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So, India is dying.
Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.
If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.
A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.
There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.
There is no plan.
Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.
We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.
This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.
We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.
People are dying.
People are dying.
People are dying and there is no plan.
More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.
My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.
Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.
But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.
She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.
So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.
If you can, donate.
Or spread the word.
Help. Please.
COVID-19 HELP GUIDE (INDIA)
THE SITUATION IN INDIA
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
SOME NGOs WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER TO DONATE OR REQUEST FOR PLASMA. IF YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM COVID, PLEASE REGISTER ON ANY OF THESE WEBSITES.
dhoond.com
needplasma.in
plasmadonor.in
plasmaline.in
pintnetwork.com
rotarybloodbankgurgaon.in
kabwelfarefoundation.org
NDTV is also running a campaign wherein you can drop them an email or WhatsApp them the requirements and prescription, and they'll help you find donors as early as possible.
feedback@ndtv.com (e-mail)
9910668811 (WhatsApp number)
WEBSITES TO CHECK AVAILABILITY OF REMDESIVIR, HOSPITAL BEDS & PLASMA
this website has state-wise emergency helpline numbers, list of resources - oxygen, beds etc.
the mumbai civic body, BMC, also has a bed availability tracker which is updated every 2 hours.
cipla is currently giving remdesivir injections directly to the hospital where a patient has been admitted in order to avoid black marketing of the medicines.
info.availability@cipla.com (e-mail)
8657311088 (helpline no.)
delhi govt.'s website to keep track of beds
city wise helpline numbers
DOCTORS WHO CAN GUIDE YOU
OXYGEN CYLINDERS
HOW TO FIND A PLASMA DONOR
OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS:
COVID RELIEF OPEN SOURCE REQUEST TRACKER
DONOR REGISTRATION LINK (DELHI)
VOLUNTEER TO HELP ORGANISE ONLINE RESOURCES
INDIA WIDE COVID RESOURCES
So it was a white woman who killed Botham Jean, and a white woman who killed Dante Wright, and it’s been white women at the center of almost every video of someone unjustly calling the police on black people, and it’s white women who have been directly or indirectly responsible for many horrific massacres of black peoples across the US like the one in Wilmington and the famous Tulsa massacre, and it’s white women who have a deep history of weaponizing their white womanhood by falsely accusing black men of rape even so much as to accuse black children like emmet till which resulted in the entire civil rights movement, and white women who constructed the idea of preserving the confederacy, and it’s white women who have gained freedom by steeping on the backs of black women, and white women who have fought to preserve the racist ideals of the 50s Nuclear family, and the list goes on and on and on and on.
So are we ready to talk about how white women are not incidental participants in white supremacy but rather the architectures and safe-guards of it?
#JusticeforDaunteWright
It’s going up in the city tonight and I won’t be on here but before I leave for the night here are a list of local resources to share.
Direct Donations/Financial Help for Daunte’s Family
Gofundme
Cashapp: $hubby98 (Chyna, Daunte’s girlfriend and the mother of Daunte Jr.)
Venmo: @thuy-jones (community member who will pass funds to Chyna)
Paypal: @holisticheaux (community member who will pass funds to Chyna)
If sending via money transferring apps please put “For Daunte Jr.” in the subject line so the funds can be properly allocated!
Community Donations for Protesters and Protective Equipment
DocumentingMN: local community member run organization providing plywood for Black owned business in the cities and well as hot meals, groceries, and safety gear
Venmo: @DocMN
Paypal: @DocumentingMN
Freedom Street Health: community medic organization, apart of Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance. Providing first aid supplies for on the ground medics
Cashapp: $clamdunk
Venmo: @zwine
Justice Frontline Aid: community volunteer response and medic team currently accepting donations for protest protection packs and protective gear (respirator masks and googles)
Black Table Arts: Black art co-op, currently collecting and distributing gas masks for protestors. Any donations made please include “Gas Masks” in subject line
Brooklyn Center School District: urgent need for food and essentials for the community in Brooklyn Center, a food desert with limited access to grocery stores at this time
Gofundme (more information included in gfm)
Cashapp: $alfredadaniels
Venmo: @cindy-yang-19 and @jackie-hayden-2
Rebuild Brooklyn Center Shops Gofundme: mutual aid to help rebuild businesses that were looted/destroyed on Sunday April 11th
Minnesota Freedom Fund: bail relief fund
The Bail Project: bail relief fund
George Floyd Square: community led and guarded autonomous zone on 38th and Chicago that provides community space and organizations to gather
Venmo: @marciahoward38thstreet
Paypal: @marciaxthree
Twitter: @GeorgeFloydSQ
Instagram: @38thandchicagogfs
Community Members to Follow for Updates and Information
Unicorn Riot: livestreaming broadcasts
Twitter: @UR_Ninja
Instagram: @unicorn.riot
Facebook: Unicorn Riot
MNUprising
Twitter: @MnUrising
Instagram: @mnurising
MN Teen Activists
Instagram: @mnteenactivists
Black Disability Collective: ran by local Black disabled community members
Twitter: @BlackDisability
Instagram: @blackdisabilitycollective
FSFAPV Justice: community family coalition that offers help and justice to families in the Twin Cities and nationwide that have lost loved ones to police violence
Instagram: @fsfapv
H.P Rogers, Ben Hovland, and Daviss: photojournalists
Instagram: @hpr_photography and @benjovland
Twitter: @daviss
#JusticeforDaunteWright
It’s going up in the city tonight and I won’t be on here but before I leave for the night here are a list of local resources to share.
