I gave because everything I was taught in school about America - the rule of law, due process, fairness, and equal justice for all - is at stake.

I believe in the organizing work ROC-DC does among restaurant workers and I am deeply grateful. We need to support restaurant workers!

Immigrants make this country great. The real felons are in the White House. 

Thank you ACLU. You've always stood with the people. Keep up the 'good trouble'.

Remember what Pastor Martin Niemöller wrote.

Humanity must support Palestine and children, specially orphans, they are so vulnerable. Allah help them and protect them and Palestinian families 🤲🏽

While building Every.org I chatted with Chris Blattman, a UChicago poverty/conflict researcher who designed READI Chicago, which provides men prone to commit gun violence with jobs, therapy and opportunity.

It's a high-leverage intervention - a small number of people are responsible for most gun violence, so helping them greatly benefits their communities. With the firepower of his research, the clarity of its impact, and the growing scale of the project, it's my way of helping make Chicago, my brother's home, even greater than it already is.

An urgent lifeline to local organizations providing legal and bond support to immigrant families and individuals who need it most.

**The Defending Our Neighbors Fund is powered by everyday people, like you, stepping up and building a vital lifeline to support our immigrant neighbors, loved ones, and communities against injustice.**

We all deserve to be treated fairly and with dignity. Yet every day, immigrant families are forced to navigate a complex and punishing immigration system alone, **without access to legal counsel**. Even young children, the most vulnerable members of our communities, are facing trained prosecutors without anyone by their side.

**This is why the Defending Our Neighbors Fund exists.** 

Today, there are more than 6 million U.S. households who have a family member at risk of detention or deportation. Right now, the federal government is funneling $170 billion of our taxpayer dollars to dramatically increase enforcement in our cities, all while slashing funding for legal service organizations who provide critical support for immigrants and make sure they have access to a lawyer. The Defending Our Neighbors Fund is a rapid-response effort to meet this urgent need for legal representation head-on, working to ensure families have access to life-saving legal support, and when possible, bond assistance.

**Access to legal representation makes a profound difference in whether families can stay together.**

As people's due process rights continue to be violated — affecting tens of thousands of people who are immigrants, children, and even U.S. citizens and green card holders — the need for legal counsel is skyrocketing. Studies show that in 2024, there were more than 2.5 million cases in immigration court where people did not have legal representation. Having access to a lawyer is often the difference between a family staying together or being separated indefinitely. 

To meet the ballooning demand in this moment, the Defending Our Neighbors Fund is quickly deploying high-impact grants to trusted organizations providing legal and, when possible, bond assistance to communities in need, this includes organizations that are:

- Serving communities with large immigrant populations
- Serving communities in legal deserts, and
- Serving communities near some of the country’s most active immigration detention and processing centers

**In this moment of division, we must all come together to defend our neighbors.** 

Supported by United We Dream and the ACLU, the Defending Our Neighbors Fund is hosted by Abundant Futures Fund (a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors), and aims to raise and deploy $30 million to grassroots organizations to meet this crisis with action and care.

**We, the people, will power this movement with small dollar contributions. Your donation supports trusted organizations providing legal representation and, when possible, bond assistance, to communities in need.**

Thank you for helping us defend our communities at such a critical moment. Your support makes all the difference.

Defending Our Neighbors Fund

ROC-DC is building power with restaurant workers in DC to create a more just, dignified and equitable restaurant industry. 

**Background**

ROC-DC has been building power with restaurant workers since 2009. We are a small worker-led organization that utilizes base-building, organizing and worker-led advocacy to move our mission forward. We have a strong focus on community building and leadership development to strengthen our ability as a restaurant worker community to make the changes we want to see in our industry and in DC. ROC-DC is fully independent organization from ROC-United (circa June 2024).  

**Addressing the Current Moment**

ROC-DC has been specifically equipped to support workers during crises, and have provided systems of support, training and mutual aid during the threats of Trump's first presidency, during the COVID-19 pandemic and currently under the federal occupation of Washington, DC that is putting so many of our members and restaurant workers at risk. ROC-DC has not only been providing necessary mutual aid support to our members, but also building out systems where workers can support one another during this time. We have provided comprehensive resources to restaurant owners/management supported members with creating Emergency Family Plans and provided ongoing community  & healing spaces to share resources and stay in community during such a stressful and isolating time.

**Becoming a Donor!**

As a small, independent organization, your donation makes an incredible impact on supporting the longevity, sustainability and capacity of ROC-DC. We encourage supporters to become monthly sustainers to our work. If you would like your donation to be used for a specific program or mutual aid area, please specify! We thank you so much for your care and love for restaurant workers, especially during such a difficult time.

