I just got a text back from Sam and it’s looking more like I’ll be able to take part in this, but either way, we’re gonna need all the help we can get.
If anyone would like to donate to help us raise money to bring more supplies to help the protestors on #noDAPL through the winter, please visit the Generosity page at https://www.generosity.com/faith-religion-fundraising/standing-with-standing-rock–2 .
Personally, I have a mid-5-figure medical expenses fundraiser I’m launching soon so I don’t feel right asking for money to get me to ND to deliver firewood and take photos.
THAT SAID, if anyone wants to throw a few $ my way to help reimburse cat sitting and dog boarding while I’m up there, help me with the costs of the hand warmers/thermal underwear/hiking poles I’ll need as a disabled person taking on this journey, or with gas if we end up outgrowing the church transport, hit up this paypal link. If I end up not going after all, I’ll donate all funds donated to me personally to a #noDAPL fundraiser once I know.
The Episcopal Church I know is one that is interfaith, enormously welcoming to me as a disabled queer person, and one of the first places I’ve felt at anchor since my dad’s death last year - we do not proselytize, we do not judge, and since beginning to attend last month (after first going at an inter-faith candlelight vigil for Orlando held there over the summer) I’ve learned that our congregation was, in fact, the model for queer and trans acceptance within the wider Episcopalian organization. I understand if people are hesitant to support something religiously associated, but I can’t think of any better non-secular organizer than St. Paul’s. Since the election results last night I’ve felt an itching need to do something, somewhere - this seems to be the universe’s answer.