Direct Donations/Financial Help for Daunte’s Family
Gofundme
Cashapp: $hubby98 (Chyna, Daunte’s girlfriend and the mother of Daunte Jr.)
Venmo: @thuy-jones (community member who will pass funds to Chyna)
Paypal: @holisticheaux (community member who will pass funds to Chyna)
If sending via money transferring apps please put “For Daunte Jr.” in the subject line so the funds can be properly allocated!
Community Donations for Protesters and Protective Equipment
DocumentingMN: local community member run organization providing plywood for Black owned business in the cities and well as hot meals and safety gear
Venmo: @DocMN
Paypal: @DocumentingMN
Freedom Street Health: community medic organization, apart of Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance. Providing first aid supplies for on the ground medics
Cashapp: $clamdunk
Venmo: @zwine
Brooklyn Center School District: urgent need for food and essentials for the community
Rebuild Brooklyn Center Shops Gofundme: mutual aid to help rebuild businesses that were looted/destroyed on Sunday April 11th
Minnesota Freedom Fund: bail relief fund
The Bail Project: bail relief fund
George Floyd Square: community led and guarded autonomous zone on 38th and Chicago that provides community space and organizations to gather
Venmo: @marciahoward38thstreet
Paypal: @marciaxthree
Twitter: @GeorgeFloydSQ
Instagram: @38thandchicagogfs
Community Members to Follow for Updates and Information
Unicorn Riot: livestreaming broadcasts
Twitter: @UR_Ninja
Instagram: @unicorn.riot
Facebook: Unicorn Riot
MNUprising
Twitter: @MnUrising
Instagram: @mnurising
MN Teen Activists
Instagram: @mnteenactivists
H.P Rogers, Ben Hovland, and Daviss: photojournalists
Instagram: @hpr_photography and @benjovland
Twitter: @daviss
Watch how prince philip’s death completely takes over the news cycle and sidelines the actual carnage happening in northern ireland
Last night saw rioting on both sides of the peace wall in belfast
19 police officers were injured
The PSNI then turned water canons on the rioters (despite the fact loyalists have been rioting for a week, only the nationalist rioters were subjected to this)
The people have no faith in the police or the politicians and there is no end in sight
You won’t hear about any of this though.
DAUNTE WRIGHT
20 year old Daunte Wright was murdered by police in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb today, April 11th, 2021 during a traffic stop.
As of 7pm, his body is still laying on the ground. Riot cops are on the scene with "less lethals" AND live weapons in response to a large crowd that has formed to hold space for grief and anger. Daunte's mother is there and speaking, and she shared the above photo of Daunte.
The Derek Chauvin trial is currently ongoing and these police are out here still actively murdering our neighbors. ACAB forever.
Say his name and demand Justice for Daunte Wright
Hello I am begging you guys please boost this if you can, this keeps happening an I am so tired of it
TW- death row
Somewhere close to where I live there is this man named Pervis Payne and he is suppose to be executed in 29 days please boost this. In Tennessee specifically shelby Tennessee he is suppose to be executed. During his trial and during his time of being on death row he has faced racism, and been told things like "you think your black now just wait until we fry you."
He has so much proof of being innocent but won't be let off death row. Police has said that he was in a drug fueled frenzy with no evidence and REFUSE to do DNA testing or drug testing. He done nothing wrong but is being called a animal.
