help

DONATE: $5 / month helps me live!

maybe this page should be /ACT instead of /HELP, but the point is that CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER IS HOW WE SURVIVE; go help out!!

mutual aid (in-person, 2024)

 great if you can give time, cook food, drive, donate, or translate –– will keep adding info, including REGULAR VOLUNTEER DAYS / times / location + donation info when i can find it...

• bikes for migrants // bushwick, bk

"A group of us are mobilizing to repair and provide bicycles to asylum seekers." looking for used bikes, mechanics, translators (esp. french speakers), & cash! donate via venmo; to volunteer (or for more info), text our pal paul at 646-543-9274 or dm club a.

• club A kitchen // WEDS & SAT 12pm-3pm // bushwick, bk (MAP)

stop by bushwick city farm to help club A, a mutual aid collective distributing food & other much-needed items!! updates on insta // donate via open collective

• collective focus // i think TUES // bed-stuy/bushwick, bklyn (MAP)

• crown heights mutual aid // ?? // crown heights, bk

• ev neighbors who care // ?? // east village, mnhtn

• feed the people bed-stuy // SAT 3pm // herbert von king park, bk (MAP)

• floyd bennett field neighbors // SAT 10am-1pm // marine park, bk (MAP)

"mutual aid volunteer collective dedicated to assisting recently arrived migrant families entering our Brooklyn community & living in tents at Floyd Bennett Field."

• food fight bk // WEDS & SUN 7pm-9pm // bushwick / e. williamsburg, bk (MAP)

"distribute material needs to migrants facing constant state repression" (around corner from jefferson men's shelter, scott ave btwn flushing ave & jefferson st.); updates on insta, ISO translators, cooks, drivers // donate via paypal / venmo, dm to zelle

• les food not bombs // SUN 4:30pm // tompkins square park, mnhtn (MAP)

• mass mutual aid // SAT 5pm // kensington/flatbush, bk (MAP)

• rain or shine diaper distro // MON day // bushwick / bed-stuy, bk (MAP)

give diapers & wipes to families in broolyn (from the living gallery, check-ins early & distro 1pm); check 'em out on insta, sign up to volunteer or donate money / supplies here

• wsp mutual aid // FRI 5pm-8pm // washington square park, mnhtn (MAP)

• woodbine // MON & WEDS morn // ridgewood, queens (MAP)

food distro, volunteer to help &/or drive for pickups! they also have weekly dinners, a seed library, events, & way more, check out site or insta

help remotely (2024)

• prison library support network (nyc insta)

"an information-based collective founded to support incarcerated people & the library workers who serve them"; they have regular (& great!!) volunteer orientation meetings so u can learn to find prison mail policies, handle confidential info, evaluate info, & do all the other stuff needed to start answering letters from incarcerated ppl!

give money (2024)

• brandon & cecilia lopez: totaled car!!

gofundme // i told b-lo to make the goal more than $4k (just maintaining a car is expensive af in this town!!!) but he said they don't wanna be "greedy" pfffft!! they have a lil bb & play upright bass & a boatload of electronics, respectively; help them buy a new boat!!

• rachael uhlir (& austin sley julian): legal $$s!!

gofundme // the legal system's fucked; a person can sue you for speaking about their violence, & even if you "win" you can end up w/ hella legal fees :/ sucks v much!! & in this case affects both our pals rachael & austin, aka sunk heaven, aka married to rachael!!

• SUPPORT DIY spaces & shows! :D

double dutch • the laundromat • [can't remember what else i've seen lately, plz send]

 coding skillz (forev)

• nyc noise github: poke around!! :D

last year greg technology led a big recurse project to rebuild ENTIRE SITE & made it way better AND easier to maintain (while keeping the look of Made in '02 lolol), & he did it for FREE bc he's a hero :'') he now has a Real Job & 100 new projects so it would rule if there were more code-y hands in the mix along w/ him & o.g. site bestie paul... check out overview (python, django, render) & look thru issues, where you'll see some basics (need page-specific "social share" images) & more ambitious ideas (daily map!!!), & lmk if you wanna help!!!