Queer Anarchism

 Reclaim the Block  are maintaining a live list of organizations in need that are serving the community most impacted by the uprising.

I’ve updated this list again. I highlighted the Minnesota Sanctuary Hotel, which is a homeless shelter. I didn’t realize that George Floyd volunteered at a homeless shelter in Minneapolis. This is a lovely way to honor his spirit. The organization is trying to raise funds to purchase a vacant hotel, close to where George Floyd’s life tragically ended, and turn it into a shelter. We need more shelter beds in MSP. The situation was bad BEFORE Covid. Now it’s critical.

Also: as a note, if you want to add your fundraiser or organization to this list please contact me through replies, instead of just reblogging the list with your stuff attached. I’m trying to focus on Minnesota because that’s where I live and that’s where I can do the most good. Thanks!

Updated June 10, 2020

ACER: Brooklyn Park, MN, The African Career, Education & Resource, Inc. is an issue-based organization founded in 2008 to help meet the needs of the African diaspora in North Minneapolis and the Northern Suburbs. ACER is an issue-based community organization and experts in developing sustainable policy solutions that address concerns impacting the community. We are committed to creating access to education, jobs, health, housing, and the means to build wealth.

**Al Maa'uun -  Al Maa'uun is a nonprofit with deep roots in North Minneapolis, serving thousands of households each year with food and critical supplies.

Black Immigrant Collective - The Black Immigrant Collective amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota

**Black Women Speak - Gathering Black Women in Minnesota to share our experiences in order to heal, find joy and move toward liberation on our own terms!

Cafe Racer has always hosted a free meal once a month for the community. This week the Columbian restaurant in Seward will be serving free food all week to those in need. Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. To order a meal call (612) 208-1695. To make a donation and buy meals for those in need, visit here.

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha - CTUL is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities.

**Division of Indian Work - Division of Indian Work’s mission is to support and strengthen urban American Indian people through culturally-based education, traditional healing approaches, and leadership development. We provide many services to the community but the most relevant one right now is our food shelf. 

Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund - Du Nord Craft Spirits is a Black-owned distillery with a building that was damaged. They’ve “received a tidal wave of love and support from across the nation and many have asked how they can help… Therefore, Du Nord is establishing this fund to support black and brown companies affected by the riots.”

Femme Empowerment Project- Venmo @femmeempowermentproject. Skill shares and discussions led by and for QTIIBPOC femmes in the twin cities. Creating space for cultural resiliency, healing and ancestral wisdom. Currently organizing supplies and medic trainings.

House of Gristle (link is to facebook; scroll down to find the cashapp) Cafe: (Black woman owned business in North Minneapolis.) providing free meals for volunteers and those displaced by the uprising.

Isuroon - Isuroon is a grassroots nonprofit organization working to promote the well-being and empowerment of Somali women in Minnesota and beyond.

Joyce Preschool - emergency fund for families who had to evacuate their homes near Lake Street last week, and who are now coming back to a devastated neighborhood with no grocery stores within walking distance. 

Latino Community on Lake Street -  fundraiser for Latinx owned businesses on Lake Street. 

Little Earth Residents Association - Food and safety needs for residents of Little Earth of United Tribes.

Migizi Communications - MIGIZI Communications advances a message of success, well-being and justice for the American Indian community. Support them rebuilding after fire.

**Minneapolis Sanctuary Hotel - This isn’t a hotel anymore, this is a community resource made possible by George Floyd. George Floyd was a shelter worker at the largest homeless shelter in Minneapolis. He supported and advocated for people experiencing homelessness while he was alive, and this Sanctuary will be a part of his legacy.

Minnesota Healing Justice Network - We provide a supportive professional community and mutual aid network for wellness and healing justice practitioners who also identify as IBPOC (indigenous, black, or people of color).

New Mindsets, New Media, New Leaders, and Narratives (N4) - youth-led organization that applies community mobilization to heal and transform society. We combat social stigmas related to race, gender, culture, intelligence, and health utilizing artistry and activism.

Northside business support - support businesses on Minneapolis’s Northside that have been impacted by recent demonstrations.

Oasis of Love - A Northside organization that was established to help combat the challenges of domestic violence.

Pimento Relief Fund - We’re partnering with Pimento to provide black business without insurance relief after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests. 

Powwow Grounds - send via paypal to [email protected] - Native-run cafe, currently providing meals to elders, protectors and community, purchasing medical supplies, fire supplies, cooking supplies. It may seem weird to donate to an individual, rather than an org, but Coffee Grounds is legit and operating a food shelf out of their coffee shop.

PPNA - Renters Support Fund - operated by the Minneapolis Renters’ Coalition, a group of residents, community organizations, and neighborhood organizations committed to supporting renters in our community. 

