misandry hurts men’s feelings. misogyny is a fundamental part of society responsible for unspeakable amounts of gendered violence and systematic oppression. one is objectively worse. this is a fact. it is not “oppression olympics” to point this out.

any feminism worth its salt is intersectional and prioritizes women of color

modern radical feminism is the devil and only hurts and scapegoats other marginalized groups

women do not make choices, like plastic surgery for example, in a societal vacuum

Below are a list of fundraisers that I have been sent. All of these have been vetted by either @/gaza-evacuation-funds or @/gazavetters. Some have also been vetted by The Butterfly Effect Project or through other users such as @/el-shab-hussein, @/nabulsi, @/90-ghost, @/ibtisams & @/fairuzfan.

If you see this, please help in anyway you can and if you can't assist financially, please reblog this post.

VETTED:

ayoosh-gaza1: GFM ($11,762 USD raised of $35,000)

nourasissue-4: GFM (€2,259 raised of €50,000 )

ghazialamoudi: GFM (€1,376 raised of €10,000)

mohamedjshamia: GFM (kr68,811 SEK raised of kr250,000)

lailashaqoura: GFM (€31,990 raised of €55,000)

amirashawikh: GFM ($1,752 raised of $60,000)

savejudyblog : GFM ($3,420 USD raised of $50,000)

mohammedoshehab38: GFM (€1,647 raised of €30,000)

ahmednser: GFM (€487 raised of €100,000)

faroha2001: GFM ($3,383 USD raised of $35,000)

drdarine: GFM ($5,102 USD raised of $30,000)

alaakhateeb2024: GFM (£29,779 raised of £56,000)

amiranimer: GFM (€31,330 raised of €39,000)

etafalqattaa: GFM (€4,458 raised of €100,000)

abdalsalm: GFM (€13,179 raised of €50,000)

mohammedayyads-blog: GFM (€5,041 raised of €35,000)

mahmuodanwar : GFM (€303 raised of €15,000)

VETTED BY ASSOCIATION

mohammedbatish: GFM (€454 raised of €60,000)

mohmoud-j : GFM ($21,574 USD raised of $60,000)

emanabosedo: GFM ($1,321 USD raised of $50,000)

lino-gaza: GFM (€44,313 raised of €60,000)

CURRENTLY UNVETTED

lawyer-adhamayyad88: GFM (€491 raised of €50,000)

islamqazal: GFM ($380 USD raised of $20,000)

weasm-82: GFM (€187 raised of €20,000)

ranensworld: GFM (€9,786 raised of €80,000)

jamelwww: GFM (€40 raised of €60,000)

OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT

Feminine Hygiene Products for Gaza

Gaza eSims

Mutual Aid Diabetes

Crips for eSims for Gaza

SOURCES WHERE YOU CAN FIND VETTED FUNDRAISERS (from @/vetted-gaza-funds):

el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's spreadsheet

gazafunds.com

Operation Olive Branch’s spreadsheet

Strawberry Seed Collective’s master list

Operation Poppy Flower

Project Watermelon master list

GoFund(water)Me(lons) master list

Ottawa4Palestine

Pali Pals on instagram

The ButterflyEffect Project spreadsheet

GazaVetters Spreadsheet

Gaza Evacuation Fund Spreadsheet

**Links to previous Vetted GFM Masterlists that I have created can be found in the source of this post.**

@abood-gaza5, formerly @/aboodgaza. GFM link to Abood's campaign.

@familgazaamal1, formerly @/familygazaamal. GFM link to Amal's campaign.

@mahrahpalestine, formerly @/freepaleatine95. GFM link to Marah's campaign.

@mohammedmatar392, formerly @/mohammedmatat. GFM link to Mohamed's campaign.

Abel-Dominique Boyé (French, 1864-1934)

Jabalia Rehabilitation Society is the only institution in the northern Gaza Strip that provides services to a large group of people with disabilities, especially those with hearing disabilities. It is considered a center for health, psychological and educational support in Jabalia camp that is no less important than government institutions. It is considered one of the contributing and supporting institutions alongside the government health and educational centers in the camp and shares the burden and community services with those centers.

Since the beginning of the war on Gaza on October 7, the institution has been a center for sheltering thousands of displaced civilians, especially those with disabilities and their families who benefit from the institution's services. However, after the Israeli occupation forces entered Jabalia camp for the second time in the war on May 12, they destroyed and burned all the buildings and facilities of the association after it had been a shelter for thousands of displaced people.

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