#undocufund

[peraltacolleges]

From @undocuprofessionals The #undocuprofessionals scholarship fund application is now OPEN! This community shared 🙌🏾and donated and now two scholarships can be awarded. Thanks to all of you 💕Highly encourage prospective and/or continuing students to apply! • http://tinyurl.com/undocuprofessionalsscholarship . Please continue to support and donate so we can provide more scholarships to undocumented students. • Thankful for this community and for all the amazing things we are doing together 🙌🏾🙌🏾 • Ways to support: 🦋share undocuProfessionals scholarship fund with your network. Share the Venmo and/or Go Fund Me 🦋 donate to the UndocuProfessionals scholarship fund. All donations are appreciated. No donation is too small. 🦋 share the UndocuProfessionals scholarship applications with your network • • Question about the scholarship fund or application⬇️⬇️⬇️ #undocumented #undocumentedstudents #daca #dacastudents #undocustudents #heretostay #undocuprofessionals #undocumentedandunafraid #scholarshipopportunities #undocuscholars #undocuscholarships #undocumentedresources #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #undocumentedamericans #undocujoy #undocuresources #upliftingeachother #undocufund #covid19 #undocuprofessionalsscholarship @berkeleycitycollege @collegealameda @laneycollege @merrittcollegeofficial https://www.instagram.com/p/CFf4I5Ah63f/?igshid=k8bmf4bicwr2

[redfeathersfarm]

Reposted from @rockertee Today!!! Sat, Sept 5th: 17 DJs play music for 17 hours to raise funds for Farmworkers affected by COVID & the wildfires. Spread the word and tune in. The benefit will feature some of the Bay Areas most legendary DJs. 💚❤️💛 👀👀👀👀👀👀 Check the lineup and tune in early. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Saturday September 5th. 8am-1am. Plan to get on Twitch, enjoy some music and hopefully make a donation. Undocufund : Rollin Raid Benefit on Twitch 8 Jacques @wblkmusic 9 Deejay Theory @deejaytheory 10 Jah Yzer & Mr.E @miguele415 @jahyzer @alpastorpapi415 11 MrE & Jah Yzer 12 Shortkut @shortkut 1 Mind Motion @notahobby1 2 Ras Rican djrasrican 3 Audio1 @djaudio1 4 Green B @djgreenbizzle 5 Umami @djumami 6 Chuy Gomez @officialhugogomez hermano of @chuygomez will be sitting in for his brother and so appropriately reppin for @norcaldjs 7 Lady Ryan @djladyryan 8 Irie Dole @iriedole 9 Franchise @iknowfranchise 10 Lazyboy @djlazyboy 11 Smoky @djsmokeone 12 Coop D’Ville @djcoopdville Undocufund is coordinated via the nonprofit @northbayorganizingproject #NorthBayOrganizingProject #Undocufund #RollingRaidFestival #InSolidarity #California #FarmWorkers #Families #Respect #SupportEachother #Love #Community #Donate #DJCommunity #BayArea #NorthBay #SonomaCounty #ThisSaturday #September5th #AllDay #PleaseShare #SpreadLove https://www.instagram.com/p/CExT7kKhofe/?igshid=1njvgea23gtfi

[elleluna]

“Come paint this mural with me on January 6th to benefit Sonoma Wildfire Relief! Cuz this is way too much mural for just one small cocker spaniel... *Sigh* Sign up for a painting shift in my mom’s bio!”—❤️🐶 #IntersectionSF #LoveLettersForSonoma #UNDOCUFUND (at Proxy SF)

[reading-writing-revolution]

#PGE - what worthless pieces of shit.

"PG&E power utility decided to double its dividend payouts over a decade instead of reinvesting in its infrastructure. Because capitalism is built to prioritize getting paid now rather than preparing for tomorrow. Short-term thinking pervades our businesses, institutions, and governments."

