This Mutual Aid campaign covers two mutual Aid projects:

Power packs to the people: Distributing battery Banks to demonstrators so they do not have to worry about their phones dying while they're out doing the necessary work. For our unhoused neighbors, they are usually a group that is discriminated against by businesses so it is hard to find a place to charge their phone.

I first bought battery packs for the demonstrators that chain themselves to the Hennepin county government centers protection fence around the time of the Derek Chauvin trial in April 2021. I reached for support of this idea, and it's been going ever since.

Ridesharing is caring/ Aid Cab: I made this mutual aid response to the heatwave that was plaguing us for a week in early June 2021. I'm continuing this Mutual Aid project due to people being stranded at night after operating bus hours, and police slashing people's tires to cause them to get towed during demonstrations. This Mutual Aid project is also national. Anyone with a cash app or even though can reach out to me for funds. I issue $20 or $30 per request and I don't ask where people are going. It's about people getting where they need to go, not about me getting all up in their business.

Your contribution would make sure that a demonstrator or an unhoused neighbor can continue to be in contact with friends, family, and emergency services for the sake of their own safety and continue to have access to the basic need of communication. Your contribution would also make sure that someone is not stranded at 2:00 a.m. after their last bus leaves, they're not stranded and pouring down rain or blazing heat, or they have a ride to wherever they need to go if the police damage their vehicle and have it towed.

Is a trusted and known figure of the community, you can rest assured that your contribution is going towards the safety of people fighting against systemic racism and institutionalized misogyny. Your contribution will also bring Aid to our unhoused neighbors that are already in highly vulnerable situations while being dehumanized and demoralized as it is still a popular narrative to view homeless people as the problem.

Thank you for contributing to and sharing this campaign!

Venmo toriyoujo