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American libraries continue to be targeted by Trump and his cronies. Via the American Library Association:

The White House has once again used its budget request to attempt to eliminate funding for critical library programs. We have the opportunity right now to urge Congress to reject that request by including robust funding for library services in next year’s budget (FY27). Senators only have until April 17 to add their signatures to letters asking Senate budget leaders to support funding priorities (like library services), so we need them to act now. Make a call today to urge both your Senators to sign onto the letters in support of the Library Services and Technology Act, operated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program, administered within the Department of Education! As always, please consider taking a few seconds to personalize the call script.

Find & Call Your Senators (+ sample script)

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Friends in the USA, you may have heard of HR 7661, the nationwide censorship bill being called the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act." This act does nothing to protect children, and is part of ongoing efforts to censor books about queer people, sex education, and anything else that American conservatives want to erase.

If you're looking for a way to help fight against censorship in the USA, the organization Authors Against Book Bans has put together a script for calling your representatives. If you aren't sure who your representatives are, the script link includes a tool to find them.

A Haitian American woman with long Covid and her daughter with cancer have both been struggling to raise funds that would help them during their illnesses. Both of them live in the Midwest, which is where a lot of the most recent fear mongering has been centered.

COJEHA is a Haitian organization that provides financial support for youth, teaches agricultural skills, helps ensure children attend school, and teaches other soft life skills. They're working on building a farm with fish and vegetable crops where teaching occurs, which will also increase local access to fresh food.

P4H Global is the organization that has been working on building the canal connected to the Massacre River, another agricultural project. They have also been working to support education in Haiti, with both teachers and students.

The Haitian Community Center in Springfield, Ohio. Springfield's food bank, community health center, and a local Catholic organization that provides aid are also accepting donations.

Richard Pierrin is a journalist who has had to flee Haiti and is trying to get a visa that will allow him to work, and that doesn't end after 3 months.

Marc Henry and his family have been dealing with food insecurity for months, and are trying to get funds so they can eat, as well as supplies like livestock and fishing equipment so they can sustain themselves even after the fundraiser is done. They're close to their goal.

An elderly couple's home was damaged multiple times over the last few years and they are trying to raise funds to finish construction. They are also very close to their goal.

A fundraiser for children in Jacmel to provide food, water, and clothes.

A fund for several families to secure plane tickets out of the country

OTRAH is an organization that helps trans Haitians and wants to expand their services to combat HIV. They don't have a gofundme, instead donations are discussed over email.

There is also this thread of Haitian gofundmes which updates fairly regularly

Remember to:

Avoid buying new tech if you can

Try to buy refurbished if you absolutely need to replace something

Boycott disposable vapes

https://focuscongo.org/donate/

as ever, we have very little for him so far - less than $50 this time, in fact

HE CANNOT AFFORD ANY DELAYS ON THIS

IF YOU DON'T HELP HIM NO ONE WILL

PLEASE DONATE TO AMMAR AND GET HIM HIS WEEKLY INJECTION

WITHOUT YOU, HE WILL DIE

PEOPLE HELP LESS EACH WEEK.

$48 / $2302

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thankfully, we were able to raise the most important injection that could not be delayed

however, we still have some money remaining for ammar's immune globulin injection and the extra cost required because samah now is travelling late at night

as a result, we still need $525 more to pay off everything ammar needs

we have until 10 am wednesday samah's time to raise this money - that is in about 11 and a half hours.