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Signal Boost: Give Back To Squidge Fundraiser

squidgestatus posted: Give Back To Squidge Fundraiser

Squidge.org could use your help!

While Squidge.org is much smaller than other fandom organizations, it still costs a couple thousand dollars a year to run and maintain. And that's where you come in. We're running a "Back to School? Give Back To Squidge!" fundraising campaign, and hope to raise money to keep us going. Any little bit helps.

There are two ways to give:

Through our fundraising platform Aplos by clicking this link

Through PayPal by clicking this link

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1503564.html

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Squishing Those Post-Election Night Terrors

xlorp and I have decided we'll do what we can (which is all any of us can do). We plan to make 1 phone call a week (since phone calls are what moves the DC machinery) and also focus on local topics which have a big impact on our quality of life

To help us select what to focus on, we'll be using several resources. This one is public and open to anyone:

#ACALLADAY

A call a day keeps fascism away! Scripts & strategies for contacting elected officials and other forms of resistance.
Sign up here: http://tinyletter.com/acalladay or peruse their archive http://tinyletter.com/acalladay/archive

edited: there is also a Weekly Call To Action Google Doc. The first link goes to a set of tips. The second link goes to the actual list. Last week is was about Bannon, This week the ACA and getting the House Oversight Committee to start looking into Trumps conflict of interest issues

Two amazing tools to help you reach out to your Congresspersons (we have tested both)

Jessica Fish (@Fishica) tweeted at 0:57 PM on Thu, Nov 17, 2016:

MAGIC ALERT: You call this number and it auto-connects you to ALL of your congressfolks offices, hops from 1 to the next. 1 (844) 872-0234

(https://twitter.com/Fishica/status/799355857158873088?s=03)

Add Their Numbers To Your Phone

Text your US address to (520) 200-2223 to get a list of your star and federal reps.

(zip alone is often enough. If you are really paranoid, use the address of that neighbor who leaves their dog home alone on long weekends until it barks itself hoarsely to sleep).

This year we're skipping holiday gifts and we donated to:

TransLifeLine (transgender support hotline)
ACLU
RAINN
Southern Poverty Law Center
Planned Parenthood

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1493407.html

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Fan Needs Help: TM Alexander

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TM Alexander is a fan artist, fan writer, a zine publisher. She has contributed to many fandoms ranging from Due South to Sentinel, from Miami Vice to X-Files. Her most recent publication was the Sherlock Holmes fan novel, The Blue Daemon.

Direct fundraising link: https://www.gofundme.com/29x4me4c

Her art from the Due South novella “Northwest Passage”

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1482867.html

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Donations For The San Bernadino Victims

I have not verified all of these GoFundMe/YouCaring Campaigns. I decided to give to the ones with the least amount raised so far (since I don't have enough to give to everyone). Additional links appreciated. Check here for the latest updated list.

Bennetta Bet-Badal: gofundme.com/y2d8bn7w
Aurora Godoy: gofundme.com/3wd9j8bw
Robert Adams: gofundme.com/t3d3nb38
Tin Nguyen: gofundme.com/jxd93cgs
Michael Wetzel: youcaring.com/renee-wetzel
Nicholas Thalasinos: gofundme.com/apd6bz84
Juan Espinoza: gofundme.com/bedc6egc
Harry Bowman: https://www.youcaring.com/the-children-of-harry-hal-bowman-481647
Yvette Velasco: https://www.gofundme.com/yvetteavelasco
Sierra Clayborn: https://www.gofundme.com/sierraclaybornmem

If you can afford only one donation consider:

San Bernardino United Relief Fund (http://arrowheadunitedway.org/#sthash.UBODMMUE.dpbs)

Arrowhead United Way, a nonprofit, has set up the San Bernardino United Relief Fund to help those affected by the mass shooting. Donations can be made online or by texting "SBUNITED" to 71777. You can also send checks made payable to SBUNITED, Arrowhead United Way, 646 North D. St., San Bernardino, CA 92401.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1482397.html

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Tumblr CrossPost: Donate to the Internet Archive (aka the WayBack machine).For...

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Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1Ipth0f at December 02, 2015 at 11:13AM

Donate to the Internet Archive (aka the WayBack machine).

For many reasons, but how about the fact that their servers are housed in a former church that is still open to the public who can come and sit in the pews. (”We thought about pulling up the pews but couldn’t do it, they were so beautiful”).

Or how about the fact that they bought the building because it matched their logo?

