4mo ago

IS TOMORROW PAYDAY FOR YOU? <3 Car Fund for Blk disabled home! ($233/$3k) | WIFI + GAS due ($70 | $165 needed)

Car for disabled household

An update: $233 raised, but it might as well be reset as this is probably going to have to go towards bills.

Utilities are piling again and we just recently had to deal with multiple shut offs (including the oct 8th power shutoff) and threats to shutoff that resulted in loss of capacity. There are still cars on facebook market place that are going for 1k even.... Mem is really desperate to get one as i mention in the original text (copy/pasted below) it keeps them safer from conflict at home. Please, please help. Dont underestimate what it meant to be isolated to this extent, where you are homebound by both illness and lack of transportation. i cant explain how bad their mental is doing not being able to eat either.

Kofi tiers are all up for grabs, still. You can cover bills in one go: $366 electric, $165 gas (CURRENTLY OVERDUE), and $70 wifi DUE TODAY

Rent, i want to clarify, is $100 more than usual because of the panic/adrenaline the car accident put them through (on a day with many things happening) making them accidentally double-book an unrelated toilet repair session. And on having to cancel it, were charged extra.

If your payday is tomorrow, please bookmark this and anyone else on hexbears mutual aid page... and please come back to support. Everyone needs repeat care and involvement. Thank you.

https://ko-fi.com/memwho/tiers

https://cash.app/memwho

Original post's text below! (its long!)

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Hi all, grateful for anyone who takes the time to read.

My friend is a Black disabled trans person who lost their car in a hit-and-run Oct 15th. Its impossible to explain the context that lead up to the wreck in a short sentence, so bear with me.

It is critical you understand why this isnt "just a car". Mem is AuDHD w/ CPTSD, and so is their roommate; their needs are abundant, colorful, and worthy of being met.

They've been crowdfunding for survival since leaving abuse before the pandemic had begun, and after repeat infection/biohazard exposures, have steadily lost ability & capacity. The months before the wreck Mem had been seeking support to get glasses, car maintenance, but as bills piled & groceries unaffordable, this went unfulfilled. The hit-and-run happened on a drive to get a meal, and without glasses it was hard to see what may have otherwise not resulted in the loss of their car or multiple injuries!

Their car helped with a multitude of things. Accessing meals. Food pantries. In-person support from organizations with paying off bills! Thrift clothes, tho they never had enough funds to do so. Even emotionally, it provided time & space away from conflict at home. Hell, if it hadn't been totaled post-wreck, they would've been able to go to hospital sooner rather than the 5 days it took to afford a rideshare without going hungry.

The thrift clothes part is also pretty important. Winter is nearing, and they don't have warm clothing; all of it was lost in a basement sewage flood before their most recent poverty-driven displacement. Now their lease nears its end & inspection coming soon, the possibility of displacement (or worse, homelessness) without a car? Will not go well. They were barely able to move to their current home WITH one.

TLDR: This fund will help them get a used car after losing theirs Oct 15th. But it is also linked to winter preparation, & will undoubtedly keep them safer, especially as bills are now low again, more manageable. They'd appreciate any help to keep it that way, via kofi where different specific bills & needs can be met individually, if you'd prefer. (All are already due, and rents just two weeks away. Avoiding accumulation would be life-saving right before the holidays which we should be boycotting & encouraging to boycott, given the state of things (DEI, SNAP cut, medicaid cut soon? so much) but also... leftist principle? capitalism bad? Encourage it by sending this around, under that particular context :') )

thank u!