laurellynnleake:

richincolor:

In light of what happened recently in Charlottesville, here are ways you can help courtesy of Sara Benincasa on Twitter. Donate to local non-profits, signal boost, and show your support for the Black Student Alliance at University of Virginia. If you have spare money, support the Black Student Alliance or the counter protestor legal fund.

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THREAD: I think it would be cool if tons of folks donated to good
Charlottesville-based nonprofits those Nazi jerks would really hate.
So…

Here’s the @NAACP in Charlottesville. They take PayPal. http://www.albemarle-cvillenaacp.org

Here’s Charlottesville Pride (the good kind.) They take PayPal. @cvillepride http://cvillepride.org/sponsor/support/

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic serves Charlottesville. Donate to them here:

https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2?df_id=24415&24415.donation=form1&s_designeeid=1116

Charlottesville’s own chapter of the National Organization for Women @CVille_NOW takes PayPal, my babies! http://www.cvillenow.org/involve.html

If you just wanna learn more, here’s a post by @lifeofDVS about #BlackLivesMatter in Charlottesville

https://medium.com/@lifeofDVS/august-12th-facing-the-alt-right-and-everything-after-a077cf41bbaf

African American Teaching Fellows works to diversify a system with only 10% African American teachers. @aatfnews http://www.aateachingfellows.org 

Safe to say it’s not the greatest night to be a Jewish student at UVA. Perhaps you might donate to Hillel at UVA?

https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jML0Uah5iSxU5YZKzwBFkg

While you’re at it, why not learn something about the history of the Jewish community in Charlottesville? http://www.isjl.org/virginia-charlottesville-encyclopedia.html

Congregation Beth Israel is the only synagogue in Charlottesville & the whole county. Tell ‘em you’d like to donate! https://cbicville.org/contact

IMPACT Cville is composed of Muslim, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish communities in Charlottesville. Donate! https://impactcville.com/

The folks at @twicville provide mental healthcare for women in Charlottesville regardless of ability to pay. Donate: http://thewomensinitiative.org

Just learned about @LegalAidJustice which is doing good work – check them out and donate

Are we forgetting our friends with disabilities in Charlottesville? NOPE. Donate to Arc of the Piedmont here:http://arcpva.org/donate/

Here’s a group w/a Charlottesville branch working for independent living for folks with disabilities (h/t @may_gun) 

http://www.vacil.org/va_cils_directory.htm

And we can’t skip Big Brothers Big Sisters in Charlottesville! Thx @wildbrad for the h/t! Donate to @bbbsocbr: http://www.blueridgebigs.org 

The good folks @PiedmontHousing help diverse clients access affordable housing in Charlottesville and beyond

http://piedmonthousingalliance.org/donations/

I’ve put this together in a blog post you can share for folks who aren’t on Twitter:

https://medium.com/@SaraJBenincasa/what-to-do-about-charlottesville-dfc7d6636d56