Rebecca Solnit:

"If you haven't been in the blackout zones, where I spent much of my weekend (climate benefit aside), it's like this: no traffic lights. No gas stations. No stores. No schools. No internet. No banks and no bank machines. Not a lot of options for recharging what wasn't charged. It is shut down. No pharmacies. Hospitals probably running on generators, some Sonoma County hospitals evacuated. People can't work or go to school or run their businesses. The stars were beautiful last night in the darkness but I am sure people are feeling isolated and distressed and concerned about what's next in the short term and the long. The billions lost by people whose lives were put on freeze because of an antiquated evil corporation and its outdated, unmaintained grid and a growing climate catastrophe hasn't been estimated, but it's huge- to reduce what is productive and creative and socially beneficial and personally meaningful work to dollars.

I was fine at a house with headlights and solar lights and a gas stove, but the no communications but my phone losing its charge wasn't fun. I'm back in the city, but getting up this morning to the brown horizon, the smell o smoke, and the two helicoptors near overhead: I thought, this is a war, and then I thought, nature pushed beyond its limits finally pushed back. Most of the north bay and a lot of east bay is shut down and there was a traffic jam of people pouring into the city at midmorning. To San Francisco where everything works, since we don't have wildfires (because we barely have anything wild). The winds are due to start up again tomorrow.

It's so clear we're not adequately prepared for this. I don't even know where the 180,000 (official figure) Sonoma County evacuees went--people with resources have options; people without don't; and people who aren't documented have a whole other layer of issues to cope with (which is why the Undocufund supporting that community specifically is so great). Evacuations by car, Southern California reminded us, leads to traffic jams, which when gas is hard to come by, become a mess. I heard someone on the radio (in my car, coming back to SF) saying they're getting emergency alerts that are just links that, without a smart phone you can't follow up on and also some cell towers are out, and not a lot of people (except me and your grandma) still have land lines. There's physical stranding and there's information stranding. And of course people with health issues, disabilities, and mobility issues have a harder time with all this, and then there's people who are close to the financial edge who will be pushed over by losing work, or home, or both.

We here in California are the seventh largest economy in the world. We are also a disaster zone. This is climate chaos. This can't be the new normal. This is why I did a benefit for climate action and data (that is, for Oil Change International) last night. This is why I'll keep working on it."

[zutaras]

An important PSA - California Wildfire Victims

As fires continue spreading throughout California, and destroying homes and businesses, many families will not receive relief aid due to their immigration status.

The 805 UndocuFund is a joint effort of immigrant-serving organizations in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties to provide disaster relief to local immigrant families who are excluded from federal aid programs like FEMA and Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

If you would like to help, please consider supporting the 805 UndocuFund so that everyone is included in disaster relief.

Here is the link to donate: https://vccf.org/805-undocufund-donation/?fbclid=IwAR3Y1GH8PQq2QwCCqnMZce8KYTvC6RLzJYDCPMGgPmX9VR4ZZymPvhG1RJY 

[djmatriarchy]

Conejo Valley Pride Hosts Woolsey Fire Fundraiser

Conejo Valley Pride is bringing LGBTQ+ and Drag to the Conejo Valley and assisting victims of the Woolsey Fire.

Come ready for some QnA time (Queer n Allies) as we provide the answer to LGBTQ+ nightlife! QnA will take place on 11/30 at CVP’s party headquarters Brendan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant with 10% back all day to 805 UndocuFund. Just mention QnA, Conejo Valley PRIDE, or show this homo promo.

Featuring DJ Matriarchy and Drag performances by Skylar Cassino and Nubia Èman !!!! 10pm-2am with rainbow edition drinks!!!

Huge shoutout to our co-organizer and performer Skylar Cassino❤️❤️

FREE ENTRY.  RSVP HERE.

Conejo Valley Pride Hosts Woolsey Fire Fundraiser was originally published on Matriarchy

[nyfacurrent]

Conversations | Wo Chan a.k.a Pearl Harbor

“What does it mean to center artists and the arts as a community resource? I think this is important and ever-evolving work.”

In the spirit of Asian and Pacific Island American Heritage Month in May and LGBTQ Pride Month in June, we spoke with NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow Wo Chan (Poetry ’17) about cultivating kinship with artists and performing during the pandemic. Learn more about Chan’s drag practice as Pearl Harbor and other people-centered engagements below.

NYFA: Can you tell us a bit about how you’ve continued to perform and showcase work during the COVID-19 outbreak? 

Wo Chan: I’m a poet and a drag performer who makes half their living from teaching poetry and plaza dance. The other half comes from performance work in nightlife and other cultural institutions around the city. When venues shuttered in mid-March, I found myself no longer able to do any of my work. The plaza dancing lessons in Brooklyn stopped, as the Homestead church basement (usually full of Chinese grannies playing Mahjong) suddenly emptied, and then the high school closed.

My after school teaching program has moved to Zoom and Discord. I think the challenge is—and in some ways always has been—finding the means to stay flexible and responsive to our community’s deeper needs. As a teacher, I’ve seen my class shift into a site of grief work, offering poems and space to young students who are suffering so much loss. We’re no longer dancing, but we’ve held fundraisers to buy and home-deliver groceries for our senior citizens who are stuck far away from markets, missing the Chinese ingredients that they are familiar with. What does it mean to center artists and the arts as a community resource? I think this is important and ever-evolving work.

The world of performance has moved online: from Zoom rooms to Twitch TV, I’m lucky to have a drag collective (Switch n' Play) with whom I can perform twice a month for our friends, fans, and following. The creative outlet of drag has always saved me in times of shock and duress. Creating new drag for the video format has been a bright blessing, heralding projects that involve wrangling my roommate and neighbor as a tech crew, climbing a ladder to dance on my roof in a gown, and dress-setting my living room in a silk forest of sheets for projections.

Yesterday, I Zoom-visited an “Introduction to Studies of Race, Migration, and Sexuality” class at Dartmouth taught by Eng-Beng Lim, and conducted a two-hour long experimental makeup tutorial and artist talk with novelist Alexander Chee. We talked about beauty, poetry, and mothers in a digital room of 40+ undergrads who were following along, painting themselves, and listening in a shared boudoir moment. In the end, we did a group drag performance over Zoom that was unbelievably touching.

In all, the pandemic is not only pushing me to consider new ways of sharing work, but to question my understanding of how my work connects to a world that is in deep suffering, and how to create out of an impulse to connect with that reality. 

NYFA: As you mentioned, you’re a member of Switch n’ Play. What has involvement with a collective meant for your art? What would you tell someone looking to join one?

WC: In many ways I think queer family chooses you. As a queer person, I’ve struggled so much with trying to earn the love of my birth family that I shaped myself into whatever form I knew they would approve of, which was silence, obedience, and eventually absence. I think one’s authentic life has its own gravity. People are drawn to you simply for being you, and if you let them, those people become your family. If you go out there looking to be loved, make sure you are present enough to accept it when it is offered.

NYFA: Do you have any projects already out in the world or coming up that you’d like to share?

WC: Yes. I am populating my IG TV with more and more performances, some of which I’m very proud of! I have a few shows coming up that you can catch online, as well. On May 29, I will be one of many poets doing a reading online to help raise money for the CT Undocufund. On May 30, I’m performing over Zoom as a part of a fundraiser for The National Queer Theater. And lastly, there are digital Switch n' Play shows on Instagram Live happening on June 13 and 27.