Tags:charity, giving, internet archive, Wayback Machine, DWCrosspost, digital preservation

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1479433.html

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Tumblr CrossPost: Box Scene Project

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Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1MAOxfX at November 17, 2015 at 10:52PM

Tags:fandom history, fanzine history, box scene project, charity, fanzine, DWCrosspost

Tumblr post (this is likely a reblog, and may have more pictures over there)

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1479309.html

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Tumblr CrossPost: Fanzines For Charity

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Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1MAOv7Y at November 17, 2015 at 10:50PM

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Look what I found on my door step!

Why look! Fans printing their fic and selling hard copies for charity. The circle is complete.

http://ift.tt/1OPPneD

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1434402.html

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StormTrooper Love

501 Mile walk | Kevin Doyle's Fundraiser

On June 6th I will begin a 501 plus mile walk from San Francisco to San Diego in my Star Wars Stormtrooper armor.

Husband is walking from George Lucas Museum in Petaluma, CA to ComicCon in San Diego, CA in memory of his wife. Funds will go to support his cancer charity. They’ve only raised 15% of his goal, so if you can spare any, please donate.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1434265.html

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Donate: CULT SURVIVOR Destiny Thomas fights for education

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DONATE HERE: CULT SURVIVOR Destiny Thomas fights for education

“Ritual Abuse, Mind Control, and the Apocalypse; for the first 14 years of my life, I thought this was normal.” Destiny Thomas the daughter of Evangelical Fundamentalists escaped child abuse, neglect and the rise of a Religious Cult. In this kind of belief system, women are treated like second-cl...

1. She has already written and directed a short film which won an international award.

2. She has been accepted into the American Film Institute Graduate Program(the Harvard of film-making). They accept only 140 students each year.

3. She has obtained loans and scholarships to cover half of the tuition. She needs help raising the rest.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1398121.html

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This Is Beyond Awesome: The School Fund

Help fund a student's education in another country. The School Fund project helps crowd source the education costs for students all over the world. You can communicate with the students and where possible they post receipts for the tuition. Average costs are around $400 a year.

Here is Shadya. She lives in Tanzania and is attending Ummu Salama Secondary School, The project funded her first two years of schooling (2013 and 2014). She is now raising funds for 2015. She wants to become a doctor: "The kind of doctor I would like to be is a doctor special for children and women."

Read more: https://theschoolfund.org

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1382132.html

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"My name is Cat Mathsnerd and I approve of this move"

Help a woman with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome move into an accessible apartment in Munich Germany. For those of you who do not live in Europe, many renters must "buy" or pay for "fixtures" (the kitchen and the washing machine) before they move in.

mathsnerd is disabled and needs to raise funds by August 1 so that she can move into an accessible apartment. Her existing lease will end in a few months. More info is here and her GoFundMe page is here. However, for US donations it may be easier to go through paypal (she gives her paypal address in the first link). And for those who care to do due diligence before donating,

mathsnerd assures us that her cats have reviewed the new accommodations and approve of the move.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1375892.html

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Volunteer/Donate: A Dream to Preserve TV News, on the Road to Realization… with Your Help

The Internet Archive posted this in Jan 2014:
"We are about to receive a remarkable private collection of video taped U.S. television news that spans 35 years. We welcome contributions of TV news recorded before the year 2001 to help broaden our research library.

Marion Marguerite Stokes, a librarian, social justice advocate and TV interview program host, believed that it was vital to preserve television news.
Mrs. Stokes started recording news at home in 1977 — and never stopped. Before her death in December 2012 she recorded 140,000 video cassettes. Her family searched for a home for her unique collection and found us in June.
It is a unique collection of local news from Boston (1977-1986) and Philadelphia (1986-2012), as well as all the national news. The Boston era is particularly notable for the busing/desegregation strife that raged throughout."
To donate: https://archive.org/donate
And if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to volunteer: https://archive.org/about/volunteerpositions.php They are looking for people to staff events, to help them run VHS machines and burn DVDs, and to scan books.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1365593.html

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Page Lewis/Sharon Fetter/DeForest Kelly

Sadly, we lost two older fans this past week. Page Lewis was a Star Trek fan who ran fan clubs for George Takei and Grace Lee Whitney. She also published fanzines and was a frequent attendee at Shore Leave. We have set up her Fanlore page here: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Page_Lewis

Her friend Roberta Rogow asked me to pass along this info:
"Condolences may be sent to Page's brother, James Lewis, 869 Brimer Rd, Newnan GA 30263. We discussed memorials and floral tributes, and he thinks that a donation to a local charity that directly benefits people struggling with mental and physical difficulties would be more appropriate, since Page wasn't a fan of cut flowers (she said they bothered her sinuses, and the cat might eat them!)."

Star Trek and Professionals fan Sharon Fetter also passed recently. Her Fanlore page is here: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Sharon_F and you are welcome to add your memories. If you don't have a Fanlore account, you can email the Gardeners at: gardeners@fanlore.org or drop me a note and I will add it to Fanlore for you.

