Funding for food at the Kassab IDP camp
The Save El Geneina initiative, which provides food and education/childcare to refugees in Chad
Evacuation fund organized by a friend of mine for 15 families trying to get out of Darfur
Food aid for Sudanese refugees in Cairo, who urgently need it as they face discrimination in Egypt
The Khartoum Aid Kitchen, a program supporting 10 kitchens that feeds thousands of people in the greater Khartoum area
The relocation and potential evacuation of an extended family consisting of at least 33 people
The Sudanese American Physician Association, which has been supporting hospitals and medical professionals in Sudan
The Darfur Women's Action Group (Darfur being a region with a higher Black Non-Arab population)
Two initiatives aimed at distributing menstrual hygiene products to people in Sudan
Hometax, a trusted on the ground org
Aid for the Gorom Refugee Camp in South Sudan, handled by a refugee led program
A continually updated thread on Twitter of even more gofundmes
Ok Folks, listen up. The electoral college doesn’t vote officially until December 19th. It is extremely rare and almost unheard of for them to vote against the majority of their district BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. The Electoral College was made for exactly this purpose! Remember, prior to December 19th, we have:
Court Case against Trump University Court Case Against Trump for accusations for rape and sexual assault If we pull together, we can swing this. We will have to be tireless. We will have to be unyielding. We will have to write, call, and march on every swing state that can have their electoral vote differently. We have to make our voices heard. Hillary WON the popular vote which means more of America wants her to be President than Trump. There is precedence for this to happen. There is cause. There is hope. With no state law against Pennsylvania voting against their popular vote, that’s 20 to go to Hillary. If Florida or any three other states swing, SHE WINS.
If we get them to vote different, we don’t have to worry about Trump or Pence because Hillary will have won. Until she hands over the nomination, she is still saying she is waiting for the official electoral votes to be made.
We can do this. We can win. LET’S SPREAD THIS LIKE WILD FIRE ON HERE AND FACEBOOK!
so bigotry is a scam, and it's sad that people fall for it. how ridiculous. and a waste of a life. but keep writing those seduction manuals old chaps, because exploiting insecurities is the only way this evil little machine keeps running
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Gunsmith Cats
Taking place over a four year period, the story centers on two young women, 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner, 17-year old "Minnie" May Hopkins.
Rally and May operate the titular "Gunsmith Cats" gunshop in Chicago, Illinois. Rally also works as a bounty hunter, assisted by May, which is the impetus behind many of the stories. Rally characterizes bounty hunting as her "hobby," though it is in fact her main source of income.
Rally is an expert combat shooter and markswoman with just about every firearm in existence, as well as an expert driver. May is an explosives expert, knowing the inner workings of and many uses of all manner of explosive devices.
A Palestinian girl holds a candle in front of her home during a power cut at the Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza. Electricity is reported to be cut for 12 hours every day as part of a mains power crisis as a result of political and economic instability on the Gaza Strip. @Ali Noureldine
"Diamonds and Toads" by Charles Perrault
A bad-tempered old widow had two daughters, her older daughter was disagreeable and proud but looked and behaved like her mother, and therefore was her favorite child. She and her eldest daughter badly mistreated the woman's younger daughter, who was sweet, courteous, and beautiful, but resembled her late father.
One day while drawing water from the well, the younger daughter was asked for a drink by an old woman. The girl politely consented and after giving it, she found that the woman was a fairy, who had taken the guise of a crone to test the character of mortals. As the girl was so kind and compassionate toward her, the fairy blessed her with having either a jewel, a diamond or a pretty flower fall from her mouth whenever she spoke.
Upon arriving home and explaining why she took so long to her mother, the widow was outraged at the sight of diamonds, pearls and roses falling from the girl's lips, and desired that her favored eldest daughter, Fanny, should have the gift as well. Fanny protested, but the widow forcibly sent her to the well with instruction to act kindly toward an old beggar woman. Fanny set off but the fairy appeared as a fine princess, and requested that the girl draw her a drink from the well. The elder daughter spoke rudely to the fairy and insulted her. The fairy decreed that, as punishment for her despicable attitude, either a toad or a snake would fall from Fanny's mouth whenever she spoke.
When Fanny arrived home, she told her story to her mother and disgusting toads and vipers fell from her mouth with each word. The widow, in a fury, drove her younger daughter out of the house. In the woods, she met a king's son, who fell in love with her and married her. In time, even the widow was sickened by her older daughter, and drove her out, and she died alone and miserable in the woods.
Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin