- #upswing for days when it’s hard to think good thoughts
- please don’t ask me for relationship advice, I’m always gonna tell you to communicate or evacuate
- due to certain posts of mine being picked up by t*rfs, I would like to explicitly state that trans women are women and any post I’ve ever made about women wholeheartedly includes them
compiling some mutual aid projects and nonprofits working in sudan. though depending on where you get your news you may not see very much coverage of the unfolding crisis, millions of people are in danger every day as the situation continues to deteriorate. i've been really astounded by the scale of your response to the earlier list of gazan initiatives, and i hope you extend the same support to these organizations too!
- khartoum aid kitchen - currently running 12 community kitchen sites and supporting five others that collectively provide food for over 10,000 people
- fill a heart - provides financial support to sudanese hospitals and families displaced in egypt. updates are available on their instagram.
- sudan solidarity collective - supporting civil society organizations and providing psychological and educational programs for displaced people. can also donate through their paypal
- darfur women action - runs programs for displaced women and girls
- sudanese american physicians association - provides medical treatment and supports healthcare infrastructure
- amal for women - currently focused on providing water, food, hygiene products, and shelter for displaced people. general projects include education programs for children, support and professional training for single mothers, and providing trauma care. also has a gofundme
- hadhreen - provides food, water, solar panels for hospitals, children's educational programming, and a variety of other support services
- hometax - provides necessities for displaced people, including food, shelter, and medical assistance. updates can be found on their instagram.
- barana hanabneiho - originally focused on rebuilding and equipping schools, currently providing food, water, tents, mosquito nets, and weather-appropriate necessities to displaced people. they have an instagram and also accept donations through zeffy
- saving algeneina initiative - provides a variety of necessities, including food, rain covers for tents, and medical care. works with displaced people in both sudan and chad.
- sudanese red crescent society - runs health programs across all 18 states as well as delivering essential supplies
- sadagaat - various initiatives including water stations and community kitchens
- hope relief and rehabilitation for disabilities support (hrrds) - originally focused on disability justice programs. currently providing food, water, hygiene products, mobility aids, and other necessities with a focus on supporting disabled people and other vulnerable groups
- medglobal's sudan emergency appeal - provides medical supplies, equipment for doctors, and fuel for hospitals
- sudanese american medical association - provides food, water, and medical equipment, as well as training clinicians and sending extra doctors to hospitals
- siha network - provides menstrual products and obstetric/gynecological care
as before, this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add any similar initiatives or organizations you know of. and as always please donate whatever amount you can and share! every small action makes a difference, even if it feels inconsequential to you.
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Karen Vega and Zentya Echeverria by Enrique Levya for Percha Magazine January 2025
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the new year
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You have to stop ruining things for yourself preemptively because you believe they’ll fail anyway. Give yourself a chance to succeed.
This is a perfect example of why film is so beautiful - Ned Lyttelton’s stunning photos of York University students in 1978.