Hi!! I'm Alex, 19 years old. This blog is an amalgam of things that I like online!! Whether it's youtubers, tv shows or stmg else, idk. Background from thatoneleftshoe (on tumblr) and icon made by my friend artisticjabberwork (on tumblr)
Please help me leave an abusive home. If anyone in the Upstate, SC area has a spare bedroom or a couch and can afford to let me crash, please let me know. Or please donate via my paypal at blindgumby@gmail.com. I have a job, but not currently any transportation. I don’t know where to go or what to do and I can’t take this anymore. Please, please help me. I know it’s been one thing after another, but I am at the lowest point in my life and I need help. The family I should be able to count on hates me, and my friends have gone silent.
I don’t know what to do. I just know that this isn’t working.
I’m desperate to leave an abusive situation without falling into financial ruin… please signal boost and donate if you can, I’d be happy to write fanfic for you
Black girls deserve to learn free from bias and stereotypes.
Most black girls experience this hatred at schools. And classmates are not the only problem, there is no support from teachers, too. That’s why they get so affected by their school experiences. Black kids deserve to be treated just like everybody else, they want to study, they want to learn something ,too. However due to prejudice they are 5 times more likely to be suspended than their white peers and it can ruin their lives forever.
National Women’s Law Center created this video to change the situation. Join the movement to help black girls feel normal and get the same opportunities everybody else has.
Well, after educating yourself and advocating for the rights of the Syrian people in their fight for freedom against a brutal dictatorship as well as naming and holding accountable those who aid the Assad regime such as Iran, Hezbollah and Russia among others, *breathes*, you can help by donating to any of the organisations/groups listed below.
These groups mainly help on the ground in Syria providing aid; be it medical or psychological as well as food and clothes to those in need.
SAMS Foundation: the foundation works with Syrian American health care professionals and operates 106 medical facilities throughout Syria
Doctors Without Borders (also known as MSF): the organisation provides front-line medical treatment as well as providing drugs, medical supplies and equipment
Questscope: the organisation’s work is mostly centered on providing immediate trauma support and psychosocial counseling
Save the Children: the organisation is on the ground in Syria and in refugee communities providing children and their families with warm clothes, shelters, clean water and emergency care
Syrian Civil Defense(also known as The White Helmets): they are about 3,000 neutral, impartial and humanitarian Syrian volunteers who operate as first responders in rebel-held areas across the country. They were recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Karam Foundation: the organisations is focused on educational opportunities for Syrian children, currently raising funds to rebuild schools in Syria.
NuDay Syria: the organisation’s mission focuses on bringing housing and food to displaced families with single mothers or wounded family members. They are especially concerned with the lack of safe shelter and living for single mothers with daughters.
Hand in Hand for Syria: the organisation provides aid including food, clothing, water, sanitation and crucial medical assistance
According to the United Nations, there are almost 14 million Syrian refugees around the world (so far) in need of humanitarian aid. The groups below are mainly focused on helping Syrian refugees:
Migrant Offshore Aid Station: this charity exists to save children like Alan Kurdi, with a fleet of rescue boats patrolling the Mediterranean to save migrants lost at sea.
Refugees Welcome: dubbed as a kind of “Airbnb for refugees” this German nonprofit matches people with spare rooms with refugees in need of housing. If you don’t have a spare bed in Germany.
The Worldwide Tribe in Calais: a group of social activists documenting stories in the Calais migrant camp, they also raise relief funds.
Small Projects Istanbul: the initiative provides classes and cultural enrichment and scholarships to Syrian children in Turkey.
Mercy Corps: the group provides direct aid to Syrian refugees in the form of food and supplies, and by increasing access to clean water and sanitation, shelters, and safe spaces and activities for children
Shelterbox: the group has been providing emergency shelter and supplies to families affected by the Syrian crisis in Iraq Kurdistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, including clothing, stoves and, water filters.
UNICEF: the UN agency focuses on assisting Syrian children by providing healthcare, nutrition, immunization, water and sanitation, and classes.
Oxfam: the nonprofit provides aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan such as clean water, sanitation services, and hygiene education to help ward of cholera and other intestinal diseases.
Yes, donating won’t stop barrel bombs from falling on besieged civilian areas (that comes by being vocal about Assad’s crimes) but it can definitely help create a start.
Speaking of educating yourselves, an initiative called Syria Social Campaign would send you one or two articles concerning Syria each week! You only have to submit your email address.