Southside Harm Reduction- Southside Harm Reduction Services works within a harm reduction framework to promote the human rights to health, safety, autonomy, and agency among people who use substances. 

Spiral Collective - A volunteer full-spectrum reproductive options and support group comprised of doulas, birth-workers, and passionate reproductive justice advocates. based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, occupied Dakhóta territories.

TC Care Collective - South-Minneapolis based rad worker-owned childcare co-op working to provide easy access childcare by and for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and queer organizers and families.

Trio Plant Based Meals, this vegan restaurant on East Lake Street owned by Louis Hunter. His restaurant was founded after being charged with protesting his cousin Philando Castile’s killing by Falcon Height’s police. He only just reopened the restaurant for service from noon to 6  p.m. with a limited menu. Trio has also already given out over 300 bowls of food to anyone in need. Support Trio here.

West Broadway Business and Area Coalition - WBC in partnership with Northside Funders Group will direct all donations to support Northside businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19 and the recent uprising.  

Women for Political Change - Offering free transportation for protestors to get home safe. This is important because public transport has been reduced/shutdown in many areas in the twin cities.

Unicorn Riot - A decentralized media organization that has been live-streaming uprisings.

If you live in Minneapolis St. Paul you can donate food to the following locations:

Recurring grocery pop-up store at  Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist church at 3859 Fremont Ave North. Drop off and pick up from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Sign up for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through Sign Up Genius to register for what you can bring. Ten volunteers are also needed daily.

 Grocery Pop-up at the New Way Missionary Baptist Church at 1530 North Russell Avenue from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday June 4 and Saturday June 6. Essential food items needed.

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Direct Venmo to @pgh-freedomfund to help post bail for protesters arrested tonight as quickly as possible.

Indianapolis Bail Fund

cashapp: cash.app/$solemlunam

Tweet from Twitter user @hakan_geijer: "Today I released the first edition of Riot Medicine, a public domain book to help street medics in the struggle for liberation, autonomy, and dignity for all. You can download all 466 pages for free here: https://riotmedicine.net/downloads"

a prison abolitionist,

a harm reductionist,

for decriminilization,

and giving the land back

shit, i don’t know. we need prisons as prisons are to A) withhold certain people from harming their communities, B) punish certain people, C) kill certain people.

uh, i guess i can kind of answer this. the criminal justice system still exists. why don’t we just leave those people in charge? they’re not cops! and we should definitely let people who have committed non-violent offenses go. drug charges are stupid.

ok, i feel a little more confident answering this. we need to change the prison model for the better and follow the example of countries with restorative justice practices. incarcerated people need better access to healthcare and education, as well as access to opportunifies post-prison so that they are less likely to face reincarceration.

wait. if we’re abolishing the police for upholding white supremacy and terrorizing marginalized communities, we need to abolish a lot of shit. restorative justice sounds cool, i agree with that guy above. but shouldn’t these efforts be run by the communities affected? wasn’t the problem a white supremacist state? wasn’t the goal community terrorism? wasn’t the power taken out of our hands, especially the hands of people being systematically criminalized? i think i have things to read about.

anyway, whatever your conclusion: here are some things to read about.

darkness matters: on the surveillance of blackness by simone brown

are prisons obsolete? by angela davis

the law is a white dog by colin dayan

gendering the carceral state: african american women, history, and the criminal justice system by kali n gross and cheryl d hicks

“indigenous space and decolonizing prison abolition” from the final straw radio podcast (this is an episode of a podcast featuring ni frontiers ni prison, an indigenous prison abolitionist group)

migra! a history of the us border control by kelly lyle hernandez

disability incarcerated by liat ben-moshe and allison c carey

queer (in)justice by joey l mogul, andrea j ritchie, and kay whitlock

crazy in america: the hidden tragedy of our criminalized mentally ill by mary beth pfeiffer

inventing the savage: the social construction of native american criminality by luana ross

criminal justice facts posted by the sentencing project

is prison necessary? an article featuring ruth wilson gilmore & explaining prison abolition to children who were very good at asking “but what about [x]?” questions

and here’s an FAQ about prison abolition by people against prisons aotearoa

and then another collection of links by the marshall project.

Because I have actually fucking lived thru the kind of incest that they call harmless and ended up with severe trauma and felt immense shame and pain and was a driving force in suicide attempts and self harm.

And then when I confronted them with blocking me for telling them how FUCKED this is they claimed they needed to protect csa victims and that’s why they blocked me (cute. so only CSA victims who like you are worthy. not a CSA AND COCSA incest victim who criticizes you.)

And then blatantly lied about their own fucking statements:

Let us describe our own experiences with transness.