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  1. Wow! Kudos to #KindlingCollective for hosting this event! Giving back to those who give so much!

    #BelfastME - Kindling Collective Rest and Recharge Fall

    October 10, 2026

    "About this trip:

    Rest and Recharge is an event for folks who take part in #CommunityCare work who are looking for rest and connection.

    KC is committed to creating programming that is responsive to our community. We’ve heard from folks who are deep in local community care work that they are exhausted, overwhelmed and struggle to find time to rest. In collaboration with #MCHT , we put together two day events inviting organizers to be with the land and seek rest/play. Join us for the second of these events on October 10th in the Belfast area (specific location provided after registration). #DanielleArroyo and #DaeneKugel will hold this space and offer a guided #NatureWalk and optional #crafting projects. Music and vibes courtesy of Kafari. Lunch will be provided.

    Who is a community care worker?

    Someone who spends time doing work (for pay or not) that supports the people in our community who need it most. This includes but is not limited to:
    - #MutualAid / food delivery / #cooking & shopping for folks / #farming & #FoodSovereignty
    - #StreetMedicine
    - #Doula / #DeathDoula / #GriefWorker
    - #Policy / #advocacy work / #LegalSupport
    #CommunityDefense / #documenting law enforcement
    - #SocialWork / #CaseManagement
    - Community based health care
    - #Elders / #KnowledgeHolders / #storytellers "

    This event is for Queer / BIPOC participants only!

    "Queer events are designed as an affinity spaces for queer and trans people of all racial identities. If you think you might be queer or trans, you are queer enough. While we love our allies and advocates, if you’re not queer, don’t come to these events.

    BIPOC events are for Black, Indigenous, and people of color of all genders and sexualities. If you’re not BIPOC, do not attend these events!"

    Free
    25 spots left

    FMI and to register:
    kindlingcollective.org/events/

    #SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #GBLTQEvents #BIPOCEvents #RestAndRecharge #SpendTimeInNature #BuildingCommunity

  2. Show students they are valued. YMHC Heart to Heart Campaign. The Heart-to-Heart Campaign gives educators a simple way to show care. A handmade heart can reassure a student that their community sees and supports them. To Send or Request Hearts: ymhc.ngo/hearts
    #HearttoHeart #HearttoHeartCampaign #SewingHope #HandmadeHearts #HeartsForHope #YouMatter #MentalHealthSupport #CommunityCare #CompassionInAction #StudentWellBeing #YouthMentalHealth #CaringCommunities #ymhc #makehopehappen

  3. Honor. Respect. Remember. 🕯️

    🌅Today, on a beautiful day, I attended Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia’s 5‑year public memorial for the first time. Grateful to meet his family, friends, and officers from Worcester Police and surrounding departments.

    🗣️ Hear Chief Paul Saucier speak of Manny’s integrity, service, and sacrifice.
    Support the Manny 267 Foundation: 267foundation.org

    #hero #lawenforcement #Manny267 #267Foundation #WorcesterPolice #NeverForget #police #memorial #Worcester #Communitycare #latinos

  4. Spicy Mango Matcha Latte ist schon ziemlich geil.

    Genau diesen Vibe brauche ich gerade, denn ich habe beschlossen, es bis Anfang Mai etwas ruhiger angehen zu lassen.⬇️

    #CripTime #Ableism #Selfcare #MadPride #Widerstand #Intersektionalität #Leistungsdruck #SpoonieLife #CommunityCare #SlowLife #Drinks

  5. I have founded a group for abuse survivors (of past or present abuse) and those who question whether they were or are experiencing or witnessing abuse or coercive control or undue influence or someone is using power over them and retaliating against them when they don't "behave".

    I myself survived childhood sexual abuse, incest, abuse by a cult, my therapist, psychiatry nurses, sibling, friends, queerplatonic partner/girlfriend, roommate and harrassment from a nazi neighbor plus landlords. I kinda got a bad start to life (in germany) and then people tended to make it worse instead of helping me or they took advantage of me.

    So I learned a lot about what does and doesn't help!

    And I want to help you out, whether you went through something you fear no one will believe or be able to stomach hearing about, or you think it was probably nothing and you overreact. You don't overreact! Nothing is too small to be worth talking about.

    I'm making a space to have a warm, supportive, good vibes atmosphere that we co-create together. We'll help each other grow and see through confusions and distortions of the truth and gain more agency, to make choices, decisions and do stuff and have an impact on the world.

    We'll also have fun and laugh and cry and eat cookies and discover what it's like to argue with someone who doesn't slice you to ribbons emotionally.

    Anyone is welcome regardless of age, gender, ability, neurotype, location or background. I just ask that you help make the group a good space, be that by complaining when everyone else is too polite to say anything or by listening or by sharing. Please don't worry that by joining you'll take up too much space or take resources away from someone who might need them more — you ARE our space and our resources!

    The first step is, once we have at least a handful of people, to decide when and how often to meet.
    I use @delta delta chat for its privacy and because it works with spotty internet and very little tech knowledge. It works on desktop and mobile. You can download the app from google's or apple's appstore or FDroid or their website delta.chat (watch me not get the preview to work)
    It was super easy to make an account and didn't require anything other than a username - no phone number or email address (or password).

