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She/her. Recent transplant to NJ from Chicago. My newsletter = short, energizing examples of community organizing, mutual aid, arts, & more. Subscribe at https://here-for-you.ghost.io/ "what we pay attention to grows." - adrienne maree brown

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the people screaming online daily about boycotting x, y, and z had better be in formation...

19.11.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.

The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.

18.11.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1206    πŸ” 605    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 27
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My request is small: please bring warmth to my children's hearts. Don't abandon them; they are suffering from hunger and cold. If you leave us, we will die. We are out in the open, our feet are frozen. We need $300 to buy food and clothes.
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...

18.11.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9
A printout with two sides - left in Spanish and right in English - that share resources for people with regard to the ICE arrests expected in Raleigh, NC and likely Durham, on 18 November 2025. The resources are as follows in Spanish:

"Β‘SILENCIO!

Β‘NO HABLE!

Β‘PIDA UN ABOGADO!

Β‘NO FIRME NADA!

NO ABRA LA PUERTA!
*Si no tienen una orden judicial.

Ejercito mi derecho constitucional a permanecer en silencio. No quiero hablar con usted. No autorizo ninguna bΓΊsqueda, y quiero hablar con un abogado inmediatamente."

In English:

"Tell ICE
STAY SILENT!

DO NOT TALK!

ASK FOR A LAWYER!

DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING!

DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR! 
*If they don't have a JUDGE's warrant."

I am asserting my constitutional right to remain silent. I do not wish to speak with you. I do not consent to a search, and I wish to speak with an attorney immediately.”

Additional resources in Spanish & English:

1. Siembra NC LΓ­nea directa (Hotline)
(919) 904-7836
para denunciar redadas/actividades del ICE
to report ICE raids/activities

2. Caridades CatΓ³licas de la DiΓ³cesis de Raleigh por soliciten servicios legales de inmigraciΓ³n
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh
(919) 861-7441
7200 Stonehenge Dr, Raleigh, NC 27613

3. Banco de Alimentos Comunitario de Durham (Catholic Charities), por despensa de alimentos 
Durham Community Food Pantry (Catholic Charities) for those requesting immigration legal services

(919) 861-7427 
2020 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC 27707"

This is a printout to hand to people intentionally with only names, phone numbers, and addresses so they can be utilized immediately.

A printout with two sides - left in Spanish and right in English - that share resources for people with regard to the ICE arrests expected in Raleigh, NC and likely Durham, on 18 November 2025. The resources are as follows in Spanish: "Β‘SILENCIO! Β‘NO HABLE! Β‘PIDA UN ABOGADO! Β‘NO FIRME NADA! NO ABRA LA PUERTA! *Si no tienen una orden judicial. Ejercito mi derecho constitucional a permanecer en silencio. No quiero hablar con usted. No autorizo ninguna bΓΊsqueda, y quiero hablar con un abogado inmediatamente." In English: "Tell ICE STAY SILENT! DO NOT TALK! ASK FOR A LAWYER! DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING! DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR! *If they don't have a JUDGE's warrant." I am asserting my constitutional right to remain silent. I do not wish to speak with you. I do not consent to a search, and I wish to speak with an attorney immediately.” Additional resources in Spanish & English: 1. Siembra NC LΓ­nea directa (Hotline) (919) 904-7836 para denunciar redadas/actividades del ICE to report ICE raids/activities 2. Caridades CatΓ³licas de la DiΓ³cesis de Raleigh por soliciten servicios legales de inmigraciΓ³n Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh (919) 861-7441 7200 Stonehenge Dr, Raleigh, NC 27613 3. Banco de Alimentos Comunitario de Durham (Catholic Charities), por despensa de alimentos Durham Community Food Pantry (Catholic Charities) for those requesting immigration legal services (919) 861-7427 2020 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC 27707" This is a printout to hand to people intentionally with only names, phone numbers, and addresses so they can be utilized immediately.

for printout purposes

18.11.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.

ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.

