Donate for Medical Expenses and Job Hunt

Hi friends! For my birthday I am asking for leads on contract jobs to tide us over until I secure a full time job. I'm applying to a number of jobs a day, but need income to tide us over as hiring processes can take 2-6 months to complete for many unions and NGOs. Our medical expenses have been quite high and I'm the primary breadwinner. If you want to contribute to me directly, please donate here or Costco gift cards are great. Or if you know of any mutual aid funds we can apply for let me know, or any leads of barter/trade or short-term gigs etc.

Our health has vastly improved thanks to the support of family and friends and we are both applying for jobs now, but have reached an end of our resources to tide us over as we both seek employment.

Things I can do and love: facilitation of workshops/meetings and written guides strategy/strategic planning for campaigns, organizing, narratives, popular education, political education, security & scenario planning etc. I can travel to DMV area easily or by car along the East coast/Southeast/Midwest to do in person, or facilitate over zoom.

Areas of subject matter expertise are especially in international solidarity/global justice movements, counter-hegemonic and liberatory narratives, organizing, base building, disability, public health, strategic campaigns especially corporate campaigns but other types as well. I would say most people find me to be especially strong in strategy.

I'm also skilled at peer & patient medical & mental health advocacy but I tend to offer that to others for free to the best of my capacity as I don't believe health should come at a cost.

Other things I can do: opposition and corporate research, event planning, some levels of logistics and operations (I will warn you that the best project management systems workflows and tools will not work without internal organizing though ), ghostwriting/copywriting and copyediting given clear examples & preferred style guides, digital strategies, guides, plans, training, feedback, mentorship, coaching.

Things I would prefer not to do: email-based fundraising and daily social media posting for folks looking for someone to make the numbers go bigger at all times on corporate owned platforms and algorithms. I could help think through LOIs, public grants or foundation funding to some extent though my expertise is mostly in relation to programmatic pitches & updates for funders and I don't have particular connections that most fundraisers do.

Please donate or send opportunities to me if you have any leads. Thank you ❤️✊