It isn’t too late to de-commercialize your holidays! Shift away from flashy events and gifts, toward meaningful memories, or add some mutual aid days to the busy calendar now! If it feels too late to make changes this year, lay the groundwork for edits next year.
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During Black History month, add a few dates important to the Black community to your calendar. Make sure important meetings don’t get scheduled on those dates, and post culturally-aware greetings for holidays or relevant education for historic dates. Become aware of the rhythms of other people’s lives.
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Tens of thousands of children face a dismal holiday season, all because our nation has decided nobody is innocent enough to evade detention. All too many of those detainees are children themselves. Buy a gift or donate cash to an immigration group buying gifts for children in detention, or left behind. Check with local immigration groups first. If you don’t find a program, we recommend Americans for Immigrant Justice, rated four stars by Charity Navigator.
Plan ahead to buy meaningful gifts that support the world we’re building. Visit craft or ethnic fairs for locally made items, or plan a gift of food treats for the person who already has everything. If it’s the thought that counts, put thought into gifting! Click through for inspiration.
The problems with Spotify are old and well documented, but here’s a new one: they’re selling ICE recruitment advertising, and have not responded to calls to stop.
It’s far from the first problem with Spotify, but make it the last: pick a new platform. We recommend Tidal or Qobuz, for supporting artists with fair payment.
Maria Ressa is an American-Filipino, Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist. In this memoir Ressa discusses her life as a dual citizen, her journey into becoming a journalist, and her groundbreaking research into the ways Meta as a corporation, and social media as an industry, is contributing to the rise of Fascism across the globe.
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