#youth organization

[queeryouthassemble]

[ID: Pink square post with gray-outlined shells in the background. In the foreground is a wavy-edged light pink rectangle, located at the top of the page. In the rectangle is all-caps pink text, outlined in black, reading "join us in Arkansas." Below that, smaller text in the same style reads "for a queer youth beach day." In the bottom right corner are two illustrated people, drawn from the waist up, laying arm in arm on a beach towel. One person is Brown, with light green hair, and the other is white, with red hair and top surgery scars. End ID.]

[ID: Pink square post with gray-outlined shells in the background. In the foreground is a wavy-edged light pink rectangle, located in the center of the page. In the rectangle is all-caps pink text, outlined in black, reading "July 25, 2023 from 2:30-5:30 Sandy Beach Heber Springs, AR" Below that, small black text reads "Bring your beach toys, games, and swimsuit (if you'd like!) to join us for some fun under the sun! QYA is bringing the community for some ice cream, swimming, and more! Don't forget sunscreen! Please email us to RSVP or ask us any questions! asterd@queeryouthassemble.org" In the bottom right is an illustrated person with light brown skin and green and pink hair, wearing a striped bathing suit top and holding an ice cream cone. End ID.]

[townpostin]

Kshatriya Karni Sena Expands, Names New Youth District President

Mohit Singh appointed as East Singhbhum Youth District President at Bhuiyandih event The Kshatriya Karni Sena Parivar Sangathan expanded its district-level organization, appointing a new youth leader. JAMSHEDPUR – At a special event in Bhuiyandih, Mohit Singh was unanimously chosen as the Youth District President for Karni Sena in East Singhbhum. The ceremony took place on Thursday evening at the…

[moonsnqil]

aftg au where bee adopted andrew and later aaron when they were teens. she owns an apple orchard that the twins and occasionally a few of the foxes help run but it's almost harvest season and she needs help prepping everything for the town's fall festivals so she decided to put up a help wanted ad. neil, tired, alone, and running out of options, decides to apply. bee let's him use the renovated barn loft as residence when she learns he's homeless. andrew is wary, his family means everything to him and neil is a flightly little thing that could only bring bad news, but something about neil is familiar. maybe it's how he checks all his exits or how he flinches when people touch him or how he cradles the key bee gave him in his palm like it was a treasure instead of a piece of metal. he asks neil for truths and it's like bleeding a rock but he finds neil is more willing when truth is reciprocated. they spend their days walking down the lines of apple trees, harvesting and talking, and andrew is only a little mesmerized with the way neil's auburn curls blend with the red of the apples and his eyes match the sky like something deliberate, like he was meant to be here. andrew thinks that maybe he doesn't hate how neil looks at him like he's worth something. andrew thinks that maybe he doesn't want to lose this. he's still learning how to accept that not everything is transactional, he doesn't need to make deals to keep people close, hes still figuring out how to want things without the fear of them being snatched away. his mind screams at him to turn away and push any feeling aside but then neil is handing him an apple and smiling and telling him stories he says he's never told anyone else and andrew doesn't think he deserves this but he wants it

[midnight-mismanagement]

Thomas Barrow is such a funny character, it’s like, man wants job security, proceeds to go about attempting to secure his job and land promotions in ways that will ensure his prompt termination. Somehow against all odds he continues to be rehired/accidentally promoted to everyone’s disbelief, including his own. Some suspect divine intervention is involved.

[inspiteofganon]

Such a niche and uncommon thing, but I really do like seeing the different ways people try and pick apart Ganondorf's youth... guy didn't spring fully-formed into the world, he was a kid once! A little baby! Was he born evil, or corrupted somehow? Why or why not? It's really interesting stuff imo. He doesn't even start out with the Triforce even though he is destined against the odds to find it...

Also it's funny to see if people decide to make him a brat or more amicable. lol. No matter what he's gonna grow up to be an asshole so the journey there's always gonna have implications. And he's gonna get to be cute for a while. At least a little.

[ghostyclay]

You know that your hyperfixation is getting bad when ur drawing random people to practice, but sth feels weirdly familiar about one of them, u just can't put ur finger on it

And then u suddenly realize, you accidentally drew joe hills from nashville tennessee, holding up communist propaganda, without even realizing it

(sketch below)

[bugwolfsstuff]

Pagans who have been using candles to talk to the gods (cannot remember what it's called) on tiktok: I think the gods are mad, their candles are going crazy/not lighting at all

Me who does not worship that way but just got lots of them on my fyp: ....focal?? (word??)

[queeryouthassemble]

Queer & Trans Youth Pen Pal Project!