About Wo Chan Wo Chan is a poet and drag performer. Chan’s poetry and performance evoke an operatic sense of play that brings together the high emotions of childhood, queer identity, memory, (un)documentation, and migration. They are the winner of the 2020 Indiana Review Poetry Prize and received a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Poetry in 2017. Their chaplet ORDER THE WORLD, MOM was published by Belladonna* in 2016. Chan’s poems appear in POETRY, Mass Review, No Tokens, The Margins, and are anthologized in Vinegar & Char (University of Georgia Press), Go Home! (Feminist Press), and Bettering American Poetry (Bettering Books). As a standing member of the Brooklyn based drag/burlesque collective Switch n' Play, Chan has performed at The Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, Joe’s Pub, National Sawdust, New York Live Arts, and BAM Fisher. They are a regular guest on Sasha Velour's Nightgowns and have performed in operas, music videos, cabarets, and short films. Chan was born in Macau, China, and currently lives in New York where they teach poetry workshops and perform drag shows for queer and POC communities. Find them on Instagram at @theillustriouspearl.

- Interview Conducted by Alicia Ehni, Program Officer and Kyle Lopez, REDC Fellow

This post is part of the ConEdison Immigrant Artist Program Newsletter #129. Subscribe to this free monthly e-mail for artist’s features, opportunities, and events. Learn more about NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program.

Images from top to bottom: Wo Chan, Photo Credit: Mettie Ostrowski; Wo Chan, Photo Credit: Marion Aguas 

[rhinocerosproject]

Before the fires - a Rhinoceros Sewing Circle at the Healdsburg Center for the Arts

We started to write this post the week the #NorCalfires began burning through Mendocino, Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties here in California. As the fires raged and more and more friends were evacuated, it became difficult to finish. Healdsburg was under an evacuation advisory, although that particular Sonoma County town did not end up evacuating.

The fires here in California - the deadliest and most devastating in the state’s recorded history - were preceded by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Katia, as well as the earthquakes in Mexico, and then were immediately followed by the terrorist attacks in Somalia. Our hearts have been very heavy this fall.

Here in California, an estimated 7000 structures were destroyed, and thousands of people have lost everything. The air, even miles away from the flames, was an unusual yellow color, and the sun was a strange red color when perceived through the smoke. Yet stories of kindness and generosity abounded, particularly reflected by the signs that many hung that read, THE LOVE IN THE AIR IS THICKER THAN THE SMOKE.

The cleanup from the fires is just beginning, and it likely to last until 2018. And so today, we return to this blog and reflect on our visit to the Healdsburg Center for the Arts for another round of sewing circles last July, before the fires began.

Above, friend of the project CK Itamura is joined by a couple who sewed collaboratively.

Below, another friend, Dionne Thornton, sits in front of a large print that reminds us mni wiconi, water is life. After the fires, this message is even more poignant and important.

A new friend of the project, papermaker Amy Whitcomb, joined us for part of the day. After she joined the circle, our conversation turned to plants and papermaking. Amy was about to leave for an artist-in-residency project at Great Smokey Mountains National Park, where she was hoping to make paper with invasive plants harvested in the park.

While we were sewing in Healdsburg, the show, Pop! The Power of Printmaking was on view, for which Rhinoceros Project co-initiator Michelle served as one of the jurors. Below are works by selected artists Zach Clark and Nancy Willis. 

Our progress as of July 15, 2017.

California is often described as having fire ecology, a type of ecology in which cycles of burning release seeds from pods that are unable to open without fire as well as releasing nutrients from biomass to improve the soil. A different way to think of it is as if ecology took the form of a phoenix, that with fire comes rebirth. As Rebecca Solnit has pointed out, after catastrophes like Katrina, when input from the residents is considered, a community can rebuilt with consideration towards natural disasters. That consideration can take into account disasters on both the hyperlocal, such as regular wildfires, as well as the global, such as climate change.

One thing we have learned over the course of this project around the sewing circles is the importance of coming together, telling stories to one another, and the quiet mediation of connecting with the body through embroidery. The act of sewing together binds a community together with literal and metaphorical threads. As our sewing circles continue, we hope that those who join us will share their stories, whatever they may be, and find connection with us, as we all rise from the ashes together.

If you wish to help victims of the North Bay fires, please consider donating to the Disaster Fund for Mendocino County, the UnDocufund for fire relief for undocumented workers in Sonoma and Napa counties, or any of the programs listed here.

