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/Swipe left/Together Rising stands with the people of Sudan who are courageously and peacefully protesting 30 years of violent oppression at the hands of their own government. .We are outraged with, and are mourning for, the brave citizens who who have been tormented for these many years. And, over the last ten days, for the more than 100 citizens who have been killed, the dozens of women and men raped, the 19 children slaughtered (and 49 more injured) and the hundreds beaten, and arrested, and the bodies dumped into the Nile by armed forces of their own government. .We condemn this violence, tyranny and bloodshed. We see and affirm the Sudanese people as they risk their lives peacefully demanding to be free. We stand with the people of Sudan who today struggle to access food and medical care during this watershed moment in their fight for freedom. .Today, Together Rising pledged a $100,000 investment in the lives of the Sudanese people: in improved access to clean water, sanitation, and agricultural management for internally displaced peoples of Sudan, as well as microenterpise development, association building, improved market inclusion for the women of Sudan. The Sudanese people are risking their lives for freedom, and it is right that we invest in their lives as they rise from this tyranny and lead their country forward.Thank you. G & Together Rising 📹: @marwanonthemoonGiven Sudan’s media blackout, Please follow @marwanonthemoon @yousraelbagir @amnesty and #sudanuprising for on the ground information.Did you know that tampons and pads are not covered by food stamps or WIC, and are taxed at normal state tax rates? Did you know that – even though the majority of individuals in homeless shelters are women and children – some of the hardest supplies for homeless shelters to stock are feminine hygiene products and bras? Please meet Holly. Five years ago, she learned these facts, and it broke her heart that women and girls in homeless shelters -- who are going through the hardest times in their lives -- don’t have access to these everyday items that so many of us take for granted. Holly decided to do something about it. She threw a party and asked guests to bring tampons, new bras and underwear. Eventually, she founded BRAWS (Bringing Resources To Aid Women’s Shelters) – which last year alone gave away 2,384 new bras, 4,846 pairs of new underwear, and 141,480 tampons and pads, and partnered with schools and shelters to launch public dispenser programs so women and girls have access to free feminine products. Together Rising exists to turn our collective heartbreak into collective action, so we love the way Holly channeled her heartbreak from a problem in her community into fuel to create change. We also LOVE work that don’t just “help” -- but underscores the dignity of people working so hard to rise. That’s why – because of your fierce generosity to Together Rising -- we donated $5,000 to BRAWS for the purchase and distribution of underwear, tampons and bras – including individual bra-fitting sessions for women and girls in homeless shelters. What breaks your heart in your community? What do you do with that heartbreak? TEAM LOVE turns heartbreak into action everyday all over the nation and world. Please join us as TEAM LOVE by signing up for a recurring tax-deductible donation to Together Rising at togetherrising.org/give.Two years ago -- May 2017 -- we learned that there were no diapers left in the refugee camps in Greece. These camps were full of brave families who endured terrifying journeys across the sea in overcrowded plastic dinghies in order to escape torture and death.There were now no diapers for the thousands of precious little ones. The filth and desperation were rampant – fathers were literally taking their last shirts off their backs, and tearing them up to create makeshift diapers for their babies.You all stepped in and said: There is no such thing as other people’s children. That day, you sent $75,000 for diapers for the babies, and food for the families.In total, through Together Rising, you have given $4,851,117.20 to provide food, shelter, warmth, and medical teams, equipment and treatment to refugees across the world.Thank you for showing up 2 years ago, last week, and every time we ask you. Thank you for believing -- and proving -- that We Belong to Each Other.G & Together Rising@GlennonDoyle founded Together Rising as a response to the truth that the surest way to lift a family or community is to lift one woman at a time: When a woman rises, she brings her people up with her.The work of this community – the thousands of givers to Together Rising -- is to invest in lifting one woman at a time, and to celebrate as the family, community and world changes.We loved @MelindaFrenchGates’ new book The Moment of Lift – an incredible testament to how empowering women changes the world.She Rises, They Rise, We Rise. Who or what gets you rising? And as you rise, who