Help traumatized trans folks survive!! UPDATE 4/3
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3/25 UPDATE! ! We made it into an apartment! Thank you for all your help so far, it was looking bleak for a second. With your donations, we've been able to stay accommodated with a roof over our heads until now, eat, take buses and rides to transport ourselves and our things, and pay our first month's rent.
Now we still need your help to get mattresses so we can -actually- rest with the necessary support to maintain our bodies, continued transportation as we move and connect to resources, wifi to connect to more resources (especially needed as we 5 only have one phone with service between us right now) and work, and cash to put away for next month's rent and bills. Please keep donating and sharing to keep a roof over our heads and the space to heal and establish ourselves away from the deep harm we just came out of! Thank you. <3
Original post:
We are five disabled, neurodivergent, trans, vulnerable (and three of us brown & Indigenous) people (and an elder emotional support dog) who came to work and live on a commune in a very isolated place in the Northwest U.S., originally through a very popular farm work to live website. We came under the impression that the farm that had accepted our application were prepared to accommodate the needs of marginalized and disabled workers, and certainly be free from abuse, harassment, manipulation, or deliberate neglect of basic human needs such as hygeine, food, and safe housing from intense temperatures.
We quickly found this was not the case. Complaints and attempts to remedy safety concerns were often met with dismissal or unfairly made the responsibility of inexperienced individuals with more bodily limitations. It is common and expected to overextend one's body and mind to meet the demands of the farm, and to make matters worse, whenever approached about power dynamics or sexual harrassment, the response has been escalating emotional and mental abuse (including making food inaccessible) with every successive attempt to "talk out" the negligence that led to this community breakdown.
We are all currently unemployed and do not have a vehicle but are planning to move to a more urban area to be closer to work and resources. We need at least $4000 to be secure enough to rehouse in an apartment that would house us all comfortably with security deposit and a couple months rent while we try to get on our feet in a new area while recovering from lasting injury due to overwork and abuse at the farm. We need these funds as soon as possible to ensure we have safe housing when we move as we are all very vulnerable to violence otherwise. Donating helps the most but sharing among your networks and other possible donors helps, too. Thank you!
Now we still need your help to get mattresses so we can -actually- rest with the necessary support to maintain our bodies, continued transportation as we move and connect to resources, wifi to connect to more resources (especially needed as we 5 only have one phone with service between us right now) and work, and cash to put away for next month's rent and bills. Please keep donating and sharing to keep a roof over our heads and the space to heal and establish ourselves away from the deep harm we just came out of! Thank you. <3
Original post:
We are five disabled, neurodivergent, trans, vulnerable (and three of us brown & Indigenous) people (and an elder emotional support dog) who came to work and live on a commune in a very isolated place in the Northwest U.S., originally through a very popular farm work to live website. We came under the impression that the farm that had accepted our application were prepared to accommodate the needs of marginalized and disabled workers, and certainly be free from abuse, harassment, manipulation, or deliberate neglect of basic human needs such as hygeine, food, and safe housing from intense temperatures.
We quickly found this was not the case. Complaints and attempts to remedy safety concerns were often met with dismissal or unfairly made the responsibility of inexperienced individuals with more bodily limitations. It is common and expected to overextend one's body and mind to meet the demands of the farm, and to make matters worse, whenever approached about power dynamics or sexual harrassment, the response has been escalating emotional and mental abuse (including making food inaccessible) with every successive attempt to "talk out" the negligence that led to this community breakdown.
We are all currently unemployed and do not have a vehicle but are planning to move to a more urban area to be closer to work and resources. We need at least $4000 to be secure enough to rehouse in an apartment that would house us all comfortably with security deposit and a couple months rent while we try to get on our feet in a new area while recovering from lasting injury due to overwork and abuse at the farm. We need these funds as soon as possible to ensure we have safe housing when we move as we are all very vulnerable to violence otherwise. Donating helps the most but sharing among your networks and other possible donors helps, too. Thank you!
Organizer and beneficiary
Yucca Bones
Organizer
Forks, WA
Codie Davis
Beneficiary