I know a lot of us are feeling like we’re struggling to help right now, so a reminder: play to your strengths and put yourself first.
If you are good at public speaking, find times to talk to local governments or leaders in your community.
If you make art, create art that shows your support and put it on community billboards or sell at local markets.
If you like research, find what people in your community need to navigate processes (this is what im doing! I have a special interest in trans law and am helping a friend’s kid through the process, for example)
If you like writing, by god, WRITE!!! Write poems and prose and letters to your government and write diaries of what you see
If you like to cook, cook and bring food to shelters or drive around and hand out food or go to places with gatherings and protests and memorials
If you like to read, read books and recommend people your favorites
Whatever you like to do, I promise there is a way to put it to use. BUT!!!! Take care of yourself first. You can’t boil water from an empty pot without destroying the pot and potentially a whole lot more. Take care ❤️
Yes this!!! If you have a means of helping do it! Bettering your community is something that benefits everyone around you along with bettering society as a whole. Don’t be afraid to help!!!