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find me where you find me, leave me where you got lost. 🗺️ (unfolded map emoji)

another month, another emergency. another day, another attempt to disappear us all. another reminder that we find, hold, and sustain each other.

please share + support my ongoing need for survival funds while going through this very demoralizing disability application process. I’m also super open to direct, tangible direct resources for *surviving* this process.

please support the homie in maintaining his freedom! legal defense needed in NY. we are all connected. where can we find each other? where can we hold each other? how have we sustained thus far? (keep that offline tho for them surveilly spirits)

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find me where you find me, leave me where you got lost. 🗺️ (unfolded map emoji)

another month, another emergency. another day, another attempt to disappear us all. another reminder that we find, hold, and sustain each other.

please share + support my ongoing need for survival funds while going through this very demoralizing disability application process. I’m also super open to direct, tangible direct resources for *surviving* this process.

please support the homie in maintaining his freedom! legal defense needed in NY. we are all connected. where can we find each other? where can we hold each other? how have we sustained thus far? (keep that offline tho for them surveilly spirits)

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find me where you find me, leave me where you got lost. 🗺️ (unfolded map emoji)

another month, another emergency. another day, another attempt to disappear us all. another reminder that we find, hold, and sustain each other.

please share + support my ongoing need for survival funds while going through this very demoralizing disability application process. I’m also super open to direct, tangible direct resources for *surviving* this process.

please support the homie in maintaining his freedom! legal defense needed in NY. we are all connected. where can we find each other? where can we hold each other? how have we sustained thus far? (keep that offline tho for them surveilly spirits)

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Happy Black History Month! thank you so much for all the support with my layered recovery + survival so far. I posted a fuller update on my FundRazr campaign FundRazr.com/RysRoad2Rec (also linked on my profile) but here’s a high-line summary:

* I’m 3 months post-op! No physical complications from surgery, but still dealing with increased cognitive symptoms.
* Waiting to hear back about scheduling for my next surgery.
* Still flaring with all my other conditions and spending the little bit of energy I have trying to manage my healthcare and barely take care of myself.
* Been having my time and limited resources wasted by numerous nonprofits I was referred to for help + resources. 🙄 (eye roll)
* Having to delay my return to one of my treatment programs due to financial stress.

I started doing smaller commitments as my capacity allows, such as accessibility consulting, moderating artist talk backs, wardrobe consulting, and production design. Please reach out to discuss any of these or other services I could possibly offer for pay or bartering. 👀 (side eye)

Are there any services you’re curious about but shy to reach out? Answer in the poll below. 👇🏽 (light brown finger pointing down emoji)

also on a side note i been wanting to do a Black Care Lineages highlight so i’m finally kicking it off for Black History Month. 🫣 (hidden face emoji) I’m adding at least one resource every day all month. check out the story highlight on my page for more! let’s see if i actually keep up with this one. 🌚 (moon emoji looking into the distance while grinning)

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Happy Black History Month! thank you so much for all the support with my layered recovery + survival so far. I posted a fuller update on my FundRazr campaign FundRazr.com/RysRoad2Rec (also linked on my profile) but here’s a high-line summary:

* I’m 3 months post-op! No physical complications from surgery, but still dealing with increased cognitive symptoms.
* Waiting to hear back about scheduling for my next surgery.
* Still flaring with all my other conditions and spending the little bit of energy I have trying to manage my healthcare and barely take care of myself.
* Been having my time and limited resources wasted by numerous nonprofits I was referred to for help + resources. 🙄 (eye roll)
* Having to delay my return to one of my treatment programs due to financial stress.

I started doing smaller commitments as my capacity allows, such as accessibility consulting, moderating artist talk backs, wardrobe consulting, and production design. Please reach out to discuss any of these or other services I could possibly offer for pay or bartering. 👀 (side eye)

Are there any services you’re curious about but shy to reach out? Answer in the poll below. 👇🏽 (light brown finger pointing down emoji)

also on a side note i been wanting to do a Black Care Lineages highlight so i’m finally kicking it off for Black History Month. 🫣 (hidden face emoji) I’m adding at least one resource every day all month. check out the story highlight on my page for more! let’s see if i actually keep up with this one. 🌚 (moon emoji looking into the distance while grinning)

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Happy Black History Month! thank you so much for all the support with my layered recovery + survival so far. I posted a fuller update on my FundRazr campaign FundRazr.com/RysRoad2Rec (also linked on my profile) but here’s a high-line summary:

* I’m 3 months post-op! No physical complications from surgery, but still dealing with increased cognitive symptoms.
* Waiting to hear back about scheduling for my next surgery.
* Still flaring with all my other conditions and spending the little bit of energy I have trying to manage my healthcare and barely take care of myself.
* Been having my time and limited resources wasted by numerous nonprofits I was referred to for help + resources. 🙄 (eye roll)
* Having to delay my return to one of my treatment programs due to financial stress.

