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I am seeking funding to pay movers so I can live in an apartment where I will feel safe.
My name is Erin Lyndal Martin. Perhaps you know me. Perhaps you know my work. I am a widely published writer (poetry, fiction, music journalism, and creative nonfiction) and artist.
I am also in a terrible living situation and need to get out. Here is what happened: a few months ago, I attempted suicide at home. The paramedics ended up coming when someone figured out that I was in trouble. In order to get me out on the gurney, they had to take a door off the hinges. They called my landlord so she could come put the door back, which is how she found out what happened.
A few days after I got out of the hospital, my landlord began a harassment campaign against me to get me to move out. She posted a five-day notice based on my room being messy. She repeatedly conducted 'inspections" of my room. She came into the apartment once just to make sure I was cleaning my cat's litter box. And the list goes on.
Now I am healthier and more stable. I am pursuing discrimination complaints against my current landlord.
And I was fortunate enough to find an amazing apartment, and I am thrilled about that.
I am unable to work because of disability, so I rely on Social Security payments, which are not that big, to put it mildly. Therefore,, at this point in the month, I can't afford to pay movers, which is where you come in.
Please give as you can and I will move and hope to thrive in my new home.
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