Help recover my personal life
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It took a lot of thought and bravery to step up like this. There are others in our community who have faced greater brutality. Others across the country like the NoDAPL protectors in bad need of the slightest drop of help. So I feel guilt and embarassment.
Since the election of Trump our country, our community has faced one of it's toughest challenges as our opposition in Fascism, gentrifiers and the police have emboldened and come down on us. As always I stepped up and forced myself to be a pillar to protect our comrades. But the reality is I am not strong. My personal life has been in shambles. I've fallen months behind on bills and am at risk of having my electricity cut off. Rent has been hell due to this. I can also not afford my psychiatric medications. I have not been able to afford food and have barely been able to eat despite that. My weight has dropped below 110 Ibs. I've become unable to sleep and have nightmares frequently. I'm human. You've all seen the boldness I've stepped up to.
At the end of the Summer I took a job with less hours to be able to contribute more to the Peaceful Streets Project and now our embattled community as a whole. Over the past few weeks with the demmand to fight back, I was barely able to work at all. I will fight for you until I break. I just don't want that breaking point to be now.
$500 is enough to put my head just above the water and continue fighting for all of you. We are all facing tough challenges right now. We will continue to face them as well move closer to these next four years. They will grow in strength against us. But we have already and will continue to grow stronger against them. We will topple the darkness facing us.
Since the election of Trump our country, our community has faced one of it's toughest challenges as our opposition in Fascism, gentrifiers and the police have emboldened and come down on us. As always I stepped up and forced myself to be a pillar to protect our comrades. But the reality is I am not strong. My personal life has been in shambles. I've fallen months behind on bills and am at risk of having my electricity cut off. Rent has been hell due to this. I can also not afford my psychiatric medications. I have not been able to afford food and have barely been able to eat despite that. My weight has dropped below 110 Ibs. I've become unable to sleep and have nightmares frequently. I'm human. You've all seen the boldness I've stepped up to.
At the end of the Summer I took a job with less hours to be able to contribute more to the Peaceful Streets Project and now our embattled community as a whole. Over the past few weeks with the demmand to fight back, I was barely able to work at all. I will fight for you until I break. I just don't want that breaking point to be now.
$500 is enough to put my head just above the water and continue fighting for all of you. We are all facing tough challenges right now. We will continue to face them as well move closer to these next four years. They will grow in strength against us. But we have already and will continue to grow stronger against them. We will topple the darkness facing us.
Organizer
Joshua Pineda
Organizer
Austin, TX