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Our mutual aid fund received so much positive attention that we're happy to announce we're in position to support our members for quite some time--thank you to ALL who donated, shared, and supported our work!
In light of this, we're going to start highlighting and promoting other fundraisers in our community on the Lower East Side and in the museum world. Watch this thread in coming days for places where you can send funds:
@FactoryTamal, a family-owned business, is struggling to stay open and keep paying tamaleros during a time when business and tipping are both down: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-tamal-art-stay-in-business
B&H Dairy, one of the last kosher dairy lunch counter restaurants in NYC: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bamph-dairy-restaurant-survive-covid19
@EssexMarket , a LES institution since 1940, is bringing fresh groceries to homebound seniors and at-risk families: https://www.essexmarket.nyc/fresh-food-for-our-friends-in-need
@heartofdinner is bringing hot food and handwritten notes to vulnerable people, especially seniors, in Chinatown who are being hit hard by the combined effects of isolation and xenophobia https://www.gofundme.com/f/heart-of-dinner
@MuseumWorkers has organized a field-wide mutual aid fund: https://twitter.com/MuseumWorkers/status/1260587444329725957?s=20