I started doing smaller commitments as my capacity allows, such as accessibility consulting, moderating artist talk backs, wardrobe consulting, and production design. Please reach out to discuss any of these or other services I could possibly offer for pay or bartering. 👀 (side eye)

Are there any services you’re curious about but shy to reach out? Answer in the poll below. 👇🏽 (light brown finger pointing down emoji)

also on a side note i been wanting to do a Black Care Lineages highlight so i’m finally kicking it off for Black History Month. 🫣 (hidden face emoji) I’m adding at least one resource every day all month. check out the story highlight on my page for more! let’s see if i actually keep up with this one. 🌚 (moon emoji looking into the distance while grinning)

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I’m a bit late in posting this because i was a bit in my head about articulating the thought and care that went into this concept, but honestly…in true crip fashion, ima give y’all the best I can with what i GOT! enjoy this snippet of my scattered thoughts when first talking to @lo_cayne about doing this shoot:

the idea of crip fashion, especially in the context of the pandemic. a shoot that explores the breadth of my humanity without erasing the visual manifestations of my disabilities. so like keeping my elastomeric mask and cane as a part of the look and not as an afterthought. I have ideas for ways to incorporate aspects of the visual narrative into these devices that help me live instead of erasing them from visual narratives, especially as a Black trans and queer person when disability is so often depicted as being distant from Blackness, transness, and queerness.

📸: @lo_cayne

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I’m a bit late in posting this because i was a bit in my head about articulating the thought and care that went into this concept, but honestly…in true crip fashion, ima give y’all the best I can with what i GOT! enjoy this snippet of my scattered thoughts when first talking to @lo_cayne about doing this shoot:

the idea of crip fashion, especially in the context of the pandemic. a shoot that explores the breadth of my humanity without erasing the visual manifestations of my disabilities. so like keeping my elastomeric mask and cane as a part of the look and not as an afterthought. I have ideas for ways to incorporate aspects of the visual narrative into these devices that help me live instead of erasing them from visual narratives, especially as a Black trans and queer person when disability is so often depicted as being distant from Blackness, transness, and queerness.

📸: @lo_cayne

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I’m a bit late in posting this because i was a bit in my head about articulating the thought and care that went into this concept, but honestly…in true crip fashion, ima give y’all the best I can with what i GOT! enjoy this snippet of my scattered thoughts when first talking to @lo_cayne about doing this shoot:

the idea of crip fashion, especially in the context of the pandemic. a shoot that explores the breadth of my humanity without erasing the visual manifestations of my disabilities. so like keeping my elastomeric mask and cane as a part of the look and not as an afterthought. I have ideas for ways to incorporate aspects of the visual narrative into these devices that help me live instead of erasing them from visual narratives, especially as a Black trans and queer person when disability is so often depicted as being distant from Blackness, transness, and queerness.

📸: @lo_cayne

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I’m a bit late in posting this because i was a bit in my head about articulating the thought and care that went into this concept, but honestly…in true crip fashion, ima give y’all the best I can with what i GOT! enjoy this snippet of my scattered thoughts when first talking to @lo_cayne about doing this shoot:

the idea of crip fashion, especially in the context of the pandemic. a shoot that explores the breadth of my humanity without erasing the visual manifestations of my disabilities. so like keeping my elastomeric mask and cane as a part of the look and not as an afterthought. I have ideas for ways to incorporate aspects of the visual narrative into these devices that help me live instead of erasing them from visual narratives, especially as a Black trans and queer person when disability is so often depicted as being distant from Blackness, transness, and queerness.

