Families are struggle to keep up with bills amid SNAP eligibility reductions and fear of triggering immigration review. Call your local school district and ask to pay off a student’s lunch debt, or offer to buy supplies for a classroom. Schools are a way to help the most vulnerable families anonymously.
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Friday May 1st we walk out! No work, no school, no shopping. We’re learning how to engage in economic pressure. Make a plan to join organized events, or take a personal day. Plan ahead for gas, groceries and whatever else you need to avoid engaging in capitalism for ONE day. Do the best you can—participation isn’t a boolean. Prepare today, to support the resistance tomorrow!
If you’re feeling hope, share that as widely as you can. If you’re feeling despair, treat it like the flu: try not to spread it, treat the symptoms, and work to recover. Neither hope nor despair is an objective fact, but despair saps your energy to bring about change. Treat it, don’t feed it.
SNAP benefits roll over, so don’t feel obligated to spend down every month, but if you routinely have more than you spend, share! Yes, this happens, particularly for older single people with multiple food supplements. You might not think of yourself as someone with extra to share, but if you’re carrying a balance every month, you are! Build up a shelf-stable backstop against rising prices, then start helping people!
The economy is likely to get harder for a while. Are you in a position to help someone? Maybe someone specific? If you know a family that’s struggling, an elder who has lost meal service, or someone who has been looking for work for months, could you help? Inspired by a woman who posted “I can afford to feed a small family. One adult and up to two children” on her Buy Nothing group, how about something a little less simple: commit to helping someone long-term. Set boundaries and be prepared to tighten your own belt to help someone.
Last December CBS pulled a 60-minutes segment on CECOT the foreign prison we “deported” immigrants to. A bootleg copy that streamed in Canada went around, and eventually CBS aired the segment (opposite an NFL division playoff game…) with new content from the Trump administration. It’s important we witness what is being done in our names, so if you never saw the segment, take 14 minutes to watch it now.
