You're not a failure if you can't hack the academy. It's ableist. You might not be cut out for it because it's designed to kill folks with your disabilities. It tried to kill me when I had a manic breakdown. You didn't fail if you can't fit its awful constrictions & codes, you just can't conform.

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a disabled family of 6 needs funds to eat, get seizure meds and stay sheltered in freezing temperatures!!! it is snowing and dangerous for them to be outside! 💛💛💛

$70 goal today and extra for food!!!
ppal: @/robinc89
ven: RobinColeman34

The 4/7 hearing will be in Sacramento, 1:30pm at 1021 O Street, Room 1100. Join disability advocates to give testimony on why this bill must be stopped. Interested in going in person to Sacramento? Need transportation? Contact Shaya at shaya@sdaction.org @sdaction.org

ahea.assembly.ca.gov/hearings

Per @sdaction.org you can take action by:

🌿TODAY: Submit written testimony online in the form of a position letter. The deadline for written comments is TODAY. Submit opposition letters to AB 1676 here calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/

🌿Attend the CA State Assembly Health Committee hearing on 4/7

From @sdaction.org: "This is not public health policy. It is a direct attack on the rights & autonomy of people with mental health disabilities. CA should be investing in voluntary, community-based mental health services, not destroying the therapeutic relationship & forcing medications on people."

Lurie Backs Proposed California Law to Allow Court-Ordered Psychiatric Drugs | KQED "For many people with severe mental illness, medication is what allows treatment to work at all," San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said.

A proposed bill in California (backed by Democrats) would grant the state even more power to lock mad, mentally ill, and disabled folks up in psych facilities & forcibly give them psychotropic medications against their will.

www.kqed.org/news/1206941...

#psychabolition #disability #abolition

Sign the Petition Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!

Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.

He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.

His health is declining.

Public outrage might save his life.

Say his name:

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Slide 2: “Dangers of winter storms for disabled people.” Below the heading is a bulleted list that reads: “Power outages + cold temps → loss of heat/equipment, increased health risks.” “Batteries draining faster (wheelchairs, AAC, hearing aids, ventilators).” “Medication instability (some meds can’t freeze or need refrigeration).” “Blocked access → snow/ice on ramps, sidewalks, curb cuts, transit delays.” “Direct service disruptions when PCAs/home health can’t travel safely.”

Slide 3: “To stay prepared this winter.” The bullet points read: “Fully charge mobility + assistive devices; keep batteries out of the cold.” “Plan for heat loss: blankets, layers, safe warming options.” “Protect medications from freezing or overheating.” “Arrange snow removal for ramps, doors, and accessible paths.” “Confirm paratransit availability + set personal attendants backup plans.” “Take advantage of public libraries as warming centers during their normal hours.”

Slide 4: “Winter 2025 is already bringing Arctic cold, early snow, and dangerous storms across the country.” Below that, a second paragraph reads, “This season, let’s strengthen our support networks, check on one another, and make inclusive disability preparedness a priority.”

Winter emergencies hit disabled people hardest. Let’s prepare together and keep our communities safe.

Warming centers: 211 | Disability & Disaster Hotline: 800-626-4959

thank you so much for your support! ❣️

$415 left to raise! Can you help us meet this goal?

#MutualAid #DisabilityJustice #Abolition #Crowdfunding #Disabled #BlackMutualAid

$460 left to go!

$545 left to raise !

we have received $415 so far. need $785 to meet our goal! 💗

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‼️ URGENT‼️ request for community support!

A Black, Disabled Comrade in NYC is facing an immediate threat of homelessness. $1200 is needed TODAY to secure their housing and give them room to breathe.

Venmo & Cashapp: strawb3rrym00n Use the purple heart emoji (💜) on the note.

Please share & donate!!

Wow that is awful! People just claim things left and right these days 🙄

who is still doing this in 2025??

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👉🏽 Black neurodivergent & disabled comrade in NYC urgently needs community support to survive unsafe living conditions. They are under-resourced, under-supported, & housing insecure. They are in need of SUSTAINED covid cautious in-person support & financial support. DM if you can plug in!

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👉🏽 X-Savior is a Black trans femme abuse surviver seeking ongoing support for housing, food, & phone costs. Support has stalled and she's at repeated risk of losing her hotel room just as hurricane season is picking up. Still seeking solo rental leads and in-person support in NC - please DM !

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❤️‍🩹 Below are time sensitive fundraisers for community members our PSAs are currently supporting.

👉🏽 Mohagany is a trans woman of color who was recently released from a men’s prison & is still assisting other incarcerated trans women while facing transphobic barriers for her own reentry.

Live blog: RECOVER-TLC workshop on new Long COVID clinical trials - The Sick Times Researchers and advocates meet near the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus this week in Bethesda, Maryland for the second RECOVER-Treating Long COVID (TLC) workshop. The two-day event will off...

We're back for day two of the NIH's RECOVER-TLC workshop on new #LongCOVID clinical trials. We'll catch you up on everything that happened yesterday, and share today's presentations as well.

@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social is reporting live from the workshop in Bethesda, MD. bit.ly/4giPmAi

there's literal police departments on this directory of alternatives 😭 alternative to what? "untrained" police? so misleading!

Building alternatives to 911 must be rooted in prison abolition, anti-capitalism, & radical autonomy, esp for BIPOC communities. Otherwise, you're reproducing the same coercive, paternalistic, anti-Black, ableist systems under the guise of "community care," and gaining some capital along the way.

Lil Nas X's arrest is the dangerous venn diagram of anti-Blackness, homophobia, misogynoir, ableism, and the ghastly violence of policing in this country. No one deserves to be surveilled & caged because they are in crisis. No one deserves to be surveilled & caged PERIOD.

#abolition #antipsychiatry

"As we saw with the death of Jordan Neely, racism and ableism — that is, discrimination based on disability — against those we perceive as visibly mentally ill can even result in politicians and media outlets celebrating your death at the hands of a vigilante." !!!

thank you for this piece❤️‍🩹

here are some resources that we have on our site projectlets.org/get-support (inc our rapid response line for folks at risk of involuntary psych hold) as well as an upcoming panel on anti-carceral, holistic ways to respond to mental health crisis🌿

bsky.app/profile/proj...

i will be moderating this online panel for @projectlets.bsky.social !! come thruuuu

REGISTER: bit.ly/care-in-action

#abolition #mentalhealth #carework #peersupport #anticarceral #holistic #mutualaid #bluesky

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Access Information:

🌱 A recording will be made available.
🌱 ASL interpretation will be made available.
🌱 You can share additional access needs via your registration form or by emailing support[at]projectlets[dot]org.

REGISTER: bit.ly/care-in-action

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Donation Info:

💸 Our suggested donation for community members is $20-$40, & $30-$50 for mental health workers.
💸 You can donate more or less the suggested amounts.
💸 Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. If you cannot donate, use our Free Access form.

REGISTER: bit.ly/care-in-action