Here’s the Syria Solidarity Calendar for those who would like to take part in solidarity events around the world
for those who asked
donating is great, but at this bleak and uncertain point, what matters the most is to be knowledgable and outspoken to defend the free people of syria and be their voice that’s been long silenced and ignored. and remember, neutrality only helps the oppressor.
there is a shooting taking place at pulse nightclub, a popular gay bar/nightclub in orlando, right now. not much is known about the situation but there have been over 40 victims with multiple fatalities, and there are apparently multiple shooters involved (one of whom may have shot himself.) please stay safe if you’re in orlando, and my thoughts go out to everybody involved in this horrific situation and i only hope that they find peace wherever they may go ❤️
“Meet my cousin Sarah. At 17, her future looks bright. She is in the top 10% of her class, runs cross-country and belongs to the National Honor Society and the debate team. She is also gay. Like any high school kids in a relationship, Sarah and her girlfriend wanted to go to prom together. But when they did that, Sarah’s parents, who believe that homosexuality is a sin and abnormal, sent Sarah away against her will to an East Texas Christian boarding facility for troubled teens to “pray away the gay.”
Not only does this type of “therapy” not work, mental health professionals from organizations like the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have found it to be psychologically damaging, especially for minors. And Sarah has been told that she must stay in this facility for a whole year. So instead of being surrounded by friends and extended family who love and support Sarah for who she is, she’ll be isolated in a place where the fact that she is gay is treated as a sin and an illness. Instead of preparing for college and competing in the state debate tournament, she’ll be doing forced labor every day and enduring Bible-based “therapy” for her “disease.”
She is not allowed phone calls or email or any form of computer communication. She is also not allowed visitors and cannot leave the property. She is completely cut off from the outside world. She tried to run away, but was caught by the staff and returned to the facility.
Sarah’s extended family and close friends are trying to win her release through the legal system, but it’s not cheap. Attorney’s fees in the first few weeks have already exceeded $20,000, and they are continuing to mount, with a full hearing set for July. Sarah needs your help. But this is about more than just one gay kid – if we free Sarah we can help show that it’s not okay to try to make gay teens straight by sending them away and using the threat of God against them.
Spread the word so being gay doesn’t mean losing freedom for Sarah. #savesarah.”
DONATE & if you can’t, please make sure to reblog if possible.
Within the last week Canada has lost an entire city due to wild fire and it is rapidly spreading, and expected to double in size. Fort McMurray has been ablaze all week and the fire is spreading towards Saskatchewan. Attempts to put the fire out have been failing because the fire is so hot water it is evaporating before it can do any good.
Dry and extremely windy conditions are fueling the blaze, which has already scorched more than 1,560 square kilometers (602 square miles) and displaced tens of thousands of people.
These people are no longer evacuees … They’re refugees.
Rain is to be expected next week, but a downpour is needed to tame a monstrous fire – which is the size of Hong Kong and is almost 25% bigger than New York City – that has displaced about 88,000 people, wiped out 1,600 structures including homes, schools and hospitals, and sent plumes of smoke as far away as Iowa.
Here is a link if you want to help, please share this, this is a huge tragedy and these people need help.
These aren’t screen captions from a movie this is happening RIGHT NOW less than 1000 miles away from my own home.
This shit is real. Many were given less than 15 mins to evacuate. There are videos of people fleeing the city and the smoke and flames are advancing faster than the traffic is moving. I have friends and family that have lost everything, their pets, homes, vehicles, photo albums. Please signal boost this.
If you want to donate to the Red Cross, you can give any amount through this link:Alberta Fires Appeal. Alternately, you can donate $5 by texting REDCROSS to 30333 or donate $10 by texting FIRES to 45678. Be careful: There are some scammers posing as the Red Cross asking for money on social media. Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government is matching all donations made to the Red Cross for the Fort McMurray Wildfires.
If you want to donate to the Salvation Army, you can give any amount through this link: Alberta Fire Response.
Those looking to house people’s pets, help unify lost pets with owners, and generally assist with animal rescue should check out this Facebook page: Fort McMurray Fire Emergency Animal Assistance
DONATE FOOD AND ITEMS:
If you want to donate items such as blankets or clothes, check out this Facebook group: Fort Mac Fire Donations. Make sure you’re only giving things people actually need. People often donate things after a disaster that aren’t needed, and sometimes actually get in the way of vital supplies.
