September 16
There are no words that can better describe the devastation and grief my latinx community is experiencing than this video. Families who have worked so hard through barriers to own their own mobile homes, to be together in community. When your entire extended family loses multiple homes there is no refuge. This strong mama is willing to share her private and vulnerable moments with you to help show the need here, in hopes that “others can be helped through my pain.”
Please remember as you watch, that while carrying such heavy burdens of grief, despair and displacement, many are walking through toxic ash, worn down from toxic air but are still returning to work to pick fruit with no masks provided, to clean biohazards in hospitals, to do whatever labor work they can get. In the midst of their tragedy, they are still tending and feeding America. NO, THIS IS NOT JUST. Let’s not allow this to be. They deserve to be carried, to rest and be helped immediately. Please see my previous posts about how you can help me provide direct financial aid if you haven’t already.
The government has not helped, we must be community, thank you♥️
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Note:
I’ve been sharing my experience of the Almeda Fire in southern Oregon on my Facebook page, but I want to share it here so you can all walk with me on this journey. Click the “Almeda Fire” tag at the bottom of this post to read the entire series.