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It’s going up in the city tonight and I won’t be on here but before I leave for the night here are a list of local resources to share.

Direct Donations/Financial Help for Daunte’s Family

Gofundme

Cashapp: $hubby98 (Chyna, Daunte’s girlfriend and the mother of Daunte Jr.)

Venmo: @Chyna-W-1 (Chyna’s new personal venmo)

Paypal: [email protected] (Chyna’s new personal paypal)

4/13 update by @holisticheaux who originally coordinated donations for Chyna

Community Donations for Protesters and Protective Equipment

DocumentingMN: local community member run organization providing plywood for Black owned business in the cities and well as hot meals, groceries, and safety gear

Venmo: @DocMN

Paypal: @DocumentingMN

Freedom Street Health: community medic organization, apart of Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance. Providing first aid supplies for on the ground medics

Cashapp: $clamdunk

Venmo: @zwine

Justice Frontline Aid: community volunteer response and medic team currently accepting donations for protest protection packs and protective gear (respirator masks and googles)

Black Table Arts: Black art co-op, currently collecting and distributing gas masks for protestors. Any donations made please include “Gas Masks” in subject line 

Brooklyn Center School District: urgent need for food and essentials for the community in Brooklyn Center, a food desert with limited access to grocery stores at this time

Gofundme (more information included in gfm)

Cashapp: $alfredadaniels

Venmo: @cindy-yang-19 and @jackie-hayden-2

Rebuild Brooklyn Center Shops Gofundme: mutual aid to help rebuild businesses that were looted/destroyed on Sunday April 11th

Minnesota Freedom Fund: bail relief fund (not requesting funds at this time)

The Bail Project: bail relief fund

George Floyd Square: community led and guarded autonomous zone on 38th and Chicago that provides community space and organizations to gather

Venmo: @marciahoward38thstreet

Paypal: @marciaxthree

Twitter: @GeorgeFloydSQ

Instagram: @38thandchicagogfs

Community Members to Follow for Updates and Information

Unicorn Riot: livestreaming broadcasts

Twitter: @UR_Ninja

Instagram: @unicorn.riot

Facebook: Unicorn Riot

MNUprising: also posting protest/rally info from across the U.S

Twitter: @MnUrising

Instagram: @mnurising

MN Teen Activists

Instagram: @mnteenactivists

Black Disability Collective: ran by local Black disabled community members

Twitter: @BlackDisability

Instagram: @blackdisabilitycollective

FSFAPV Justice: community family coalition that offers help and justice to families in the Twin Cities and nationwide that have lost loved ones to police violence

Instagram: @fsfapv

H.P Rogers, Ben Hovland, and Daviss: photojournalists

Instagram: @hpr_photography and @benjovland

op is absolutely right. this is coming from someone who researches and teaches on age and society professionally. modern western society is age-segregated to an unprecedented degree and there is ample evidence that it is absolutely fucking us over. it’s linked to everything from economic hardship to mental health crises.

intergenerational friendships are important. adults who never interact with young people outside of a defined institutional relationship with a built-in power imbalance (like being a parent or teacher) don’t develop the capacity to treat young people as equals, which reinforces patterns of abuse, neglect, social disempowerment, and silencing. young people who lack meaningful connections with adults outside of those same institutions miss out on an incredible source of support and guidance. and everyone misses out on the basic human joy of friendships that could have been really meaningful if we didn’t have this weird, broken ideology that says young people have nothing interesting to say, and no value to adults who don’t either want to raise them or exploit them or both.

like, sure, with any relationship between a minor and an adult, the adult has a responsibility that the minor doesn’t. some shit only comes from life experience. but like… that teen who comes to dnd on fridays, the younger coworker, that person met through fandom? i’m not gonna pretend we’re not friends just because i’m older than they are.

Intergenerational friendships are like??? So varied?????

Like maybe you’re 16 and working your first job, and you have an old Chinese man as a regular who sits at a table and reads the Chinese newspaper his family mails him, and you start sitting down and talking to him when it’s slow. And he tells you all about the life he’s lived, of being a child in the aftermath of world war two. And he talks to you about the prejudice he’s seen, and the way he sees people treat each other, and how much things have changed. And you learn a lot.

Or you meet a 30-something mother of two that walks with a cane in a group therapy session, and when you speak to her she opens up about her struggles with drugs, and how she wishes to stay better so she can be there for her kids. And she teaches you about having a more open mind when it comes to religious beliefs when you’re an edgy atheist teen.

Or you’re very isolated in your hobbies, and you meet a group of college students that share your interests and are fine letting you join in on their card games and D&D, and you not only learn the games but you get used to a group that’s accepting and just wants to have fun and make everyone comfy, and you learn not every group of people has to be judgemental and scary.

You’re saying that instead of making teens aware of the signs of toxic relationships, and keeping an open line of communication so we can help them take notice of and avoid these things… You’d rather we lock teens in a box where they’re deprived of the positives?

Force so many teens to be around peers that bully and disregard them, when they have prospective friends in local clubs and support groups that just aren’t necessarily in their peer group?

Hardcore Tumblr users really are just puritans huh? Hell even historically, households were made of many generations, and kids helped out in the community and met the adults that kept it going.

