Friends of Freedom, Inc. — celebrate community

Please join me in supporting Freedom, Inc. this Giving Tuesday!

This is not about charity, or a helping hand. This is about building a community where everyone is safe, supported, valued and cherished. Where All Black Lives Matter.

This is about transformation. This year, we have seen the disparate impact that two global pandemics — COVID and racism — are having on our community. And while COVID touches families and communities across cultures, incomes and identities, we know that because of systemic racism, it has hit communities of color the hardest. 

If you're like me, you may have new understanding of how whiteness and other privileges have helped secure the health and finances of some at the expense of others.  And maybe you're wondering what your role can be in righting these injustices. Here is one small opportunity this season.

At Freedom Inc., “our community is our campaign.” Freedom, Inc. invests in Black and Southeast Asian leadership and community to build towards racial justice, queer justice, and gender justice. Doing this requires addressing immediate needs through:

... a weekly food pantry distributing food & PPE to hundreds of individuals

... wellness pop-ups with grocery cards & household supplies

... 500 backpacks with school supplies to support 300 families in virtual learning

... support for survivors of domestic violence with care for their identities, languages, genders, generations and cultures.

And despite the challenges and the pain of facing two global pandemics, Freedom, Inc. has continued to find joy and celebrate community, including this holiday season.

Please join me in supporting Freedom, Inc.'s work to build power, community and joy. None of us are free until we are all free. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde