Hi I'm back and I need a little help
Maybe you remember me, I was new in spn fandom in 2020 after Castiel went to superhell and I got word that Supernatural (which I originally watched only to s3) still existed and had just ended, found out about destiel and that became my hyperfixation throughout the pandemic (yes I know we're still in one. I actually think about my spn fix-ít ideas from time to time I may never leave superhell completely)
I stopped posting a couple of years ago because October 2023 happened. Suddenly talking about fandom stuff or like Misha being straight while the genocide in Gaza was so atrocious and disheartening felt impossible. Talking about anything casual really, I just couldn't. At some point I came across a post relating ways we could help Palestine and they mentioned there was probably a BDS organization in my town and I could search by country and find a local group to join and I did. I joined BDS and I've been doing whatever I can there these 2+ years.
As part of BDS I worked on an exhibition that highlighted common issues, parallels and a shared history of systematic violence between Palestine and Colombia. This year I wanted to expand on it so I applied for a new grant the Ministry of Culture was offering under Gustavo Petro's government which was very vocally in solidarity with Palestine. This next iteration has workshops, a virtual platform for the exhibit and an art collab between palestinian and colombian artists.
We won the grant (there were 9 winners) and now have half of our budget!! yayyy
But. As you may have heard, things have changed in Colombia and now we not only face a zionist, fascist government, but some of the funding for projects and art and events in solidarity with palestine backed out, at the same time a lot of our collectives are starting to get threats, things are getting violent so fast and the new fucker isn't even up there yet.
So I come here asking for help because this exhibit and these workshops, these project of sustained organizing against complicity not only in Palestine but also in Colombia, this needs to happen. I need to do this, we need to make a stand. But although we secured half of the funding, the other funding we hoped to get and that we thought was almost certain, now will not come because of the change of government.
Now, I have worked on this before and I know this is going to take most of my available time really and the funding that we lost was partially to sustain ourselves while working on this. Im unemployed rn I'm not sure what will happen for me in terms of money or a flexible job that lets me work on this project for the next three months, I'm trying to keep my calm, we are applying for more funds but Im asking if you can help me with some pocket change in the meantime so I can keep working on this.
Here is my ko-fi
if you know any way to transfer money internationally that is not through paypal please let me know. Also if you`re colombian and wanna help leave me a comment.
Also also... if you know any organization that may be willing to help out, or a fund I can apply to, please share it with me.
Thank you. If you can't help, no worries. This is not life or death it just may help me a lot to do something that I consider very important to do in my country.