AuthorTube Sleepover, Write in, & Fundraiser
36ALL AD REVENUE + SUPERCHAT REVENUE FROM TONIGHT'S LIVESTREAM WILL BENEFIT THE RE-BUILDING OF BLACK-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN CHICAGO & MINNESOTA AS WELL AS LGBTQ+ ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE FOCUSING ON BLACK & TRANS PEOPLE.
Here are the 2 GoFundMe campaigns for rebuilding small businesses:
Chicago Black & Brown Business Relief: https://www.gofundme.com/f/small-businesses-affected-in-chicago?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
Scores Sports Bar, owned by a Black Firefighter, which was burned down in Minneapolis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/scores-bar-mpls-riot-rebuild?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
Here are the LGBTQ+ organizations:
BreakOUT -- a Black-led organization that works with LGBTQ+ youth in New Orleans: http://www.youthbreakout.org/
LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund -- helps with bail for LGBTQ+ people in jail or immigrant detention: https://www.lgbtqfund.org/
The shirt I'm wearing in this video is from one of my FAVORITE Black-owned Small Businesses OF ALL TIME, Swanqee! You can check out their clothes here: https://swanqee.com/
Here is the link to 8CantWait, the movement pushing for immediate stricter regulations on police officers: https://8cantwait.org/
^^ Here, you can find links to call/email/tweet at your city's mayor. You can also enter your city to see which of these regulations your city's cops are currently lacking.
Here is the bail bond fund I donated to outside of this stream: https://chicagobond.org/
If you cannot donate money, watch this video AND LET THE ADS PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH! It is filled with fantastic music & poetry by Black creators, and 100% OF AD REVENUE IS BEING DONATED! Do not skip any ads!!! Turn off your ad blocker!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM&t=2s