He has a proven intellectual disability where he shouldn't be on death row at all. I don't care at all what your account is about just please spread awareness knowing that stuff like this is happening where I live to innocent black people just like me is disgusting.
If you can please @ your mutuals. This man deserve freedom.
Here are things you can do
Petition to allow to do DNA testing
Call (615)-741-2001 and press 1 to leave a voice mail granting a stay of pervis payne execution (if it doesn't go to voice-mail there should be someone who answers and you can do the same thing)
I sadly can't find anymore at the moment but if you do please share also some petitions are fake so please be careful.
Also realize that he is probably going to be executed in 28 days now since his execution is on April 9
@angiebug101 @mypimpademia @lucyheartfilias-wife @thatweirdoagainbitches
Making these posts is not how I want to spend my time. I would much rather focus on Asian American power, joy, resilience, and resistance. No community wants to be defined by the worst things they’ve experienced. This series isn’t a submission to the oppression olympics or a pity party. I want to educate people in order to help connect the dots so we can see how the same kind of racism twists and evolves over time, but hasn’t gone away. Some events you might recognize, like the Chinese Exclusion Act, or Executive Order 9066 which was signed 79 years ago on this day. I hope everyone who reads these simply has a better understanding of Asian American history, and aims to do better now that you know better.
Liz Kleinrock / @teachandtransform
Just wanted to share this from Diet Prada on Instagram...
Resources and Donations:
https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/
https://www.asianamericanadvocacyfund.org/
http://cpacs.org/
https://www.asianmhc.org/about-us
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/apfund/mobile
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-georgias-asian-american-community/
https://www.napawf.org/donate
https://www.apalanet.org/
“’Anti-racism’ is a noun but urgency requires us to treat it as a verb, I say. It means taking your awareness and turning it into action. Into doing something concrete. And then to keep doing it.”
We Need Diverse Books social media manager JoAnn Yao wrote about the Atlanta shooting, growing up Asian in Georgia, & how both solidarity and joy can be found while drawing a cartography of self. See below for our resources on how to take action, stand against anti-Asian racism, and #StopAsianHate.
CW: Mention of Atlanta shooting. Full list of warnings at beginning of essay.
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Asian Books & Authors:
Asian Author Alliance’s Kidlit Directory – “A Directory of Asian Kidlit Authors as a way to help others discover and amplify Asian voices and stories!”
KiBooka – site by author Linda Sue Park that showcases kids’ books (picture, Middle Grade, and Young Adult) and their Korean American + Korean Diaspora authors
Asian-Owned Bookstores:
Maomi Bookstore (Chamblee, GA)
Femme Fire Books (Jacksonville, FL)
Arkipelago Books (San Francisco, CA)
Bel Canto Books (Long Beach, CA)
Eastwind Books (Berkeley, CA)
Giant Robot Store (Los Angeles, CA)
A Good Used Book (Los Angeles, CA)
The Lev (Los Angeles, CA)
Philippine Expressions Bookstore (San Pedro, CA)
Kinokuniya (Various)
The Asian American Curriculum Project (San Mateo, CA) – proceeds from sales also support their nonprofit, which works to “bring a wide variety of Asian American curriculum materials to schools, libraries, and the general public.”
Atlanta-based AAPI Organizations:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta – “the first and only nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Georgia and the Southeast.”
Center for Pan Asian Community Services – “Established as the first and largest Asian and Pacific Islander health and human service agency in the Southeast region, CPACS has been providing its core groups of services to immigrant and refugee families in Georgia since 1980.”
Fundraisers & Action Items:
Verified Atlanta shooting victim fundraisers
GoFundMe-organized AAPI Community Fund
Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Atlanta Fund for the victims and their families
Anti-Asian Violence Resources – includes statistics, bystander trainings, mental health resources, and more
Asian Americans, A PBS Documentary – “a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever… Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.”
Stop AAPI Hate – nonprofit that tracks incidents of hate and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
The Asian American Curriculum Project – “Our mission is to educate the public about the great diversity of the Asian American experience through book distribution, cultural awareness, and educating Asian Americans about their own heritage, thus instilling a sense of pride.”
To everyone who sees this:
My home country, Myanmar (Burma) is in a serious situation.
On the first of February 2021. the military seized power. They had detained government officials, including our State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and our president, U Win Myint.
Every form of connection, both wifi and mobile data, all was cut off this morning. We did not know what was happening for the whole of the morning, until 5 in my house when the internet was back on.