Years later we still get updates on her life, and a bunch of those people went to see her perform on stage six years later when she got the lead role in her college(!!!) production of She Kills Monsters.

I got really close to an adult volunteer with a queer youth group in high school, and she took me in like an odd, overenthusiastic niece. I did have a crush on her a little, but it was the sort of thing that teaches you what you like in a person without meaning anything more than that. She and her wife loaned me a pile of lesbian books to read, taught me to cook, and helped me learn to drive. They were like family. 

My grandmother’s friends, who I’ve known all my life, are also my friends. One of them is in the last year of her life now, and as sad as I am to lose her, I’m so grateful to have known her, to have been friends with her as close as she and my grandmother were. I’m also grateful my grandmother and I can share this grief and joy.

Minnesota Bail Fund

You can call Samatha Vang's office, the house representative for district 40B, at this number: 651-296-3709

If you're arrested, call the NTL Lawyers Guild at: 612-444-2654

The precincts phone number is 763-569-3333

and it’s not received the proper attention it deserves in the Canadian news, so I thought it would be good to make a post for ppl who aren’t Canadian as well to be informed and help the victims’ families, organisations and women’s shelters.

femicide is defined as the murder of women based primarily or solely on their gender. in almost all cases of femicide, the killer is a man close to the victim, most likely a romantic partner or family member. so far in 2021, there have been 8 murders in the Quebec area. the majority of these victims are Black and Indigenous women. all of them are victims of domestic abuse.

MARLY EDOUARD was a 32 year old Haitian musician, radio host and producer. on february 19th, she called 911 to report that she was receiving multiple violent death threats and met with police officers. less than 48 hours later, she was found murdered in front of her building. say her name.

REBEKAH HARRY was a 29 year old black woman and mother of one young boy under the age of 12. she was murdered by her boyfriend, Brandon McIntyre. in 2013, McIntyre was found guilty of domestic abuse towards his ex-wife. he beat Rebekah into a coma, and she died three days later on march 23rd. say her name.

KATALUK PANINGAYAK-NALUIYUK was a 43 year old Indigenous woman, mother of six and grandmother of two. she was murdered by her partner, Peter Ainalik, who took his own life afterwards. her sister, who has herself been in an abusive relationship for 19 years, confirmed that Kataluk’s been a victim of domestic abuse by Ainalik as well for many years.

NANCY ROY was a 44 year old woman. she was murdered on by her 53 year old ex-boyfriend, Jean-Yves Lajoie. Nancy’s mother told news and police that Nancy had been struggling for weeks to break up with Lajoie, who was possessive as well as physically and emotionally abusive. just days after she left him, Nancy was stabbed to death in her home by Lajoie.

NADÈGE JOLICOEUR was a 40 year old black woman and mother of five children. she was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Enock Fenelon, in his taxi before he took his own life on march 19th. her family confirmed Nadège was a victim of domestic abuse which lead to her murder at the hands of Fenelon. say her name.

MYRIAM DALLAIRE (28) and her mother SYLVIE BISSON (60) were murdered on march 1st in their home by Myriam’s ex-boyfriend Benjamin Soudin. Myriam had left soudin after she accused him of domestic abuse.

ELISAPEE ANGMA was a 44 year old indigenous woman from Kuujjuaq and mother of four children. she was murdered by Thomassie Cain, her ex-partner, who had just been released from prison after abusing her then attacking her once more after she filed a restraining order against him.

Across Canada, 54% of the victim services surveyed reported an increase in the number of victims they served during the pandemic. Calls for domestic disturbances were also up 12% during the first few months of the pandemic. Keep in mind that the majority of victims of domestic abuse never call the police or speak up about their experiences in fear of their abusers.

I haven’t been able to find any gofundmes and donation links set up by the families of the victims. however, here are women’s shelters in Quebec and in Canada you can donate to and resources for women in Canada.

st. vincent is a very small island in the caribbean - much smaller than that of my own country and my country is like a dot on the world map - of only 100k+ citizens and at least 7,000 people were told to evacuate. this is the first eruption since 1979. st. vincent is a predominantly black country, and as of now i haven't seen any petitions as yet from the people. all i can do is hope that we can boost this and send them our love and support.

(bonus video showing how high the smoke is in the air)

(credit to Jamaican Observer on twitter)

the paypal of the creator of this post or any other creators who have posted their donation links in the notes

stacey abrams' fair fight, which is working to fight voter suppression in georgia and nationwide

this black trans woman needs help staying off the streets

Instructions on how to donate to support people on the island of St. Vincent after a volcano exploded, 7000 people have been told to evacuate during a pandemic

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, which works to protect Asian American and Pacific islander communities through legal work and advocacy

some essays i’ve got from school, most of the books and some essays r from beautiful people on the internet

@transfushiguros -> @comradefurdate

@valiantraven (mutuals lmk if you wanna be tagged in my future url changes! i know i change mine a lot)

Y’all know i hate doing this and it’s really embarrassing but my family and i are financially struggling, my dad got fired from his work on march and i’m currently unemployed, we don’t even have groceries to eat at the moment, we’re a large family of six, i’m sorry if this is annoying but i don’t know what to do, please if you could help me out with at least $1 that would mean a lot 🥺