**With solidarity & love,**

**Team ROC-DC! <3**

ROC DC

Empowering Palestinians since 1983 through education, culture and relief programs in Palestine and beyond. Together, we build hope

**Taawon (Welfare Association)** is a **non-profit**, **civic organization** launched in **Geneva** in the year **1983**, upon the initiative of a group of **Palestinian and Arab economists** and intellectuals.
**Taawon has become one of the largest organizations operating in Palestine and the diaspora camps in Lebanon**, whereby it touches the lives of **more than one million Palestinians** on an annual basis, with half of these beneficiaries being **women**.
**Since its establishment, Taawon has invested funds reaching nearly US $900 million, dedicated to development and relief programs.**

**Taawon’s record** over the past 40 years reflects a journey full of achievements reinforced by **strong partnerships**.
Taawon’s long and rich experience has enabled it to:

- Overcome **obstacles** and **difficult conditions** due to the **Israeli occupation**
- Find **innovative and creative solutions** to crises
- Remain responsive to needs despite **social and economic instability**

Taawon maintains a presence in:

- **Palestine**
- **Jordan**
- **Lebanon**
- **Switzerland**
- **Great Britain** (via its sister organization)

Its **interventions reinforce the steadfastness** of **Palestinian citizens** in **Palestine** and the **refugee camps in Lebanon**.

**Taawon aims to:**

- **Empower Palestinian individuals** and **civil society institutions**
- Strengthen **identity**, **freedom**, **democracy**, and **human values**
- Preserve **Palestinian cultural heritage**, highlighting its **unique position**
- Unleash the creative energies of **youth**, **women**, and **children**
- Provide **equal opportunities** for all segments of society
- Promote **creativity** and **excellence** despite the most difficult circumstances

**Taawon works in partnership** with civil society organizations through:

- Purposeful planning
- High-standard policies

Guided by:

- The **Universal Declaration of Human Rights**
- The **United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)**
- The **Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity**

🏅 *Awards & Recognition:*

- **Taawon Awards for Excellence & Creativity**, granted annually to those advancing **sustainable development in Palestine** 
- Recipient of the **Mahatma Award (2018–2020)** for **COVID‑19 humanitarian efforts** [taawon.org](https://www.taawon.org/en/content/awards-received?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

***Our Vision****:*

*“To envision the Palestinian people as citizens of an independent, free, democratic Arab Palestine, living in dignity, prosperity and self‑fulfillment.”*

Taawon (Welfare Association)

Ending poverty by ensuring equity & opportunity for all people. We help people achieve prosperity through housing, healthcare, jobs, and justice. Chicago based, globally focused. Visit heartlandalliance.org to learn more

Heartland Alliance advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations—particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced—through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.

Heartland Alliance International

At the heart of our Garden Council are 40+ community gardens, each nurturing an ecosystem of health, connection, and resilience. 

With more than 2,000 members spanning diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Community Garden Council is a dynamic force for positive change in Los Angeles. From Watts to Pasadena, Santa Monica to East Los Angeles, our 47 community gardens serve as vital hubs of activity and collaboration, offering access to fresh food, opportunities for education and engagement, organizing smart environmental and community-oriented policy and advocacy, and a shared space for neighbors to connect and thrive.

Join us as we cultivate a healthier, greener, and more resilient city for all. Together, we can sow the seeds of change and cultivate a brighter future, one garden at a time.

Los Angeles Community Garden Council

We support organizations building power, narratives, & solutions to advance justice, heal  communities, and transform our future.

Galaxy Gives

Advocating for the rights of the Cambodian people. 

LICADHO works closely with grassroots communities, human rights defenders and activists to monitor, document and investigate human rights abuses in Cambodia. A Cambodian non-governmental organisation, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia, and to promote respect for these rights by the Cambodian government and institutions.

Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO's work has changed to meet the demands of the dynamic human rights situation and the evolving needs of communities and activists in Cambodia. LICADHO's primary activities of monitoring, intervention, documentation and advocacy aim to promote accountability of government officials and non-state actors, as well as amplify community voices both domestically and internationally.

In addition to its human rights monitoring, LICADHO has developed an in-house team of prison monitors; doctors and medical professionals; lawyers and paralegals; and social workers to meet the ever-changing demands of communities and provide more holistic services to clients. LICADHO has also strengthened its networks to include Indigenous communities, women activists, land activists, unions and partner organisations to support their advocacy efforts and work. 

Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)

Supporting Iya Tahirah ensures her wisdom, resilience, and sacred legacy continue to uplift future generations.

Honor the Elders recognizes Iya Tahirah Abubakr as an exemplary Elder and Wisdomkeeper and is pleased to be raising funds to provide a gift in recognition of her lifelong service to her community. We believe that when we provide needed support to Elders and wisdomkeepers, the whole community benefits. 

Through the Grandmother Project and Honor the Elders, we provide services and gifts to exemplary Elders and wisdomkeepers whose work is aligned with the purpose of Nourishing Futures, who have lived a life of service to their communities, and whose life circumstances require financial resources to help cover the basic costs of food, shelter, health care, and medicine. All funds raised will be re-gifted to Iya Tahirah Abubakr, in honor of her life of service.

**Who is Iya Tahirah?**

Iya Tahirah AbuBakr, born River Lee Adams, was raised in Pocahontas, Mississippi as the eldest of seven children in a family of sharecroppers who turned hardship into strength and purpose. At seventeen, she left Mississippi for New Orleans, and in her early twenties moved to New York City, where her community activism within the Black Liberation Movement laid the foundation for a lifelong path of service as a social worker and community leader.

Her spiritual journey led to initiation into **Ifa** by **Ifa Priestess Yemọja**, grounding her in the ancestral Yoruba traditions of West Africa. A graduate of Social and Cultural Anthropology from IU Indianapolis, and trained in shamanism with **Malidoma Somé**, she emerged as Iya Tahirah AbuBakr—medicine woman, diviner, shamanic practitioner, and founder and co-founder of the St. Croix Council of Elders.

Iya Tahirah has dedicated her life to the service of humanity, with a deep commitment to nurturing youth and leaving the Earth better than she found it. Supporting Iya Tahirah ensures her wisdom, resilience, and sacred legacy continue to uplift future generations.

 **What is going on with her health?**

On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Iya Tahirah was found alone in her home and rushed to the hospital, having suffered physical injury from a fall that was a result of an [ischemic stroke.](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24208-ischemic-stroke-clots) 

At first, the prognosis was dark (she only had days to live). We believe now that this was a combination of her condition (we estimate 36 hours between the stroke and when she was found), and the doctor’s inability to see beyond the facts (age, race) and into the truth. Iya Tahirah has shown that she is cogent, lucid, and generally aware of what is going on. She has begun the long walk to recovery and she needs our support, now. 

If you want to know more about Iya's current condition, you can [go here.](https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-iya-tahirahs-healing-journey)

Iya Tahirah Abubakr, Honor the Elders Exemplary Elder

At the Courthouse Dogs Foundation, we believe in **a justice system that embodies compassion and understanding**. Our mission is to transform the experience of individuals navigating the complexities of the criminal justice system by utilizing professionally trained dogs that provide essential emotional support and unconditional love in high-stress environments. These remarkable animals have the ability to ease anxiety, offer comfort, and foster a sense of safety, ensuring that everyone—ranging from young victims to domestic violence victims and vulnerable witnesses—they get the chance to feel heard, valued, and respected in their justice journey.

Strategically, we are committed to strengthening our financial foundation to cultivate sustainable growth. We envision a future where innovation and collaboration flourish, enabling us to expand our reach and deepen our impact. Our goal is not just to maintain our programs but to enhance and elevate them, ensuring that we can touch even more lives with the healing presence of our courthouse dogs.

Every single life we impact matters. With your support and generosity, we can multiply the positive effects of our work, creating a ripple of compassion and hope throughout the justice system. Together, we can make a profound difference, one life at a time.

Courthouse Dogs Foundation

Inspiring bayanihan with partners and volunteers to empower marginalized communities.

Angat Pinas, Inc.

Reproductive Futures is the legal frontline of reproductive care. 

We focus on creating access to telemedicine abortion, emergency care and post-abortion care nationwide. 

Reproductive Futures

We promote, encourage and disseminate the importance and necessity of human and economic resource development for nonprofit orgs.

AEDROS - Asociación de Ejecutivos en Desarrollo de Recursos para Organizaciones Sociales, is a non-profit civil association that brings together professionals in fundraising in the third sector, whose objective is to generate a wide network of support and exchange.

The association was created in 2001 by a group of fundraisers from civil society organizations, who saw the need to defend the professional activity of resource development, promote transparency in the management of funds, as well as the responsible practice of philanthropy and volunteering in the social sector.

We are the first association of Spanish-speaking fundraisers in South America, which positions us as a reference organization in the country where we were born (Argentina) and in the region.

Currently, we are more than 260 members representing +160 civil society organizations, who -as in other professional associations-, promote ethical standards and good practices in the development of third sector resources to make it reliable and transparent.

According to its Statute, AEDROS is managed by a group of volunteer members, who constitute a Board of Directors, and the decisions taken there are implemented by a permanent Staff.

Other members, on a voluntary basis, constitute different work commissions (Members' Commission, Training Commission, Advocacy Commission, among others) in which lines of action are agreed upon and presented to the Board of Directors, and implemented by the Staff together with these Commissions.



In this line:

- We assist our members in improving the performance of their professional endeavors.

- We preserve and strengthen, for their mutual benefit, the existing ties and relationships among them.

- We promote ethical standards for the professional practice of resource development.

- We analyze and provide guidance in the solution of problems common to its members and, in general, we promote, encourage and disseminate information intended to benefit our members and the organizations and causes for which they work.



Our purposes are:

- To attend to all matters concerning the professional activity of resource development for social organizations.

- To train members in professional and academic improvement, providing them with leadership experiences.

- To organize and sponsor congresses, forums, symposiums, meetings or conferences, national or international, on the profession.

- To issue certifications that accredit professional excellence.

- To encourage the responsible practice of philanthropy and volunteer work in Argentina and the region.

AEDROS

Hands Off Uhuru defends the right of African and oppressed peoples to advocate and organize for liberation. 

Fundraising for "Hands Off Uhuru" campaign, in support of the right of African people to organize for liberation. Building support for legal defense and organizing work.

Hands Off Uhuru

The Homeless Resource Center offers rest and resources to those experiencing homelessness in Lawrence, Kansas.

The mission of the Homeless Resource Center is to offer a daily refuge with basic services to provide physical and emotional comfort for people who are experiencing homelessness.

Homeless Resource Center 

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