They had cut all news channel, we do not know what really is happening inside our country other than their power seizure, and we do not know what is happening in the world right now. Every news channel except the military owned are now cut.
There are now curfews to stay at home after 8pm in Yangon, whether the same law apply to other cities are unknown.
There is not much we can do as citizens other than hope that our little voices reach the world. The best we can hope for is.
I am in the dark and cannot shed much light on the situation. You might have heard and know better by now. The 8888 uprising is one that had happened in the past, we hope this is not another one. Some think that the worst may result in our country disappearing off the face of the Earth, but I can only hope for the best.
The internet and electricity may be cut off again at 12 in the night, Myanmar Time, but some said this is a rumour. I do not know yet.
Spreading awareness on this situation is extremely important to us, we are no strangers to being left in the dark corner for a long time.
Speaking from my heart, I hope that we can stand as a union of humanity, rather than divided by any borders or nationalities. The military oppression will not only affect our country, our children, our lives to the biggest extent, it can tear the centuries our country had survived into nothingness. In the 88 uprising, countless bodies had been buried alive, the streets had been covered with blood, and tears drown the country. We can only hope this is not 88 again.
To every bystander, to help us, spreading awareness is important. It’s extremely important to research as well and get to the bottom ( and avoid circular reporting), and I will try to explain as much as possible if there is time.
There was another announcement that all travel to outside the country will be shut down till April 30.
This is a petition you can sign:
https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-we-would-like-to-report-about-the-military-coup-in-myanmar-burma
Edit (March 19, 2021): The military still holds power. We are not free yet. There are increasing violence and brutality erupting around the country. Yet we are being silenced.
Accounts you can follow to keep up-to-date:
Tumblr : @aletteroflovetome (Feel free to send me an inbox or message me, I will try to answer any questions about the current situation), @soft-noble-light @myanmarupdates , @georgiaeden8585 , @castaliasworld, @surprisebitch , @smolonigiri
Instagram : @ootdmyanmar @listenupmyanmar @spotlight_myanmar @fullbellies_forlife @humansofmm @instamyanmar @worldwideburmesestudents @whats.happening.in.myanmar @castalia_iris
Facebook : @Myanmar Now @Irrawaddy Burmese @RFA Burmese @BBC Burmese @Mizzima @DVB News
Twitter : @TostevinM @cvdom2021 @eieitoelwin @FrontierMM @freya_cole @cape_diamond
Hashtags to follow : #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #JusticeForMyanmar #Myanmar #RejectMyanmarMilitaryCoup #AgainstMyanmarMilitaryCoup
Link to donate to CDMers :
https://linktr.ee/tosavemyanmar
CDM (Civil-Disobedience Movement) is a movement where government workers do not go to work, to stand up against the military junta, and stop all their procedures. Many government workers are participating in this, however, they have to do this at their own financial, and sometimes, personal risk. Currently, everyone who participates in CDM receives no pay, and as of now, they have to move out of government provided housing(or get shot if they don’t work). Most are virtually incomeless, but the public is supporting them. It would be a great help to continue the support.
hey i haven’t seen this gofundme circulating here yet, but this is organized by the son of Hyun Jung Grant, one of the eight atlanta shooting victims. his mother was a single mom and they don’t have any other family in the united states, so he will be raising his younger brother and organizing the funeral on his own.
please consider sharing this link and/or donating to alleviate some of the stress and in memory of his mother and the other victims in atlanta. the original goal at this time has been met, but this family will be dealing with long-term expenses on top of the trauma they’ve suffered.
Honoring the lives lost in the Atlanta shooting
Xiaojie 'Emily' Tan, 49
Tan, 49, was the mother of Jami Webb, a recent graduate from the University of Georgia. She was a licensed massage therapist and the owner of Young’s Asian Massage, along with other businesses in the area, including another spa and a tanning salon, according to state records. She was “the sweetest, most kind-hearted, giving, never-met-a-stranger person,” a friend told Atlanta’s WSB-TV. Just one day away from her 50th birthday when she was killed, according to USA Today, Tan was described by her daughter as thoughtful, devoted to her family, and looking forward to traveling in her retirement.
Hyun Jung Grant, 51
Hyun Jung Grant was a Korean immigrant who worked at Atlanta’s Gold Spa. Her son Randy Park, 23, shared a tribute to his mother on GoFundMe: He said his mother was a single parent who “dedicated her whole life to providing for my brother and I.” She loved dancing and sushi, according to Park, who told The Daily Beast, “She wasn’t just my mother. She was my friend.” Park, who now has to raise his brother alone, is not buying law-enforcement officials’ suggestion that the attack was motivated by a supposed sex addiction, not racism. “That’s bullshit,” he said.
Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, 33
Yaun Gonzalez, 33, was a mother of two — 13-year-old Mayson and 8-month-old Mia. She had worked all day on Tuesday at the Waffle House a few shops down from Tan’s spa business. She had been looking forward to having a relaxing night out with her husband, Mario Gonzalez, whom she married only last year, and the couple had reportedly never been to Young’s Asian Massage before. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, family members say that Mario Gonzalez, who survived the shooting, is “taking [the situation] hard.” Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez’s friends and family have set up a GoFundMe to address her funeral costs.
Paul Andre Michels, 54
Michels, 54, was a handyman at Young’s Asian Massage and the owner of an electric company. He was only recently hired for the role and excited to take it on after looking for more work during the pandemic, according to a friend who spoke with CBS46. An army veteran originally from Detroit, Michels is one of nine siblings and is survived by his wife of more than two decades. In an interview with the Guardian, his brother John Michels emphasized his kindness. “He was just a regular guy, very good-hearted, very soft-natured,” he said, while noting that Michels had expressed an interest in getting involved in the massage business.
Yong Ae Yue, 63
A licensed massage therapist, she was laid off at the start of the pandemic last year and was excited to finally start shifts at the spa again, her son Elliott Peterson, 42, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday morning. Yue’s youngest child, Robert Peterson, 38, agreed, recalling their mother as a kind and deeply caring woman. If you stopped by her house, she’d sit you down, ask if you’d eaten, and then insist on a trip to H Mart grocery store so she could make a meal.
Daoyou Feng, 44
Daoyou Feng, 44, began working at Young’s Asian Massage in recent months, according to Tan’s friend Hynson. She was kind and quiet, he said. Her relatives could not be reached for comment.
Soon Chung Park, 74
Soon Chung Park, 74, was also a worker at an Atlanta spa. Her family didn’t respond when reached for comment. Park previously lived in New York, where she has relatives, her son-in-law, Scott Lee, told the New York Times. “She got along with her family so well,” Lee told the newspaper.
Suncha Kim, 69
Suncha Kim, 69, worked at one of the spas in Atlanta. Her family could not be reached for comment. Kim, a grandmother, was married for more than 50 years, a family member told the Times. She enjoyed line dancing and worked hard, the relative said.
Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, 30
Hernandez-Ortiz, 30, was the only survivor of the victims who were shot on Tuesday, and he remains hospitalized for multiple gunshot wounds in his “forehead, throat, lungs and stomach,” according to the Washington Post. He was shot while standing outside in the shopping center where Young’s Asian Massage is located. “He came from nothing and has come a long way; that is why I have faith he will survive this,” his wife Flor Gonzalez told the Washington Post. Gonzalez has also set up a GoFundMe to help with the costs of Hernandez-Ortiz’s medical care.
Literally it’s insane how the laundry never stops. There is always laundry
Let bi boys date girls
after a 6.4 earthquake in Croatia yesterday, more earthquakes keep shaking the area (4.8, 4.7 magnitude just this morning) (on top of a covid pandemic!!)
people have lost their homes, towns have been destroyed, 7 people have lost their lives
please please help if you can, spread the word & donate if you can, please don’t ignore this because it’s a small country
donate to the Croatian Red Cross (page in English)
Croatia state budget IBAN: HR12 1001 0051 8630 0016 0
International payments: BIC (SWIFT) code: NBHRHR2XXXX
bank: Croatian National Bank, Trg hrvatskih velikana 3, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
user: Republic od Croatia - Ministry of Finance, Katanciceva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Payment information: Earthquakes aid
other resources here & here
just spreading the word helps too, keep Croatia in your thoughts 🥺🙏
This fund is to install water purifiers for indigenous families in Canada, where there is a water crisis and desperate need for safe water sources. There are currently 58 long term water drinking advisories across Canada, which does not include short term ones (eg ones that are under 12 months long)
Since the beginning of the year it has only reached $2547 out of $10000 (as of December 21st 2020). If you can donate or share this, please do!!
baby it’s covid outside, wear a mask
Solidarity.
Onist'ot'en Camp Contact
Onist'ot'en Volunteer
Onist'ot'en Twitter
Wet'suwet'en GoFundMe
