Interrupting Starfish!

11. Adult

Sending all my love to disabled medical students, especially those dealing with mental illnesses right now.

You can do this, you deserve to be here just as much as every one else. 

Planned Parenthood: reproductive and sexual health, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Forge: supporting trans people and their families, https://forge-forward.org/

The Trevor Project: suicide and crisis prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Assata’s Daughters: empowering young Black women, based out of the Chicago area http://www.assatasdaughters.org/

Tell Mama: fighting anti-Muslim sentiment and hate (they’re UK based, still searching for a US-based alternative) http://www.tellmamauk.org

the American Civil Liberties Union: actually defending the constitution and ensuring a safe legal process, https://www.aclu.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center: actively documenting and fighting hate groups in the US, https://www.splcenter.org/

NARAL Pro-Choice America: defending abortion rights, http://prochoiceamerica.org/

the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: working to defend Arab-Americans in the US, http://www.adc.org

Irish politician Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD, Labour Party Senator) calls out the Irish government on their reaction to election of Donald Trump.

“TRUMP IS A FASCIST AND I’M EMBARRASSED BY THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE.”