    DM me for an invite, which is a link that you click to join the group. The group is invite only to keep out spam and abusers.

    Please boost and share this post, including on other sites or however it works for you, or by talking about it and linking here.

    #abuse #AbuseCulture #AbuseSurvivor #trauma #MentalHealth #MutualAid #CommunityCare #SelfCare #dissociation #csa #childAbuse #ElderAbuse #EatingDisorder #recovery #cult #CultRecovery #healing #empowerment #EmpowerWomen #growth #resist #rape #RapeCulture #RapeSurvivor #survivor

  6. 🕊️ Dignity is Not Optional

    Dignity is not a privilege.
    Dignity is a right.
    It isn’t something to be negotiated, bargained for, or selectively given.

    Every person already has dignity by default.
    The responsibility of any community, platform, or admin is to **protect it, not deny it**.

    Cyberbullying, silencing, or ignoring harm doesn’t just break trust — it violates dignity.
    And dignity is non-negotiable.

    #Dignity #HumanRights #NonNegotiable #ProtectDignity #DigitalEthics #OnlineSafety #CyberbullyingAwareness #RespectOnline #CommunityCare #AccountabilityMatters #RightNotPrivilege #SafeCommunities #EthicalWeb #StopSilencing #TrustAndRespect #NonOptional

  7. CW: re: US pol, some thoughts on why people aren't rising up, thread

    (14/?) What I also needed while doing #leftist #activism during the first #Trump term was #EmotionalLabor. I needed cheerleaders. I needed people who could support me emotionally and provide validation and encouragement. I was surrounded by people who were constantly telling me I wasn't enough--that whatever I was doing, it wasn't radical enough or leftist enough or effective enough. I watched people who had been in the #progressive movement for longer than I'd been alive get driven out and treated like garbage over petty infighting. I needed people who would accept and care for me, exactly as I was, without demanding I be something else. I needed people who I could trust. I needed to not feel so alone.

    If you know an #activist on the #left right now, offer to listen, deeply listen, to what they're going through. Be a space of affirmation for them. It might also help

    #USPol #USPolitics #MovementBuilding #CommunityCare

  8. “No Olympic athletes are going to get Long Covid! It’s been 4 years and I don’t know anyone who has Long Covid!”

    Yes. You do. Many people don’t disclose their disabilities for fear of ableist backlash. Others don’t connect the dots and may not realize they have Long Covid.

    The sad reality is that like many other chronic illnesses - Long Covid is poorly recognized and likely underdiagnosed. Many patients are dismissed with “anxiety” by doctors who don’t understand the nature of these conditions.

    Others can’t afford to seek healthcare as they’ve already lost work/income due to being chronically ill. Some may not have safe access to healthcare due to lack of masking and clean air in hospitals. They KNOW they’re sick but can’t risk re-infection.

    There’s also people who are suffering from Long Covid and don’t realize it. They either can’t connect the dots (due to denial or lack of information) or they’ve convinced themselves it’s just “aging” or “stress”.

    It’s alarming how many people in their 20s & 30s are writing off very serious physical symptoms as “getting older.” You shouldn’t be too exhausted to function in your twenties. Everything shouldn’t hurt. You should be able to smell your food. You shouldn’t be sick all the time.

    Then there’s those who know they have Long Covid - but choose to keep it quiet from friends and family. Ableism runs incredibly deep in our society - and when you admit to being chronically ill you may find yourself judged, ridiculed, disbelieved or abandoned.

    Many chronic illnesses are invisible - you won’t KNOW someone has them unless they CHOOSE to tell you. Ppl in my life had no idea I was disabled until I began advocating for disability rights. I could hide symptoms well enough to not tip them off & I didn’t volunteer the info.

    Looking back I’m embarrassed by how long it took me to publicly admit I was disabled. The fear I had about sharing it is an indictment of how cruel people can be. Everyone preaches tolerance & acceptance - but few actually practice that in real life.

    There’s also an extra stigma associated with Long Covid because it forces people to think about a period in their lives they’re desperately trying to forget. It challenges the narrative that we’re “back to normal”.

    I lost many friends and loved ones when they found out I was sick. Some losses were immediate and brutal - people who carelessly tossed me by the wayside because they instantly put me into the “less than” category.

    Other losses were slower and more painful - because they involved false hope. They were the ones who stuck around at first - who applauded me for telling them the truth & offered help and support.

    Many did help - until they stopped. They almost all stop eventually. 1/2

    #CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #Olympics #NoahLyles

  9. Imani Barbarin gets right to the heart of the issue of Olympians competing while Covid positive:

    “Once again this is a story of Americans celebrating someone overcoming a systemic failure - Covid IS a systemic failure from the top down.”

    Couldn’t agree more. This is not an inspirational moment. His life & career were put at risk when he raced. The health of other athletes, medics, volunteers etc was also put at risk.

    Normalize resting when sick!

    tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice

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    #CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #Olympics #NoahLyles