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She/her. Still Masking! Chicago-esque Disabled Debtors Cohort

If you live in Tarrant county, Texas, and you have food insecurity,

here’s when the food bank truck and resources will be stopping at a health center (like JPS) near you.

https://jpshealthnet.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/Comm-Outreach-RED-Bus-Handout-JD-2023-v1.pdf

If you're in the #UK , the petition to require #train companies to keep ticket offices and staff at #railway stations only needs another 3,500 signatures to force a parliamentary debate, so please sign if you haven't already.

It's a really important #accessibility issue, and the closures are opposed by the RMT (National #Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers).

Edited to add link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636542

Petition: Require train operators keep ticket offices and platform staff at train stations

We want the Government to require train operators keep ticket offices and platform staff at train stations, to help maintain health and safety standards and customer information.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
The problem is not
that our leaders are telling us
to wash our hands
to wash our hands as a solution
to this airborne virus
after all, insufficient,
though it may be
you really should
make sure to wash your hands
no, the problem is
that our leaders
have washed their hands of us.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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Thank you!

The Revolution HAS to be accessible. Your theory should be accessible. Your events should be accessible.
One child came back from school with a copy of the dreadful Shirley Jackson story "The Lottery" in hand. Along with _Lord of the Flies_ it's a chunk of Cold War libertarian propaganda - so I promptly handed them a copy of Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas". I don't know if Le Guin actually intended her story as a point-by-point refutation of "The Lottery" but it does a magnificent job of exposing the underlying ideology and challenging it, right down to the question of what is acceptable in literature for 12 year olds - "Omelas" overtly discusses sex and drugs, with gentle humour, and condemns violence, while "The Lottery" features prudes who practice ritual murder.
If anyone here is teaching "The Lottery" or has a child for whom it is prescribed reading, I heartily suggest Le Guin's antidote to cultural poisoning.
Some have given up on masking as they think there's no point if masks can't singlehandedly eradicate a virus (a right wing talking point). What they're missing is that higher risk people can't even get healthcare due to a lack of masking. Masks make essential spaces accessible.
did you miss our event about TPD Discharge of federal student loans? no problem! a recording of it will be available. fill this out, and you will be on list to get it. we're also working on FAQs of Disabilty Discharge. https://secure.everyaction.com/BlHb01E-u0GinCLvIqQaoQ2 https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/disabled-debtors-cohort/
TPD Discharge Event Feedback

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This is just the beginning for our brand-new group of disabled organizers! please come hang out with us tonight, we'll be covering other topics in the future. we're building a community to support and encourage one another. "We will share our experiences of debt with one another free of judgment, connecting with people in the same situation, conducting teach-ins, and introducing people to under-advertised programs." https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/disabled-debtors-cohort/
Disabled Debtors Cohort

The Debt Collective is the first debtors’ union in the United States. We organize debtors across the country to build a movement that fights back against an economic system that plunges disabled…

Debt Collective
Hello #Disabled friends & allies! Tonight is the final event on topic of Federal Student Loan discharge. #DisabledDebtorsCohort is new working group of @strikedebt. ASL interpreters will be there, please join us! https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/disabled-debtors-cohort/
Disabled Debtors Cohort

The Debt Collective is the first debtors’ union in the United States. We organize debtors across the country to build a movement that fights back against an economic system that plunges disabled…

Debt Collective