[tuesdayblogworld]

Coronavirus: Groups reopen 805 Undocufund to help undocumented immigrants during pandemic

But the more than 2 million undocumented immigrants aren't eligible for unemployment or the stimulus checks that others are relying on to reduce …

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[whatsupsac]

What’s Up Tonight, 12/7/17:

Creative Edge Youth Forum: Join this important youth discussion on the needs and vision for arts, culture, & future creative economy in the Sacramento Region. Bring your appetite & thoughts on the arts! Space is limited! Text your name and # of expected guests to (916) 750-0954 to RSVP. Seats will be prioritized for those under 24 years old. Oak Park Community Center. 4-6PM.

Battle of the Capitol: A Benefit for the North Bay Farmworkers: Come hear Capitol staffers and lobbyists rock out and compete for a great cause. Featuring the talents of Remedy Seven, AKA Live, Special Interest, Overdraft, and Sideshow. All proceeds from the event will go to UndocuFund, a nonprofit created by a coalition of immigrant service providers and advocates to provide direct assistance to undocumented residents who were impacted by the recent Northern California fires. Old Ironsides. 6-10PM. $20 at door. 

La Pastorela de Sacramento: Latino Center of Art and Culture presents La Pastorela de Sactown! Bring your family back to your roots of holiday memories and Culture.This year La Pastorela will cover many current day issues from gentrification to homelessness. Guild Theater. Dec. 7-10th, 8PM & 2PM. $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under.

Special Viewing Late Night Eats: You're invited to our special viewing party! Watch Hook & Ladder on TheCooking Channel's Late Night Eats. Drinks and bites will be available for purchase. Hook & Ladder. 9-11PM.

Tasty Thursdays: Taking place every Thursday at Revival with Crook One spinning past, present, and future flavors.Early admission recommended and bottle service available with reservations. Revival at The Sawyer. Music starts at 9PM. 21+. Dress code enforced, No Cover.

[remedialmassage]

#GivingTuesday: 7 Ways Yogis Can Help Victims of Recent Natural Disasters

In honor of the season of giving, we’re highlighting some yoga-based relief efforts that are mindfully helping rebuild—from Sonoma County to San Juan.

This year, natural disasters around the globe reminded us of how fragile good fortune is—from wildfires in Northern California and flooding in Southeast Asia to earthquakes in Mexico and storms in the Southeast. The Atlantic hurricane season alone was the worst ever on record, causing more than $200 billion in damages and displacing hundreds of thousands of people in the Caribbean and in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and more. (And it’s not over yet; hurricane season technically ends November 30.) This #givingtuesday and holiday season, let’s not forget those who will be rebuilding their lives and homes long after the headlines fade. Yogis and conscious business owners around the country are rallying to raise money for disaster victims. Here are seven mindfulness events you can attend. None in your area? Simply head straight to the websites of the charities they benefit.

See also Out There: 200,000 Yogis Meditate in Mexico City in Wake of World Tragedies

1. Vinyasa and coffee for Puerto Rico

November 27, 20178–9 p.m. ESTFuel AmericaBoston, MA

Two months after Hurricane Maria ripped through the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is still in crisis. According to news reports, less than half of the island has power and one in 10 Puerto Ricans lacks access to potable water. This donation-based vinyasa class at Fuel America, a hipster coffee joint in Boston, will direct healing vibes to this U.S. territory, but more importantly, it will direct cash to ComPRmetidos, a grassroots project based in Puerto Rico that is working on connecting historically marginalized communities to much-needed resources for recovery.

2. Family yoga for Texas

December 2, 20171–2 p.m. ESTMove It StudioLititz, PA

The mess Hurricane Harvey left in the Southeast, particularly Texas, affected nearly 13 million people. Move It Studio will offer donation-based Family Yoga for the rest of the year in support of Hurricane Harvey victims. Contributions will be funneled to Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategy, an organization that provides emergency assistance to people with disabilities, and the Texas Diaper Bank, which helps to change the lives of thousands of babies, seniors, and the disabled.

