HELP VANESSA FIGHT CANCER!

We’re raising funds to support our beloved Vanessa Lewis in facing a recent diagnosis of advanced uterine cancer. Whether or not you know Vanessa personally, this faerie princess mermaid gangsta for the revolution has touched so many lives in our communities through her brilliant writing, performances, workshops, and truly epic social media statuses. Vanessa is a visionary who weaves deep spells of liberation, transformation, and healing through her work – and she needs our support as she fights cancer with everything she’s got.

So let’s show her some love - if you can’t make a donation right now, we’ve shared some ideas of other ways to support (see below).

Learn more about Vanessa’s work at her Reclaim UGLY project, check out an interview, follow her on social media , or check out this doc w/ links to lots more of her work:

Funds raised will support medical bills, healthy foods, rent and other basic needs as Vanessa is taking time off from work during chemo, surgery, and radiation.

OTHER WAYS TO HELP

Whether or not you can donate funds today, there’s lots of other ways to support Vanessa & this campaign!

• Share this on social media

• Take a picture of you holding a sign about why you appreciate Vanessa, or what you learned from Vanessa’s work (“Vanessa taught me”), share it on socials with the hashtags: #VanessaTaughtMe #FaeriePrincessMermaidGangstaForTheRevolution

• Support Vanessa’s work!

⋆ Pre-order Vanessa’s book, add it to your curriculum, recommend it to your book club, gift a copy to a young person, request your local library and independent bookstores to carry it.

⋆ Book Vanessa to speak at your class, conference, workshop, etc in 2024

⋆ Join Vanessa’s Patreon (but if you can only give once, this fundraiser is more important!)

• Practice self or community care

• Cast a spell, or add a prayer or blessing for Vanessa’s healing to your altar

• Learn more about health equity & support organizations like Women's Cancer Resource Center

QUESTIONS?

Press the "Contact" button under the Organizers list to get in touch with the fundraising crew!