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NHMARF @nhmarf.bsky.social · 2d

Please share this request with your friends and networks and help us spread the word! Thanks so much!

NHMARF @nhmarf.bsky.social · 2d

Have a need for specific items as we head into the colder months? Send us a message! We are often able to procure donations to fulfil specific needs for our community members - this is the "mutual" part of mutual aid relief fund!

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NHMARF @nhmarf.bsky.social · 2d

Have an overgrown stash of plastic grocery bags? We need those, too! Drop some off with the rest of your donations right in the box, or bring things directly to your nearest free store.

Have a large quantity of donations or furniture items? Send us a message here or email us to coordinate!

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NHMARF @nhmarf.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everyone! Summer is winding down and so is yard sale season. If you have things to clear out of your space, we want them!

These items are our biggest needs right now; clothing is a top priority for our stores in the valley! Check out our website to find your nearest drop box location.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19d

Nearly half a million people now live in RVs, more than twice as many as were doing so in 2021.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs

Moving into an RV may seem like a way to save money, but it can come with unexpected costs and trap families in a cycle of debt.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20d

Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin

Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 20d

ICE shot "projectiles, threw flash bang grenades, pepper-sprayed and deployed tear gas" at protesters.

ICE detainee "said he was held in a cell with 150 other men, had his medication taken away and was not given regular food."
#Illinois #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

10 Protesters Released After Facing 'Shocking Violence,' Arrest By Federal Agents In Broadview

On Friday, ICE and border patrol agents threw a congressional candidate to the ground, shot pepper balls at unarmed protesters and tear gassed crowds of peaceful protesters.

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 21d

Support the journalists taking pepper balls in the face

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Queerlective @queerlective.bsky.social · 22d

The State of Queer NH Resource Book is a community-powered guide to queer & BIPOC resources across NH. You can get involved in the project in many ways, including:

✔️ Submit Resources
✔️ Contribute Art/Writing
✔️ Become a Sponsor or Distribution Partner

Learn more: go.queerlective.com/stateofqueernh

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 9

Not ICE! CPD and the city destroying unhoused people's belongings:

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Sep 9

After giving a final dispersal warning and threatening everyone here with arrest, police push protesters back behind the caution tape.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Sep 9

Correction to this post, sorry this particular resident has been in the park for 8 months. She’s been on the wait list for housing for *14 years*.

Need more coffee.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Sep 9

Yesterday residents and advocates held a press conference in the hopes of delaying the removal of tents until residents could be housed.

One resident told us she’d been on the city’s wait list for housing for 5 months. The wait list for Section 8 housing can be many years.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 8

Today, unhoused residents, advocates, and neighbors called upon the city & Ald. Nugent to halt their plan to tear down tents & other structures tomorrow morning in Legion Park, and to do more to support residents.

“We need people who has a heart, a bigger heart.” –Carmen Laude, a park resident.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Sep 9

Yesterday residents and advocates held a press conference in the hopes of delaying the removal of tents until residents could be housed.

One resident told us she’d been on the city’s wait list for housing for 5 months. The wait list for Section 8 housing can be many years.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 8

Today, unhoused residents, advocates, and neighbors called upon the city & Ald. Nugent to halt their plan to tear down tents & other structures tomorrow morning in Legion Park, and to do more to support residents.

“We need people who has a heart, a bigger heart.” –Carmen Laude, a park resident.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Sep 9

The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.

As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.

Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.

apnews.com

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NHMARF @nhmarf.bsky.social · Sep 9

Wait... Is this why our latest hygiene order is listed as "delivery date unavailable"? 😭

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Sep 9

Things are going really well. From r/UPS and r/DHL:

a screenshot from r/dhl showing 9 consecutive posts about tariffs

a screenshot from r/ups showing 10 consecutive posts about tariffs

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 8

It’s a common justification & misconception. I heard the same about Gompers Park residents.

But if you speak with residents, they’ll tell you it’s not that easy. Couples can’t stay together, there’s a shortage of shelters in the area, they can’t bring many belongings, and they risk theft & assault.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 8

Today, unhoused residents, advocates, and neighbors called upon the city & Ald. Nugent to halt their plan to tear down tents & other structures tomorrow morning in Legion Park, and to do more to support residents.

“We need people who has a heart, a bigger heart.” –Carmen Laude, a park resident.

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Sophia Kalakailo (she/they) @sophiakalakailo.bsky.social · Sep 5

latest from @citybureau.bsky.social: tips from Chicago community groups, Know Your Rights trainings, how you can take action and other resources:
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

How Chicagoans Can Get Help and Help Others During ICE Raids — City Bureau

Local community groups are providing hotlines, trainings, legal support, community canvassing and other resources to keep people informed.

www.citybureau.org

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · Sep 8

some of our favorite photos from this weekend's protests in Washington DC against the Trump admin's federal takeover of the city organized by @freedcproject.bsky.social @aclu.org and others @teenvogue.com

click through for more + photos from Chicago's protests www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

two protesters in front of the White House. one has a DC flag on thier back, the other holds a spray painted sign reading "What Trump order won't you obey?" the back of their shirt reads "believe Epstein survivors free DC"

protesters approach the Capitol building carrying a sign reading END THE OCCUPATION as well as a large Palestinian flag

a protester from behind, holding a sign reading DC TODAY, CHICAGO TOMORROW

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NHMARF @nhmarf.bsky.social · Sep 8

👀 heading to the website now to see if these are printable

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · Sep 8

Big thank yous to everyone who joined up and distributed #JuryNullification literature outside courthouses on Friday!

Now, more than ever, we need juries to act as a check on government power!

Join us at FIJA.org

Individual in a pink hoodie with a "Jury Info" sign and FIJA.org pamphlets.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 8

This is what plainclothes CPD look like (yep, they wear masks sometimes!).

With ICE seen so many places today, it's really crucial people learn to recognize them before flooding channels with false reports.

Please note the stars on the front of their vests, name and bureau tags.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · May 11

May 4, 2024. Tactical units called in to a pop up student encampment for Gaza at the School of the Art Institute. These cops would typically be driving around the south or west sides doing "proactive" policing (harassing mostly Black residents). They dress like this as an attempt at urban camo.

Six police officers in plainclothes with matching vests over. They all are wearing nondescript baseball caps

Two plainclothes tactical officers in t shirts caps and jeans

Three police officers two of them are wearing black face gaiters caps and sunglasses

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Supreme Court bans affirmative action in university admissions but is okay with racial profiling on American streets. That pretty much sums up white supremacy--heads I win, tails you lose, all legal.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 5

ICE is turning around now, escorted by Broadview police.

Crowd is jubilant.

Someone is shouting, "this is what it takes! They are turning around!"

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Reproductive Equity Now | Abortion Advocacy @reproequitynow.bsky.social · Sep 5

A common misconception about reproductive health care is that it primarily focuses on abortion — and while abortion care is critical, repro health care is about so much more.

That’s why it’s so important that we fight for our reproductive freedoms — especially amid this hostile federal landscape.

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Inner City Law Center @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social · Aug 27

One man stood up to #homeless sweeps—and won.

Inner City Law Center is proud to stand with our #unhoused neighbors as they fight for the #housingjustice and the dignity they deserve.

Read more by Stephen Oduntan at @invisiblepeople.tv invisiblepeople.tv/how-one-man-...

How One Man Beat Caltrans In Small Claims Court

When Caltrans destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, Patrick Hogan took them to small claims court—and won.

invisiblepeople.tv

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