do you bring up with you?Every year 440,000 children -- most impacted by abuse, neglect and trauma -- spend time in the foster care system. The world is a hard place, and pain is everywhere. The world is also a beautiful place and love is everywhere.May is National Foster Care month. Last week you showed up for 32 kids transitioning out of foster care through our Love Flash Mob! In December, you made 97 wishes come true for kids in foster care all over the US. We recently received thank you notes from the 97 kids who received their wishes from YOU -- including a scooter, a dollhouse, Legos, jeans and a ukulele! Since these notes of gratitude are to YOU, we wanted to make sure you were the first to see them -- Swipe left!Thank you for sending hope, love, and joy to these kids. And thank you to all of the people who make foster care a safe place for children in the middle of trauma -- like @onesimplewish_ and @citylivingny No matter what, together — through you and Together Rising — we will keep showing up for this brutiful world!YOU DID IT. YOU DID IT AND THEN YOU DID MORE. You never stop showing up.  Undaunted. Thank you for always showing up -- for people you don’t know -- to help heal the world by doing right by one precious person at a time. Thank you. We needed $110,500 to give 19 Brave kids a chance to start a new life. Then we found out 3 more kids needed us.  So we asked you for more.We needed $124,000. You gave $200,042.  In 24 hours. Because of YOU, our 22 Brave Ones get what they need!These tenacious, preserving kids will find out TODAY that strangers they will never meet see them, believe in them, and are showing up for them. AND GUESS WHAT ELSE?  So will the Next Ten!! Those Ten – who without your support would have walked into City Living NY to courageously ask for the help they need and deserve, only to languish on a waitlist and face independent life utterly alone -- will now find out that they do not have to be alone anymore.  They will learn, that because of a group of strangers, they do not have to wait any longer for the support they deserved long ago. And LISTEN!  Because you gave so outrageously, Not only do we get to stand in the gap for these 32, but we get to do more.  What City Living NY said they need most for these kids is a part-time social worker to help them process their trauma and strategize for the future – professionally and personally.  They desperately needed one part-time social worker for this vital role.  YOU GOT THEM TWO. You, this community – with our heartbreak, love, outrage and hope -- are building the world we believe in. Let’s believe it and build it forever.Glennon & Together RisingUndaunted.This community. We are a collection of humans heartbroken, overwhelmed, and outraged by the grief and injustice in this World. In these times. And Yet. And yet, we keep showing up. Showing up to relentlessly defend each other’s rights; showing up to stand in the gap for the forgotten. 10 hours ago, we asked you to Love on 19 kids who have spent their lives in foster care, who are forced to start a new life in a gigantic city, utterly ALONE. Without a family, without a community, without what they need to start a life. In the last 10 hours you have raised $104,917. Amazingly, more than 3,000 of you have given to make this possible. We only need $5,083 more to stand in the gap for these 19. This community. And Yet.We just found out on a phone call today that 3 more kids need us. We need to stand for these three too. They will not be alone, not on our watch. So our goal just got higher. We are keeping donations open tonight. Please give what you can at the link in my bio above -- $5, $10, $25. Every penny we receive will go to these kids. This community. Our heartbreak, our love, our outrage, our small gifts – taken together – will change the world. The world is brutal. And beautiful. Do not be daunted. G & Together RisingFOUR-HOUR LOVE FLASH MOB UPDATE!!You’ve raised $61,634 in Four Hours for The Brave 19!!! 1,716 of you have shown up so far today!!! You’re incredible. Watching your gifts pile up -- $5, $10 and $25 at a time -- to become the flood of $61,634 that will help change the world for these kids, is a miracle. We are more than halfway there!!! If you haven’t already joined in the Love Flash Mob, please give a tax-deductible gift of whatever you can at the link in my bio to make sure that these kids know they are not alone. You can give at the link in our bio TogetherRising.org/give – at the top of that form is a link to the full story of today’s work. Give in the name of a friend or family member and tag them here to thank them for always standing with you. Tag your big-hearted friends and invite them into this special day. Thank you for proving, over and over again, that There is No Such Thing as Other People’s Children. Let’s do this together forever.@glennondoyle & Together Rising #loveflashmob“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now.You are not obligated to complete the work,But neither are you free to abandon it.”