As an employee of a (R)ape Crisis Center, I am not allowed to fundraise or lobby in any way.

The perspective of capitalism says look at bottom line. The perspective of community says your project is the only way forward. Connection, cooperation, COMMUNITY. ❤️

My daughter was there. Life changing for the kids that were given the opportunity to be there tonight. ❤️

I regret opening that.

That’s not consent.

Oh! Which one are you? I’ve been shopping wishlists each paycheck and want to make I get you next!

Thank you. I just had fun doing some shopping for a few of you!

And so we fight for our mamas, too. ❤️

My elderly mother mastered signal to demand I tell her what I was doing to help back in September. If I don’t check in every few hours, I know she thinks something terrible.

Feeling that very hard tonight. I’m ER, but I think about how often I’m physically between a hurt patient and LE or abuser and what I would do in this situation.

Status Coup

Omg yes. These are a must have at my house. Aldi for the win!

I am sitting in my favorite chair. Purchased on a whim at brown elephant and it required everyone else finding another way home cuz it barely fit in my car.

The willow in my dad’s backyard.

Just like Broadview. Thank you for serving as witness yet again.

Solidarity from Chicago.

Spent my week training community members and allied professionals the 40 hour SA intervention and prevention training. I wish I could do this every week. Amazing engagement, ideas, and connections to build a better future.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Graph showing that policies blocking ICE access to jails have kept immigration arrest rates lower in some states.

In 2025, local police & jails played a crucial role in ICE's deportation agenda.

For this year to be any different, states must prohibit this collaboration and rein in sheriffs.

For real

This is a worthy goal and one I’d like to borrow. ❤️

I can’t with any of this. wtf. We are out there fighting all of it.

Like cockroaches!

So sorry this is also happening there. So glad that some of our losses taught us all how to do better. And i hope that continues as this moves from city to city.

So much resistance groundwork has been done in and around Chicago for months. It’s sad to see that left out of this, given the blueprint created and modified in real time as we learned here between July and November.

It goes so well with pork or beef or turkey. It’s a nice thing to have with bitter greens like kale or chard.

And then one of your oldest besties calls to tell you he’s put you on the VIP list for his Friday show cuz he misses you, and for a minute it feels like the world might be ok.

Solidarity from Chicago.

The Seasonal Table by Joanna Quargnali-Linsley. It’s four books with ideas for meals including recipes and substitutions for seasonal eating.