Causes and Donations for Books, Animals and People / Part 1
GOOD CAUSES TO SUPPORT / PART 2
Below are causes you can support through signing petitions, donating money, participating in events, learning more, and, of course, sharing.
ORANGE SHIRT DAY:
Below are causes you can support through signing petitions, donating money, participating in events, learning more, and, of course, sharing.
Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters occurs on September 30th. This event "opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind." [1]
2021 has been a heartbreaking year for Indigenous folks as countless graves have been uncovered at the sites of closed Residential Schools around Canada. This is not just a Canadian issue, though. The United States had MANY "boarding schools" for Native children, and we haven't started to look for graves, yet.
Get an "Every Child Matters" orange shirt from an Indigenous artist like Agnes Wooward to remember those who were lost to Residential Schools, as well as to honor survivors. Check out ReeCreeations shop for a shirt.
Learn more at OrangeShirtDay.org.
You can also participate in the Remembrance 5K Run (a virtual event) on September 30th for $25 or support a runner in need if you can't participate for whatever reason.
IDA RELIEF:
Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Now communities and impacted people and families need help.
DONATE:
Imagine Water Works: Donate to Hurricane Ida Relief & Recovery
UNICEF USA is aiming to help children impacted by Hurricane IDA.
Greater New Orleans Foundation Disaster Response and Restoration Fund
THE CROWN ACT:
Dove, National Urban League, Color Of Change, and Western Center on Law & Poverty have co-founded the CROWN Coalition to advance the CROWN Act.
CROWN stands for: Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.
The CROWN Act is a a law that prohibits discrimination based on hair texture and hairstyle.
ACTION ITEMS:
Sign the petition asking for the CROWN Act to be passed in all 50 states.
STOP LINE 3:
People always show outrage at oil spills in the ocean (and rightly so), but what about inland oil spills? Also, for any animal rights activists, wildlife and other animals won’t have clean drinking water, either, like the dogs on reserves.
40% of America’s water will be contaminated. Are you in that 40%? Do you want to drink clean water? Remember Flint, Michigan? Do you know climate change is a serious problem? What about the safety of women and girls and two spirit people? Human trafficking increases at these pipelines. Four Line 3 workers have already been arrested in trafficking stings.
ACTION ITEMS:
- If you care about any one of those things, text PUCZGE to 50409 (Resist Bot will ask for your name and address because letters to government representatives require them.)
- You can also DM PUCZGE to @ResistBot on Twitter to do the same thing.
- Then sign the four petitions on RiceIsLife.Carrd.co.