[ID: Green square post with beige wavy-edged box in the upper center of the screen. Large, green, all-caps text outlined in black reads "queer & trans youth pen pal project." Below that, in smaller black text, reads "visit queeryouthassemble.org to learn more." At the bottom of the page is a wavy brown shape, representing dirt, with green, white, and yellow flowers. An illustrated person using a wheelchair is extending their arm towards a blue mail box. They are holding an envelope, and have light brown skin, curly hair, and colorful clothing. End ID.]

[ID: A sage green square with a beige wavy-edged rectangle centered at the top. Overlaid on the rectangle in all-capital green block letters reads "Pen Pal Project." Below, over a larger beige wavy-edged rectangle, is smaller black text that reads, "We understand that it is not always easy to connect with other queer & trans youth for a variety of reasons, including location, anti-queer legislation, being closeted, and more. That is why Queer Youth Assemble has decided to officially launch the Pen Pal Project for queer & trans youth under 25. This project seeks to connect queer youth from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations to facilitate nationwide networks of care and solidarity. Visit queeryouthassemble.org to sign up and learn more!" End ID.]

[ID: A sage green square with a beige wavy-edged rectangle centered at the top. Overlaid on the rectangle in all-capital green block letters reads "Matching Criteria." Below, over a larger beige wavy-edged rectangle, is smaller black text that reads, "Pen pals are matched based on a variety of factors, including age, interests, hobbies, and preferences, among others! While we will attempt to match you with a person who shares these characteristics with you, our ability to do so will be determined by the volume of pen pal applicants and the backgrounds of those interested in participating. We can only guarantee that penpals will be within two years of your age. " At the bottom right edge of the lower rectangle, there is a darker beige graphic of the back of an envelope. End ID.]

[ID: A sage green square with a beige wavy-edged rectangle centered at the top. Overlaid on the rectangle in all-capital green block letters reads "Matching Safety." Below, over a larger beige wavy-edged rectangle, is smaller black text that reads, "Queer Youth Assemble DOES NOT share your physical location with your pen pal match. Instead, we will connect you via email, and allow you to exchange information with each other as you wish. If at any point you feel unsafe or uncomfortable with your penpal, please feel free to reach out to us at penpals@queeryouthassemble.org." At the bottom right edge of the lower rectangle, there is a darker beige graphic of the front of an envelope. The stamp of the envelope is a trans flag. End ID.]

[dailyanarchistposts]

The environment will collapse before some of us reach our thirties. Our future has been stolen from us by the state. Children are an oppressed group and we will fight for our freedom. Older generations repeatedly look down on us and presume we know nothing. Parents and guardians treat us like property, censoring what we say, stopping us from acting.

Youth liberation is necessary. We must be free. The state repeatedly tries to fuck us around, turn us into a statistic. Keep us preoccupied so we can’t see the murder and devastation they cause. But we see it. We will not surrender to the state. We may not believe the revolution will happen but we will continue to fight because it’s the right thing to do.

Older generations have repeatedly shown that they don’t care about climate change. They know they’ll be dead before it becomes devastating. And they don’t want us young people changing how they have to live or, in their words, “inconveniencing” them. We the young people have no future. We must fight for our liberation, like any oppressed group.

Climate change affects us. Climate change will kill us. We refuse to go without a fight. In the last year, we the young people have scared the shit out of the state with demos and direct action. It’s important our older comrades do not try to control us, or police us, in our fight for freedom.

Youth liberation is especially important to the climate movement as we are the ones that will suffer. We are the ones that are acting. We don’t mean “acting” as in the same sense as XRY [ed. – youth wing of Extinction Rebellion; see Rebellion Extinction], or even the youth strikes. We are taking direct action against our oppressors. Gluing and chaining ourselves to roads and fences while relying on state empathy will get us nowhere. A to B marches will get us nowhere. Only chaos will change things.

For too long older people have been made the face of the climate movement, with liberal groups pushing an image of older people, grandparents, to the front of their activism. You aren’t fighting for your grandchildren’s future by submitting yourself to the state. Only complete insurrectionist action will cause change. Punch the enemy, do not rely on their empathy. We are the climate movement, not grandparents who chant “police we love you. We’re doing this for your children”.

Corporations know their actions are unjust, they rely on the compliance of the people and this is why we, the youth, pose such a threat. It’s a time where values are experimented with, boundaries are broken and it signifies the end of relying on our oppressors for sympathy. This, along with the youths ability to begin organising independently, combine to make young people such a genuine threat to climatemassacring corporations and the oppressive structures they rely on.

Youth comes with an aspect of autonomy, which many other social groups lack. This is why the established system views young people as such a threat. We have a crucial role in acting for social change and we will fulfil it.