Edmonton Emergency Relief Services is collecting new shoes, towels, socks, underwear, diapers, baby wipes, and toiletries. Drop off items at: Hangar 2: 3631 – 56 Ave East, Edmonton International Airport.
Edmonton’s Food Bank is collecting donations. Food can be dropped off at any major grocery store or fire hall.
VOLUNTEER:
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is inviting volunteers to sign up here.
Edmonton Emergency Relief Services is looking for volunteers (must be 16 or older) at a number of locations throughout Edmonton. Volunteers are particularly needed at the airport, as that location is running 24-7. Follow their Facebook page:Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society, for the latest updates.
Those interested in volunteering with the Red Cross can sign up here.
Despite the fact that I am not from Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada), but rather from a neighbouring province, I was unable to get any sleep last night due to the fact that I was too busy worrying myself sick about how the citizens of this city and surrounding areas must be feeling right now.
If you are not already aware, the entire city of Fort McMurray is currently evacuated due to blazing, horrendous wild fires. Blazes are moving quickly, leaving several of the 80 000+ citizens without homes.
Authorities say that today (Wednesday) is only going to be worse.
Homes are being lost, buildings are burning to the ground, gas stations are quickly being run dry, wildlife is dying, and the fires are spreading with every passing second due to the winds and high temperatures.
Fortunately enough, however, no casualties have been reported, and it seems as though everyone has been safely evacuated from the city at this time.
Things are not looking very good for Fort McMurray, and it breaks my heart to know that so many helpless civilians and animals will be left without homes, food, clothing, possessions, and much more. The disastrous effects caused to this major oil industry city are only beginning, and its civilians can do nothing more than to hope and pray that they will be able to return home sometime soon.
If you can, please, text REDCROSS to 30333 to donate five dollars to help with the fires. If not, please, do reblog this post so that others who might be able to help might see it.
The Albertan city of Fort McMurray is in serious need right now of not only rain, but of thoughts and prayers, as well. Please, as you go on about your day today, take a moment to even do so much as message a victim of the blazing flames via social media, reassuring them that everything will be okay, or by spreading awareness of the current situation, if possible.
And for those of you who are directly affected by the wild fires who might be reading this right now, please, do know that although things might never be able to go back to how they once were, you will be able to return, and you will be able to continue to live your life with happiness and ease. It is going to take some time, but as long as you keep on keeping on, I can promise you that everything will be okay.
You are not alone in this, Fort McMurray. Stay safe, and stay strong! ❤
For more information, feel free to check out some of the following links:
This fire is in my province. About eight hours from me. There’s RCMP and fire departments sending guys out there to help from all over the province. The military is on its way and to be readied for deployment. It’s a big fucking fire.
Please, please, please share this post. Fort McMurray is a very important city for Alberta and it’s absolutely horrifying seeing it basically go up in flames. The people who live there need help and the firefighters who are there need help as well.
Okay, I never do these things but my dad recently told me my Aunt has a type of brain cancer and she’s in complete pain everyday and slowly dying and her skin is changing color on her face, etc. I really wanna help any way I can so I set up a go fund me without my families knowledge .
She needs to make her way to London because the doctors in Nigeria that she’s gone to can’t seem to do anything for her. So her only options are England or India. If you can PLEASE help donate anything or spread the word that would be amazing and I’d be eternally grateful.
Thank you thank you thank you 💕
The link : gofundme.com/nqnzcqtg
I don’t have any money to give, but I’m boosting this.
Thank you 😊💕
Please Help. Monica is a good friend and I’ll do anything to help her
Last Wednesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a proposal for new rules that would allow for a “ fast lane” of Internet traffic for content providers who are willing (and able) to pay a fee. [1] The proposal reverses the FCC’s previous commitment to net neutrality and open internet and allows ISP’s like Comcast or Verizon to slow down and censor services that don’t pay the toll.
We have to be totally honest, this situation is seriously grim. But there is still hope. The FCC already knows that the Internet community wants net neutrality, but they think they can put their spin on these new rules and sneak them through. If we can prove them wrong right now with a massive public outcry, we can literally save the Internet once again.
We need to stop the FCC now. Big business groups are already ramping up lobbying efforts with the FCC in swarms since Wednesday’s announcement in support of censoring the open Internet and to ensure this dangerous proposal moves forward. [2]
This is a critical moment. In the last few weeks more than 65,000 people have taken action with us. Can you help us get to 80,000 by the end of the day today?
The Fangirling never ends 