– The Talmud The world is full of grief and injustice. Here is how we remain undaunted: We stand up to relentlessly defend every human right, we continuously stand in the gap for each forgotten human – One Precious Person At A Time. Repeat Forever. That’s what Love Flash Mobs are about – that’s what Today is about. Right now, there are 19 kids in NYC whose futures depend on us showing up. As usual, 100% of what we receive from you will go out the door for them. When your baby moves out of your home—to a dorm or apartment—will you pick out new sheets, drive the truck, meet the roommate and whisper to her before you walk out the door: “The best is ahead for you, my love. This will be hard. But we can do hard things. And you are not alone. We are here for you.” Right now, in NYC there are 19 kids who have spent their lives in foster care, most in many different homes–who, because they have “aged out” of the system–are forced to start a new life in a gigantic city, utterly Alone. Without a family, without a community, without the tangible things they need to start a life. If that sounds like a nearly impossible way to start out, it’s because it is: 1 in 4 youth are homeless within 3 years of aging out of foster care. Today we STEP INTO THIS GAP. We help mother these kids. To these brave, tenacious 19, we say: “This will be hard. But we can do hard things. You are not alone. We are here for you.” We need to raise $110,500 today so these 19 are not alone and have what they need to start a new life. PLEASE GO TO THE LINK IN OUR BIO ABOVE AND GIVE. $5, $10, $25 –Whatever you can. This is going to take all of us. Donations are tax-deductible. At the link at the top of that page, you can read the full story. Please share it, read it with your kids, and teach them what it means to love wider than your own homes and neighborhoods. Or Text the word TR4DREAMS to the # 41444 to give. Let’s do this!!!G & TRFriends, TOMORROW IS LOVE FLASH MOB DAY!!! You are going to want to be part of helping to change the world for 19 very special kids tomorrow -- please don’t miss it.Over and over, you have proven that There is No Such Thing as Other People’s Children. Let’s do it again.Let's show the world what it means to love wider than our own homes and neighborhoods. WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. And we will lead this world of ours with love.To be part of the Love Flash Mob, meet on this page, on the Together Rising blog, or my blog, or on our social media pages.It’s ON. Meet you here tomorrow morning starting at 10:00 AM ET! G & Together Rising.. #loveflashmobSWIPE LEFT: you will not regret it. ALL 29 OF OUR SEPARATED FAMILIES ARE NOW REUNITED.Whether you are celebrating or mourning today, know this:Mother is not just a noun. It is not just something you have or don’t have it’s something you DO. To mother is to offer someone, anyone, the kind of love that sacrifices, that gives, that fights. This year, you mothered these babies right back into their families arms. As of this week: ALL 29 families we helped escort back to the border have their babies back in their arms.THIS is what will heal the world. People who mother wide and deep and far because they believe that there is no such thing as other people’s children.Thank you, on behalf of these children. On behalf of their mothers.I love you.G and Together RisingPlease meet precious Cam and his “Cam the Ham’s Donation Jam!” .When he was about to turn four, Cam’s amazing parents wrote us an email saying that instead of material gifts for his birthday, he wanted to help other kids around the country who had less than he did -- and they decided to do this by raising money for Together Rising. .Cam’s parents said that by giving to Together Rising “we hope to show Cameron the power and impact that community can have when we come together and help one another.” .So our Together Rising team built Cam his very own fundraising page with photos and a custom note his family wrote, so he could share the link with his loved ones. .Cam’s goal was to raise $100 for other kids in honor of his fourth birthday. But he raised $435! 🥳🥳🥳 .Every penny Together Rising received from Cam the Ham’s Donation Jams for his 4th and 5th birthdays has gone out the door to help kids and families in need. Thank you Cam!!! .We were so inspired by Cam’s vision that we decided to make these pages available to anyone who wants to celebrate their birthday, 5k, community activation, fundraiser or any holiday by donating to Together Rising. .As usual, every penny we receive from your fundraisers will go out the door to do good. If you’d like to do this, please read our FAQ page, and sign up here or at the link in our bio ⬆️ https://togetherrising.org/peer-peer-fundraising-faqs/Thank you to Cam, and to all of you who choose to transform your celebration into a reason for someone else to smile and breathe a little easier!
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