I do not consent!

[sonia]

I do not consent to this violence and abuse by my country, my government, with my tax money. I DO NOT CONSENT.

Trump's Sadistic Nativism Must Be Stopped by Melissa McEwan at Shakesville.

Monday Morning Reading on Trump's Nativist Abuse by Melissa McEwan at Shakesville.

I understand that separating children and parents at the US border is simply an escalation of this country's ongoing abuse of people of color. I understand that I have been tacitly complicit my whole life. And I DO NOT CONSENT!

I am horrified to be living through the buildup to concentration camps, to witness it happening right now to children, and to be one of those people who stood by and did nothing. I DO NOT CONSENT! I will at least speak up, and donate money to people who are fighting this directly.

Here’s a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help immigrant children separated from their families by Alex Samuels in the Texas Tribune. Mostly legal aid.

Support Kids at the Border at ActBlue. (See ETA below for a caveat.)

5 Ways to Help Migrant Children and Families at the Border Right Now by Megan Friedman at Esquire.

I am happy to see that some Democratic Senators are investigating and speaking out. I wonder how much speaking out there was in 1930's Germany. Democrats Intensify Fight for Immigrant Children (Doesn't load with an ad blocker, quoted in the second Shakesville link above.)

ETA: I chose to donate to United We Dream - the largest immigrant youth-led network in the country. Their donation page is via ActBlue, which required me to create an account and wanted my occupation and employer at the end of the process. Creepy! I put "no" "no" for the two required questions. I suppose I could have just clicked away from that page, but it's not clear the donation would have gone through. So I cannot whole-heartedly recommend you donate to or through ActBlue.

ETA2: I also donated to Sisters of the Road and Scarleteen because I've been meaning to for a while. Trying to make the world a better place.

Comments

[tim]

ActBlue asks for occupation and employer because it's a legal requirement for accepting political campaign contributions.

[sonia]

Thanks for the info.

Since I wasn't making a political campaign contribution and did not want to create an account with them, it's still creepy. Here I am talking about consent and I got tricked into doing something I didn't want to do by "the good guys." UGH.

We have collectively catastrophically lost our way.

[amethyst73]

Thanks very much for the links!

I donated to RAICES to help pay the exorbitant fees that need to be paid to get someone out of immigration bond. (Even if they're the kids that the government took away from the parents in the first place.) Then I called all of my representatives in fury.

[sonia]

Yay! Glad the links were useful.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for the links. We gave half our annual to RAICES because, fuck this!

[sonia]

Yay for contributing to RAICES and boo to the need for it!

I'm glad the entry was useful for you. I thought maybe I should cut-tag it on your behalf (and on behalf of the other people who are avoiding political posts) but since the whole point was to speak out, I didn't. But I gave it a lot of thought!

[jesse_the_k]

Because you're a thoughtful person :,)

[sonia]

:-)