No matter how much they try to force and control us, there is no place for us in the state hierarchy and therefore their ideas of correctness. We can’t be placed in a section. This is why youth movements and youth themselves are so often belittled and put down by media and corporations and tried to be controlled by schools and classrooms; because by its very nature, youth works against the state’s ideas of hierarchy and control. This is why in movements such as the climate movement, which heavily relies on youth liberation, is important as its existence works against the hierarchies the movements desire and need to remove.

Young people are a determining dynamic force [ed. – see Return Fire vol.2 pg27]. All throughout history, exploited youth fight against the state and those who oppress them and encourage the people around them to do the same.

Smash the state. Set fire to the prisons. From the streets to the schools, remain ungovernable!

[bogkeep]

there's a post going around with a reminder that marriage is a legal contract and that's why it's important - and i agree. i think it's really helpful to think of marriage as a legal contract rather than The Highest Declaration Of Love. what irks me is an addition to the post expressing worry about people getting into polyamorous and queerplatonic relationships instead of getting married and gaining the legal security of it. it's like... many people in QPRs or polyamorous relationships are married! for that exact reason! i don't think it's a good solution to narrow down what relationships people should center their lives around, and that it would be a lot better to expand who can get married, so that more people COULD get the kind of legal security that fit them best. like that's the whole point of legalizing same sex marriage!! anyway those are my two cents

[chronicallycouchbound]

Unhoused Solidarity In Action

This is a non-exhaustive list of resources you might have access to, or know of, that can be used to aid unhoused community members directly. Many of these focus on direct mutual aid as individuals but can be helpful to consider when in community organizing settings. - What do you (or someone you know) have access to, that you can provide to the community? - Can they be accessed, used, or provided: regularly, occasionally, only in emergencies, weekly, daily, sporadically, consistently, etc.? - Consider seasonal needs (winter coats don’t help us when it’s 90 degrees out!) - Remember to practice active, informed consent with individuals and ask if these would be helpful! Don’t take it personally if your offer isn’t helpful to someone, it might help someone else. - These should be realistic and not compromise your safety or well-being. Remember to prioritize safety over comfort.

Housing

- Consider your relationship with this person (generally, don’t offer complete strangers into your home)

- Location matters a lot. Unhoused people often need to be near “hubs”/cities, close to resources and systems of care.

- Some people can’t live in hotels, couch surf, or any of these options without losing their housing vouchers, and in some cases health insurance or other assistance programs. Legal definitions of homelessness (used by voucher programs) usually don’t include people living in hotels/motels, or couch surfing (including most of these options). Check with the individual to see if this might be helpful.

Extra bedrooms

Campers, trailers

Couches

Apartments

Land/yards to camp on, park at, etc.

Donate funds or points for a hotel room

Shelters

Floor space

Safe parking lots to sleep in your car in (sleeping in your car is considered legal homelessness in most places)

Time

- Emotional capacity and minimizing the risk of burnout are important here especially

Do outreach with a community org

File for grants

Provide education materials

Share knowledge regarding resources

Emotional support - build genuine connections with your local unhoused neighbors

Reach out to companies for donations

Create or add to lists of resources, open bathrooms, etc.

Transportation

- One of the biggest barriers to accessing existing resources is transportation (also mailing addresses, internet access, and active phone service)

Personal car, ride-sharing/carpooling

Bus tickets/passes

Old/not frequently used bikes

Taxi services/vouchers

Uber/Lift gift cards

Carpooling

Coordinate rides for people

Food

- A lot of unhoused people prefer “comfort foods” to “health foods” - Ask about dietary restrictions, the cooking ability of the unhoused person, the cooking equipment, etc. - Soft foods are frequently more accessible to us as dental issues are very common - 100$ in fast food is significantly less than 100$ in homemade food

Can cook hot meals

Can pay for meals

Knows someone (person, business) who can supply food

Inviting people over for a meal

Gifting food (be sure to be considerate of dietary restrictions, cooking ability, equipment needed to cook, etc.)

Have a community dunkin gift card

Make or add to a fruit tree map (fallingfruit.org, community gardens, federal university campuses)

Money

- Money should be freely given, with no strings attached - Ask what form works best for them— cash apps/virtual, physical cash, gift cards, quarters, etc.

It is best to provide cash donations directly to impacted individuals (or organizations) with no strings attached

Provide relevant, local chain store gift cards (Grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants)

Coordinate fundraisers

Apply for grants

Supplies

- Ask individuals what they need most!

Purchase and donate supplies directly to individuals or organizations

Reach out to businesses

Donate old phones or computers

Add someone to your family phone plan

Donate professional clothes for interviews

Donate an outfit you would actually wear

Talents, Trades, Skills

Your hobbies might be helpful! Crochet is extremely trendy right now (easy to learn, you could make hats/scarves for community members)!

Professional ties/experience Examples: You’re a cosmetologist who can do free haircuts for an hour each week, or you’re a graphic designer who can create a website for an organization for free, or you’re a nurse who can provide wound care to encampments

Community gardens

Connect with and partner with non-profits or community-based organizations in your area (or help start one if there’s none!)

Allow people to use you as a reference for job interviews

Bathrooms

- Not just toilets, but showers and mirrors are important too

Ask businesses to pledge to have open, public, accessible, and free restrooms

Your personal restroom

Make a list of local public restrooms

Free gym memberships or add someone to a gym plan

Services

- In order to access most services, you need most, if not all, of the following: transportation, identification, important paperwork, printing/faxing access, mailing addresses, internet access, active phone service, free time during business hours, and emotional and mental ability (and capacity) to complete everything required (forms, applications, phone calls, interviews, annual reviews, verifications) in a timely manner (usually on a strict deadline)

Case management experience you can volunteer

Peer support for service navigation (great option for people with prior lived experience)

Advocacy within services

Offer to provide a P.O. box or use your address to receive mail

Housing skills

Allow someone to use your library card for books, computers, the internet, etc. (most libraries won’t allow unhoused people to get a library card)

Volunteer at a shelter

Allow someone to use your home wifi, printer, phone number, mailbox, email, etc.

Fundraising

- If you can’t donate your own personal funds, fundraising is a great way to help out

Community mutual aid asks (in person or online)

Art walks

Skate competition

Concerts

Tip jar

Gift basket raffle

Clothing and food drive

Game tourney

Live streams

Start a GoFundMe for individuals/orgs

I strongly encourage you to look over the matching slides I created for this workshop: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VDngImsMByUFmKX611zAJ43a0UcYIfMBxrbh_g1IJvc/edit

As a disclaimer: I have been homeless/unhoused for over half of my life. My experiences of homelessness have included while being a infant, toddler, young child, preteen, teenager, and young adult. I am 24 years old. My most recent experience of being unhoused was last year, and I am currently precariously housed (meaning: at high risk of losing housing again). My experiences of homelessness have included sleeping outside in a tent, sleeping on park benches and under freeways, walking around all night to avoid hypothermia and freezing to death (something that has happened to several of my friends), couch surfing, sleeping in cars, squatting, sleeping in motels, living in a shelter, and institutionalized. I have been homeless with family a few times during early childhood and again when I was 15. All of my other experiences of homelessness have been on my own starting at age 9 or 10, and the last time I lived with a parent I was 16. I have been homeless in both rural and urban areas. I have been homeless in New England/Northeast United States as well as the Pacific Northwest.

In addition to this, I have many contributing factors to my experience, including being disabled, a person of color, trans, queer, a survivor of child abuse and CSA, being trafficked, and a drug user and a SWer, amongst other marginalized experiences.

That being said: my experience of being unhoused/homeless is not the universal experience. While I know many people of all different demographics who I’ve met on the streets, I cannot speak to every single person’s experiences. I especially cannot speak to experiences outside of the United States, aside from what I hear secondhand.

This is meant to serve as a general guide to accompany a workshop I created, and might not be helpful for everyone. If it’s not helpful, I hope it inspires others to offer creative solutions. I’m always working on expanding this list. Thank you for reading.

[frances-baby-houseman]

Can't get over a photo of Doug speaking at BBYO IC being included in his intro video! My experience in BBG was absolutely formative (Simcha BBG #2339 what's up! sadly the chapter folded ages ago with a council reorg but it lives in my heart forever) and I love that it's still going strong and taken seriously by Doug.

I hope my kids want to be in it, too!!

[cigarette-room]

I was afraid for a long time to admit it but ur life INDEED gets so much better without disgusting ppl in it

[girderednerve]

currently all i want in my life is to have a reference librarian job at a library where nobody is doing weirdo power grab stuff/acting like sixth graders who don't want me at their lunch table. this desire feels pathetic to me & also probably wouldn't work anyway because i am incapable of showing up to a library but i immediately am like "i am CONCERNED! about the STATE of the FIELD!" and am constantly brimming with painfully earnest & deeply felt opinions. which is cringe, obviously, and also annoying to others. but in my defense the state of the field is fuckin bad. anyway. one simply should not dream of labor. etc.

[giddlygoat]

my brother can make me laugh without moving at all. he can make me laugh on command, just by existing, and there is no physical tell or indication that it is about to happen. it’s like he can will me to laugh and i will. of course we’re not telepathic, but we do speak in unison sometimes. we improvise like no one’s business. we could fool anyone into believing we are psychically linked. when i try to explain it, i sound silly saying it out loud, but i really CAN tell what he’s thinking. we exchange so much information just with a look. he can make me cry laughing and he doesn’t even have to move