Remember the Muslim group who started raising funds to help pay for funerals and medical expenses for the victims in Pittsburgh?? Well. They’re not done yet. Look at this
They have increased their goal several times and exceeded it within hours. HOURS!!
Here is their latest update
They’re asking you to please donate to their other fund, to help the victims of the shooting in Kentucky. These people are beyond amazing. They give me hope for the future and restore my faith in humanity.
They haven’t reached their goal with this one yet. If you’re feeling compelled to donate, please donate to the Kentucky fund. Because of everything else going on, it hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention. But these two peoples lives were just as important. They were just as loved and they will be just as missed.
And because they haven’t gotten as much attention and their stories aren’t in the news as much, here’s their story. From the fund raiser.
Please pass this around. If you can’t donate, someone who sees your reblog might.
Respond to evil with good.
It has been two and half hours since I posted this and the funds raised has increased by almost $2800 !!! This is amazing !! You are wonderful people for helping in any way you can.
Keep up the great work!!
PS: the fund for the Tree Of Life victims has raised an additional $11k in the past two and half hours as well. How amazing is that ?!
a lot of my friends have been noting that none of the “get out there and vote!” posts actually have any resources attached to them, so they’re great for motivation but if you don’t know how to vote they can really stress you out. so i compiled a list of resources that hopefully can help!
Here’s the most confusing bit! Figuring out who you’re voting for. Don’t know who’s running? Ballotpedia is a godsend. The page in the link looks very confusing, but all you have to do is click your state in each of the right-hand boxes. Those will take you to a page that will explain who from each party is running for the Senate and the House. Ballotpedia will also tell you if your state has same-day voter registration. If you’ve missed the cutoff to register, you might still be able to do it on election day, so check that on your state’s voting page!
Polling places can be crowded and the wait can be long to vote. Don’t freak out! Bring a book or some music/podcasts to listen to while you wait.
If you can’t make it on the day, you still have options! Find your state on this Ballotpedia page and click to learn more. The page it takes you to will have links and information on how to get an absentee ballot in your state. If you plan on absentee voting, hurry! The deadlines to apply and vote are usually sooner than the actual election day.
Most of all, remember: this election could swing the house and the senate, giving Democrats more control over new laws and legislation for years to come. You’re not a bad person if you can’t vote, but it’s a lot easier than you might think!
I did this last year and inexplicably turned out to be eligible for Medicaid in WV, which I STILL have. Absolute and total lifechanger that’s letting me go to school instead of having to work full time.
KIDS! In the US and elsewhere… older generations will use you as a prop but will work against making the world better for you, again and again. GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!
Please! Voting is super important and a right we need to make sure we’re using! There’s even early voting going on now so you can get it out of the way before November 6th!
https://www.ballotready.org if you’re confused or unsure of who or what you’re voting for, this site can help!
Remember, voting isn’t a test. You can bring in your answers ahead of time and just copy down what you wrote at home!
I’ve been having better luck with https://ballotpedia.org/ for issues and candidates in my area. You might check both, if something seems unhelpful or incomplete on one of them.
•They have an eye deformation they do not wish to show
•They have snow vision and literally cannot see in bright light conditions
•They are blind or partially blind
•They get migraines and could throw up or pass out from the fluorescent lights
•Don’t be an asshole
· That they have sensory processing issues that makes bright lights uncomfortable or painful and therefor could make them unable to focus and function.
They don’t want to be judged by their eye contact or facial expressions.
They just like wearing sunglasses inside. It’s none of your business why.
They’re epileptic and the event is known for flashing lights or strobe effects (concerts, movies, sports events, live shows – hell, maybe they’re just driving because some fucking assholes put rapidly flashing lights on their cars ‘for safety!!!’ at night).
I’ve been seizure free for 3 or 4 years now, but I wore sunglasses to Incredibles 2 because people warned me the strobe was intense and I still sometimes get headaches cause I’m not used to being able to look at strobe. It worked like a charm and I’ll be wearing sunglasses to movies in the future just in case because I’m tired of getting nasty surprises at movies/concerts/etc. because people put strobe E V E R Y W H E R E.
Anon is talking about Brazil. The openly Fascist right-wing party won the elections in Brazil, and everyone in a minority group is now in immediate, genuine danger.
Please leave if you can – and leave early. Passports and borders are the first thing to be restricted in a dictatorship.
my synagogue is doing some really great accessibility and inclusivity work right now and works with a lot of local charities–you can donate to them here
Hey folks, my synagogue is the ONLY synagogue in my town, the same town that houses Liberty University, that evangelical Christian college that trump visited and who sent a busload of students to support kavanaugh, and who illegally smuggled jewish artifacts into their school biblical museum via hobby lobby
We are small, mostly older people, but liberal, welcoming, and LGBT friendly, do interfaith outreach, are currently sponsoring refugees, do food drives throughout the year, are part of a state wide jewish choir, and are the only synagogue in the whole town, that is pretty much owned by LU.
If you are able to donate to help us continue to survive and help the community, here is where you can do so, baruch hashem.
Don’t vote straight tickets, don’t just select Democrat. Do each choice individually. People voting straight tickets in Texas caught the machines changing Beto votes to Cruz, while leaving the rest of the ticket Democrat.
Do individual votes, CHECK OVER YOUR BALLOT BEFORE YOU SUBMIT. Don’t exit out and try to start over, you aren’t allowed, your vote will be nulled. Get a poll worker to help you and have THEM document any machine errors, don’t take a pic of your ballot. Get a receipt of your vote. Ask poll workers how they are backing up votes. If you vote by mail, it’s critical to get your ballot in the mail asap. Thousands of votes aren’t counted because they’re stamped too late.
If you’re voting in person, go over every choice in the ballot carefully, and double check that the machine hasn’t changed your choice BEFORE you hit submit. Take your time, even if there’s a long line outside. Ask poll people for help if you have any questions. THERE ARE NO DUMB QUESTIONS.
Sometimes I have to ask really basic questions over and over and over before I understand stuff. I never forget, once it’s in my head, but some stuff takes clarifying and reclarifying and re-re-clarifying. I have learned to tell people that I’m not trying to be obtuse or difficult, that I have ADHD and I have to ask and re-ask. I don’t love sharing that with strangers, but it’s the most effective approach (I’ve tried a lot of different coping and learning methods over the years, including “I’d rather people think I’m stupid or sullen or contrary, I’ll be damned if I tell them that I process stuff differently”). But now I repeat back what they said to me, and they say, yup, that’s right, and then usually I say, I have ADHD, so I need to run this by you again to make sure I’m on the same page as you, and I ask some more questions, and 99% of the time they’re cool with it, and help me till I understand. A few people go from thinking I’m contrary to thinking I’m dumb, you can see it in their faces after I explain, but 1. Who cares, I need to understand, so they need to help me, and 2. I don’t think other people are dumb when they don’t notice all the things I see, from subtext to prediction to whatever. There are a lot of ways to be a person. I’m pretty secure with my level of intelligence, and I don’t look down on non-ADHD brains ffs, and 3. This is a small, but important aspect of disability and accessibility. If I told them I had dyslexia, people would be more patient with me re-stating and re-questioning. If I had other disabilities, they would be legally required to assist me or make the process accessible to me.
Everyone gets a seat at the table.
Everyone gets a vote.
Ask for help if you need it, is what I’m saying here.
More info here. TL;DR – voting in Texas is an absolute clusterfuck that suppresses voter turnout in just about every aspect.
It’s not just Texas. All sorts of places have these eSlate machines. It’s been a problem for several years now. So, yes, please, triple check your ballot before you cast it and vote for people who are going to do something about voter suppression and, preferably, ditch these machines.
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