We have a tag set up for fans who have passed. If you are in a reflective or contemplative mood, check out the list and see if you have memories or recollections you'd like to include: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Category:Deceased

And last, shortly after the actor Deforest Kelly died in 1999, charitable donations were set up in his name. One charity that was selected was the North Shore Animal League. Fans have revived the donation to help out the shelter. Info is here: http://www.animalleague.org/support/how-you-can-help/deforest-carolyn-kelley-memorial-fund.html

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1344855.html

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Merry Christmas From The Prancing Elites

First up, the Prancing Elites, an African American gay dance troop from Alabama is offering a special gift for those who donate $25 to their Kickstarter fundraising drive. More details here: "We have a Christmas special for our kickstarter program... if you donate $25 you'll be able to receive a screen print Prancing Elites graphic tshirt & a Prancing Elites towel... Hopefully you all have a great Christmas... we love you all."

And I just saw one of my comments about the group appear on a random tweet...I am glad it was not the burka version. The tweet was in reference to the fact that they have been dis-invited from the Mobile New Years parade even though they offered to wear tracksuits that cover their entire body.

this is my favorite photo from the Semmes Christmas parade (link to the article here).

And last, a video of the Prancing Elites dancing to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Same Love,"

"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-Same Love feat. Mary (PRANCING ELITES of Mobile, AL.)" (Watch on YouTube)

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"Clemons believes parents who think their appearance will affect their children, "should tell their children that 'God made everyone different, and they are just males who are different.' Us passing by them for two seconds is not going to have any effect on their lives, but telling them everything in a negative way is going to change them for the rest of their lives." Source.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1344277.html

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This is so sad

The Prancing Elites, the gay dance troop from Mobile, Alabama were just dis-invited from the Mobile, Alabama New Years Parade. They even offered to wear baggy tracksuits so as to not offend any children or childish adults watching the parade (sarcasm alert). This came after protests over their participation in a Christmas parade in another town. Video of them in the Xmas parade is here.

Anyhow, if you want to help them out emotionally, there is a poll here. And financially, here is the post I made about their fundraiser to find a safe place to practice.

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1343755.html

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Charitable Giving: Prancing Elites

This dance group has chosen a difficult path to walk: they are an all-male, African-American gay dance team from Mobile, Alabama.

They have 8 days left to raise funds for next year. Like many Kickstarter campaigns if they do not reach their goal, they do not get funded. They are at the 1/3 level.

The type of fallout they typically encounter.
"We love performing at football games. We were performing in the stands at a game in our hometown of Mobile, Alabama, and the police officer told us, “You all are not the entertainment, and you should be ashamed of yourselves for being up here dancing like girls. If you all get up and even look like you're dancing then we are going to put you out and you will not be getting refunded.”

Why they need funds?
"We practice all year round, regardless if it’s raining, freezing cold, or scorching hot, we still have to practice. The only sad part about this situation is that we don’t have a practice space. We practice at night from 10pm-2am five nights a week in an elementary school parking lot and their P.E. field. The neighborhood where the school is located causes us to worry at night when unfamiliar cars ride by numerous times. We are scared for our lives, because being in the South, there are still a lot of homophobic people and we never know who’s having a bad day and may harm us physically. The reason for the late practice is because several members have jobs and are full time students. This in itself should show you our passion still outweighs all the compromising situations we encounter. So with all that being said, we are trying to help raise money to have a safe practice space where we can just do what we love and feel safe from any violence."

edited: And finally, because Kickstarter campaigns are not funded if they do not reach their goal: "If our project unsuccessful, would you mind donating the pledged amount that you pledged on our project to our team's paypal account. Our need is still there, even if all the funds aren't met. You won't be charged by kickstarter if our project isn't successful. If you don't mind pledging your amount to our PayPal account, send an email of your intended amount to: elitesprancing@gmail.com"

Crossposts: http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1338828.html

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So Many Reasons To Donate To The Electronic Frontier Foundation

The brief also urges the Court to clarify that the sender of a takedown notice is required make reasonable determinations about the law. In other words, if a copyright holder is going to claim someone violates copyright law, it should first have some idea of what qualifies as a violation. Too often, we have seen copyright owners send takedown notices informed by only the vaguest notion of what actually qualifies as infringement. As we explain:

A law that grants a private actor the power to do what even a court cannot—cause the prior restraint of speech based on a purely ex parte review—alters not only the traditional contours of copyright protection but of our fundamental free speech doctrines. Such a law can only be tolerated, if at all, if the exercise of that power is tied to an obligation to understand what the law is, and to make reasonable assertions based on that understanding.

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