3. Move for Puerto Rico

December 2, 201712:30-3:30 p.m. ESTNew York Health & Racquet ClubNew York, NY

Move for Puerto Rico, at the New York Health & Racquet Club, will pair indoor cycling with yoga and move all of the proceeds to

United for Puerto Rico, which provides aid and support to those affected by the impact of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria.

4. Sound Off yoga for San Juan

December 9, 201711 a.m.–2 p.m. ESTINDUSTRIABrooklyn, NY

Mind Body Dance Party, an event organization specializing in whole-body healing movement experiences, will join forces with Sound Off Experience and Direct Relief, to bring power vinyasa flow and a dance party to the masses and medical supplies to Puerto Rico.

See also 8 Things You Can Do to Raise Your Vibration in the Wake of the Las Vegas Shooting

5. Conscious business for Northern California

December 14, 20179 p.m.–12 a.m. PSTWeWork Mid-MarketSan Francisco, CA

The wildfires that swept through Northern California in October destroyed an estimated 3,000 homes. Conscious Capitalism’s Bay Area end-of-year party will feature a sneak peak of Raj Sisodia’s most recent project about healing organizations and donate proceeds to Undocufund—fire relief for undocumented immigrants who live and work in Sonoma County. Sisodia is one of the founders of the movement to use mindful business to elevate people out of poverty.

6. Pop-up yoga for the Florida Keys

December 16, 20171–4 p.m. ESTCrane Point Museums & Nature CenterMarathon, Florida

September’s Hurricane Irma left a path of destruction throughout Florida, causing more than $19 billion in damages and hitting the Keys the hardest. House of Intuition, an event production company specializing in pop-up yoga, has partnered with local businesses and global companies to create #ahimsana—what House of Intuition creators Jenna Guadagni and Lauren Angueira describe as “a physical and spiritual donation-based relief initiative to assist those impacted by the storm.” As part of the #ahimsana project, the Miami-based duo travel to the Keys regularly to teach yoga and distribute donated gifts.

7. Strala yoga and stress management for Puerto Rico

December 16, 201710 a.m.–12 p.m. ESTGibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts CenterNew York, NY

Join in for an hour of Strala Yoga followed by a stress-resilience workshop—an end-of-year necessity no matter where you live. All proceeds will to the Foundation for Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

More Ways to Give

Mexico earthquake: Globalgiving.org

Puerto Rico hurricane:hispanicfederation.orgsatnamfoundation.org

The Virgin Islands hurricane: cfvi.net

South Asia flooding (Nepal, India, Bangladesh):oxfamamerica.org

Iran/Iraq earthquake: momsagainstpoverty.org

See also Why Activating Your Inner Life Is Especially Essential During Tough Times—& How To Start Today

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[livingpattern]

Please help raise money for the victims of the Sonoma fires with me. Starting today through Thursday, raffle tickets will be available through @hommeboys. I have donated a set of prints (including this Jungle Peach Begonia!) to raffle alongside 33 other makers for Undocufund.org. So far we have $7,300 of gorgeous homewares that you have a chance to win, one person takes all! Undocufund is a fund set up for supporting undocumented workers and immigrants who will benefit very little if not at all from aid- including FEMA. They are the most in need as many of the areas that burned were low income and Hispanic communities. Purchase your raffle ticket through @hommeboys (Thank you austin + alex for putting this together!) Their link will take you to the details of the raffle. Prizes from: @indiebungalow @dkrenewal @alysestudios @hamletinteriors @loomandkiln @covetedhome @hiltoncarter @wildercalifornia @pfcandleco @relativitytextiles @yerbamaladesigns @thejungalow @minzuu_collection @wkndla @canary_lane http://ift.tt/2xZGjxb

[b-havior]

#FridayNightFundraiser for UndocuFund for Fire Relief @establishsf #TGIF