18.11.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 455    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10

OOPS, edit: the podcast ep *they* reference!

18.11.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved this so very much. And the Vibe Check episode she references too!

18.11.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How to Be a Good Neighbor what you can do vs what you will do

open.substack.com/pub/jennydel...

18.11.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"Chicago's Tiny Kitchen Project provides meals for kids amid SNAP benefit gaps"

18.11.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you know someone who is feeling

1) unmoored because they don't know how to be most helpful to their community in this moment and/or

2) overloaded because they say yes to wayyyy too many asks

...great news, this workshop is for them!

18.11.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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When the federal immigration raids ramped up in L.A. and protesters took to the streets in June, Chan decided to make a statement the only way he knew how: By printing thousands of protest signs and distributing them for free.

The full story: lataco.com/prints-again...

By Marina Watanabe

18.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 281    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8

in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!

17.11.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 305    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Resilience For Sustainable Activism Β· Indivisible Many of us entered movement work out of urgency and many of us are exhausted by it. The Resilience Toolkit offers an embodied, justice-aligned framework for sustaining activism over the long arc of th...

12/4 - Resilience For Sustainable Activism - www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

17.11.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...

615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.

17.11.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus

10.11.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1876    πŸ” 537    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 11
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Hello dear friends… Winter is very hard on us. Our tent is thin and cold seeps in from all sides. Children shiver at night. I started a fundraiser to raise $3000 for a stronger tent, warm clothes, blankets, and mattresses. Even the smallest help matters. Thank you πŸ™πŸ’–
www.gofundme.com/f/help-mitqa...

09.11.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 20

I'm glad people are waking up now, but it should not have taken this.

Y'all should have woken up to how the dems handled COVID. To how they handled prosecuting Trump.

To how they handled a genocide.

10.11.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

10.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15295    πŸ” 4141    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 206

Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.

10.11.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3392    πŸ” 757    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 11

There is no world in which the deaths by suicide of young people, or the documented mental unraveling of vulnerable people can be an "acceptable" cost for ANY technology, no matter how revolutionary these technologies are claimed to be.

07.11.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker β€œif she wins” I am definitely going to prison.

So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

07.11.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8559    πŸ” 3201    πŸ’¬ 297    πŸ“Œ 131

No reason at all to do this besides hate

06.11.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 438    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

06.11.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4812    πŸ” 2233    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 115

Taylor Frazier McCollum points out that there are other beneficial sources of potential revenue for PG County! One example is β€œHeritage tourism” which is huge in DMV but underrepresented along the Anacostia in PG. Go after the β€œclean money” and ditch the data center.

07.11.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loving and Protecting Us β€” Interrupting Criminalization A resource for people interested in and working to develop abolitionist crisis response rooted in transformative justice. This offering aims to help demystify a few things about how we develop, think ...

For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.

Read it here:

06.11.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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cheverlygreenplan MISSION OF THE CHEVERLY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN Preserve, restore and sustain the natural environment of Cheverly and surrounding areas as intact and healthy ecosystems, through a community particip...

For folks in #PGCounty MD who want to read notes + next steps following tonight’s forum about the proposed #datacenters at the old Landover Mall site, check this site in the coming days:

sites.google.com/site/cheverl...

07.11.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maurice Mitchell talks about how organizing isn’t a sprint OR a marathon β€” it’s a relay race. My dad’s been working so hard w/ other PG County folks to fight the data center. I’m proud of him for making this panel happen…& my mom is hoping he’ll pass the baton for a little while after tonight. ;)

07.11.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Panelist Daniel Broder, who’s an expert on both AI and quantum computing, says PG County is already investing in the latter and should be investing in it more! The data centers would divert $ from QC which, he says, will change the world for the better.

07.11.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hearing from Taylor Frazier-McCollum now via a panel being streamed from Cheverly tonight. She created this petition which folks in PG County can still sign if you oppose the proposed data centers on the old Landover Mall site! #pgcounty #maryland

www.change.org/p/stop-data-...

07.11.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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