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Yellowhammer Fund

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Yellowhammer Fund is an abortion advocacy & reproductive justice organization serving Alabama, Mississippi, and the Deep South. Federal EIN: 82-1822204

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · Mar 31

Yellowhammer Fund won its lawsuit against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The court made it clear: Alabama’s laws do not extend beyond state lines to penalize people for getting or assisting with legal healthcare elsewhere.

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 1h

We appreciate every person who takes time out of their busy schedules to help their community. When we volunteer we push back against narratives that say we don't care for each other.

https://action.yellowhammerfund.org/a/yhf-volunteer-group-10-20-2025

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 20h

Coming out is a deeply personal decision. In many ways, our society has come a long way to make LGBTQQIA+ folks feel safer to live in their truth. However, we still have a long way to go.

Today, we recommit ourselves to the protection, support, and care of any queer person who chooses to come out.

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 2d

As the year draws to a close, we’re turning collective care into collective power.

This season, give your pre-loved treasures a new life and help fund the fight for Reproductive Justice in the Deep South. Every item donated is a step toward liberation.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 2d

Our Healthcare Access Director has been working triple time to ensure that everyone who comes to us seeking Abortion Care can receive services. We are glad to say we have funded 295 Abortions since reopen! These are the current numbers in terms of funding from our Healthcare Access Line last month.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 4d

Speakers:
Shawnda Chapman (Moderator), Researcher, Black Feminist Strategist
Jenice Fountain, Executive Director, Yellowhammer Fund
Joy Spencer, Executive Director, Equity Before Birth
Sona Smith, Birth Justice Program Officer, Ms. Foundation

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 4d

Actionable strategies:
- Fund mutual aid, healing, and care as core infrastructure, not afterthoughts.
- Abandon extractive funding models and shift to deep, sustained, trust-based support.
- Redistribute power alongside money by placing rural leaders in decision-making roles.

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 4d

Centering the intersecting realities of race, gender, class, and geography by foregrounding the leadership of Black women and TGNC people navigating rural neglect, RJ, and economic precarity. It challenges philanthropy to address communal needs and what leaders require to sustain this work.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 4d

Later this month our Executive Director, Jenice Fountain, will be heading to the UNITY summit to meet with funders, organizers, and community leaders to encourage people to reimagine how philanthropy can, and should, operate.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 5d

What to expect:
Dr. Baker will begin with a grounding meditation. Then folks will choose from a selection of writing prompts. You'll be given time and space to write, dance, sing, paint, and create. To conclude, we'll come back together to share before a final meditation.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 5d

October Freedom & Flow is tomorrow! Join Amy and Dr. Joshua Baker virtually on Tuesday, October 7th from 6:30-8p CST. While we love seeing people being on camera isn't mandatory.

To ensure you get the right Zoom link and reminders please register: https://forms.gle/EHncuu46bnEhmFdk6

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 6d

This Monday we want to spotlight TKO for providing access to affirming healthcare, HIV/STI testing and treatment, housing support, nutrition support, and peer support across Alabama and the South. As a Black, trans-led org they prove every that Reproductive Justice should always be inclusive.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

The address for dropping off donations is located at the Space Savers off HWY 280: 7023 Meadowlark Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242

If you have any questions you can call or text Heidi Miller, Yellowhammer Fund's Development Manager at: (205) 719-2562 or send an email to [email protected]

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

We have scheduled donation dropoff days / times coming up in October as listed below:
Wed. 10/1 from 11am - 1pm
Wed. 10/8 from 11am - 1pm
Wed. 10/15 from 11am - 1pm
Wed. 10/29 from 11am - 1pm

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

We will not be deterred! We will not sit back. Our bodies are under attack!

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

South Carolina Supporters it’s time to show up and show out for our communities! What happens in the South impacts us all. We must fight tirelessly against abortion bans.

Want to join the rally? Meet us at Gressette Building - 1101 Pendleton St, Columbia, SC 29201, United States!

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

Please note: You can expect a large police presence at the rally, this is typical.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

After the rally, join us for a community event at the @harriethancockcenter.

Questions? Reach out to @ppvsat for support and details.
Bring a blanket, some water, and a sign (or grab one from PPVSAT) and let lawmakers know South Carolinians REFUSE to turn back the clock on reproductive rights.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 Rally for the People 🚨
Join us, Palmetto State Abortion Fund, & PPVSAT on October 1st at 9am in front of the Gressette building to raise our voices in opposition to S.323, South Carolina’s dangerous abortion ban.

DJ on site
Crafts & activities
Local orgs offering support
Snacks provided
Speakers

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 12d

If your feminism isn’t intersectional, in solidarity with the global south, pro immigrant, pro sex worker, anti carceral, disability inclusive, LGBTQQIA+ friendly, and pro working class what are you even doing? Words have meaning, and we’re analyzing power structures round here?

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 13d

This is important as it helps parents be able to show up whole & parent in the most healthy way possible. It is also important to her to be a village for the young parents she meets on our weekly stops who are already dealing with costs associated with living, and grants them the ability to breathe.

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 13d

A baby box contains all the items needed to help sustain a year of life. They typically include t-shirts, onsies, socks, bibs, bottles, blankets, teethers, pacifiers, baby wash and shampoo, lotion, books, and other goodies.

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 13d

Being directly on the ground in the community allows, Shakeyla Sumlin, to identify what's most needed. Earlier this year, while in community, she noticed an increase in requests for items for babies, so she came up with the idea.

Email for a box: [email protected]

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 13d

When I grow up I want to be a Wayward woman. 😍

Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 13d

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