📸: @lo_cayne

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I’m a bit late in posting this because i was a bit in my head about articulating the thought and care that went into this concept, but honestly…in true crip fashion, ima give y’all the best I can with what i GOT! enjoy this snippet of my scattered thoughts when first talking to @lo_cayne about doing this shoot:

the idea of crip fashion, especially in the context of the pandemic. a shoot that explores the breadth of my humanity without erasing the visual manifestations of my disabilities. so like keeping my elastomeric mask and cane as a part of the look and not as an afterthought. I have ideas for ways to incorporate aspects of the visual narrative into these devices that help me live instead of erasing them from visual narratives, especially as a Black trans and queer person when disability is so often depicted as being distant from Blackness, transness, and queerness.

📸: @lo_cayne

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posting this on behalf of maimuna @weednwisdom please support my dear friend during this acutely difficult time! i am praying that their material needs be met so he can have the space to tend to the grief moving through and within his bodymind. their love was strong and it remains as such. i pray that such a love and connection find us all. 🕯️ (white candle)

in the comments, let me know what tools you engage when tending to your grief! 🕊️ (white dove)

image description: a light beige graphic with a photo at the top, wrapped with light colored flowers. The photo is a portrait of young maimuna, his grandma, and another smiling Black child. The text says: Lisa Muhammad 1946-2026 The matriarch of my family passed away yesterday. I had to get an emergency flight to be there with her in her last moments. Support with travel costs URGENTLY needed to get back to Chicago and pay rent. Please come thru as I grieve this incredibly powerful woman who raised me.
GOAL: 2k
V + CA: Munshyne
DM for Zelle

Ry Douglas (they/he) - “Crips never die even when we do because even when our histories are removed, even when we’re killed by the state there’s so much that we leave for the world...just thinking about what it looks like for medical support and medical care systems without it being Dr. Sebi because at the end of the day we were here before, we were doing this shit before Dr. Sebi. He’s not getting credit. We not about to let one fluke ruin our people and the basis of our relationship to the land.
So I just think a lot about our relationship to the land how we become the land and continue to look out for our people even beyond the names we don’t even know yet.” @basicmomdad @citadelofcare
Black Like That! - Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices panel discussion 01/24/26
Black Trans Mutual Aid Group

Featuring Ry Douglas🧙🏾🔮✨We startin Aquarius season off strong! 💪🏾♒️Black Like That! (BLT!) is the newest monthly event series from Black Trans Mutual Aid Group (BTMA). That seeks to co-create and build new worlds free from racism, transphobia, capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism in the here and now. We invite all folks of majority African descent, whether New Afrikan, Afro-indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, or otherwise, to engage in our community discussions, political education, resource redistribution, food and clothing drives, workshops, skill trades, ancestral rituals, performance art, kikis, and parties.

Join us either virtually or in person for a curious, open-minded, open-hearted, intellectual, innovative, interdependent, intergenerational, and COVID-conscious space to dream together. All deeply rooted in a Black Trans Feminist Queer Disabled Afro-Anarchist tradition. That goooood soul food. Literally and figuratively ;)

The LGBT Center @lgbtcenternyc
208 W 13 St NY, New York
Saturday 01/24 4pm-9pm
Then every third Saturday starting on February 21
First Event: Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices Panel feat @cyreejarelle @ajna_muse @starlyartstudio @basicmomdad @blacktransparency @_akindeyah_
With a performance from @hooploopsoup @spicykhasso_ase @africantranssexual and @_akindeyah_

We’re talking Black disability politics, COVID Safety, herbalism, African spirituality and of course Black Autonomy and Liberation ✨
Free Food but feel free to bring a dish to share
Bring some clothes for the Clothing Drive
Free PPE and Healthcare items
Free Zines
More info to come!
*Masks Required and Provided*

RSVP LINK IN BIO
In person and Virtual!
Free but $10 Suggested Donation
All funds go to supporting Trans Arrivals Kenya @transarrivalkenya2024

4-5:00 Settling in - intros and icebreakers
5-6:45 Presentation, Panel and Discussion
6:45-7 Special Musical Performance
7pm-9pm FOOD Served + After Party with DJ @stemmequeensupreme

BE THERE OR BE 🟫 (Square LOL)
Original Characters drawn by the AMAZING @myluuuh @whatismylacreating 😍😍

Support us by donating to
@BTMAGROUP PP & V
$BTMAGROUP CA
Donorbox.org/BTMA
Blacktransmutualaid.org

Featuring Ry Douglas🧙🏾🔮✨We startin Aquarius season off strong! 💪🏾♒️Black Like That! (BLT!) is the newest monthly event series from Black Trans Mutual Aid Group (BTMA). That seeks to co-create and build new worlds free from racism, transphobia, capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism in the here and now. We invite all folks of majority African descent, whether New Afrikan, Afro-indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, or otherwise, to engage in our community discussions, political education, resource redistribution, food and clothing drives, workshops, skill trades, ancestral rituals, performance art, kikis, and parties.

Join us either virtually or in person for a curious, open-minded, open-hearted, intellectual, innovative, interdependent, intergenerational, and COVID-conscious space to dream together. All deeply rooted in a Black Trans Feminist Queer Disabled Afro-Anarchist tradition. That goooood soul food. Literally and figuratively ;)

The LGBT Center @lgbtcenternyc
208 W 13 St NY, New York
Saturday 01/24 4pm-9pm
Then every third Saturday starting on February 21
First Event: Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices Panel feat @cyreejarelle @ajna_muse @starlyartstudio @basicmomdad @blacktransparency @_akindeyah_
With a performance from @hooploopsoup @spicykhasso_ase @africantranssexual and @_akindeyah_

We’re talking Black disability politics, COVID Safety, herbalism, African spirituality and of course Black Autonomy and Liberation ✨
Free Food but feel free to bring a dish to share
Bring some clothes for the Clothing Drive
Free PPE and Healthcare items
Free Zines
More info to come!
*Masks Required and Provided*

RSVP LINK IN BIO
In person and Virtual!
Free but $10 Suggested Donation
All funds go to supporting Trans Arrivals Kenya @transarrivalkenya2024

4-5:00 Settling in - intros and icebreakers
5-6:45 Presentation, Panel and Discussion
6:45-7 Special Musical Performance
7pm-9pm FOOD Served + After Party with DJ @stemmequeensupreme

BE THERE OR BE 🟫 (Square LOL)
Original Characters drawn by the AMAZING @myluuuh @whatismylacreating 😍😍

Support us by donating to
@BTMAGROUP PP & V
$BTMAGROUP CA
Donorbox.org/BTMA
Blacktransmutualaid.org

Featuring Ry Douglas🧙🏾🔮✨We startin Aquarius season off strong! 💪🏾♒️Black Like That! (BLT!) is the newest monthly event series from Black Trans Mutual Aid Group (BTMA). That seeks to co-create and build new worlds free from racism, transphobia, capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism in the here and now. We invite all folks of majority African descent, whether New Afrikan, Afro-indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, or otherwise, to engage in our community discussions, political education, resource redistribution, food and clothing drives, workshops, skill trades, ancestral rituals, performance art, kikis, and parties.

Join us either virtually or in person for a curious, open-minded, open-hearted, intellectual, innovative, interdependent, intergenerational, and COVID-conscious space to dream together. All deeply rooted in a Black Trans Feminist Queer Disabled Afro-Anarchist tradition. That goooood soul food. Literally and figuratively ;)

The LGBT Center @lgbtcenternyc
208 W 13 St NY, New York
Saturday 01/24 4pm-9pm
Then every third Saturday starting on February 21
First Event: Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices Panel feat @cyreejarelle @ajna_muse @starlyartstudio @basicmomdad @blacktransparency @_akindeyah_
With a performance from @hooploopsoup @spicykhasso_ase @africantranssexual and @_akindeyah_

We’re talking Black disability politics, COVID Safety, herbalism, African spirituality and of course Black Autonomy and Liberation ✨
Free Food but feel free to bring a dish to share
Bring some clothes for the Clothing Drive
Free PPE and Healthcare items
Free Zines
More info to come!
*Masks Required and Provided*

RSVP LINK IN BIO
In person and Virtual!
Free but $10 Suggested Donation
All funds go to supporting Trans Arrivals Kenya @transarrivalkenya2024

4-5:00 Settling in - intros and icebreakers
5-6:45 Presentation, Panel and Discussion
6:45-7 Special Musical Performance
7pm-9pm FOOD Served + After Party with DJ @stemmequeensupreme

BE THERE OR BE 🟫 (Square LOL)
Original Characters drawn by the AMAZING @myluuuh @whatismylacreating 😍😍

Support us by donating to
@BTMAGROUP PP & V
$BTMAGROUP CA
Donorbox.org/BTMA
Blacktransmutualaid.org

Featuring Ry Douglas🧙🏾🔮✨We startin Aquarius season off strong! 💪🏾♒️Black Like That! (BLT!) is the newest monthly event series from Black Trans Mutual Aid Group (BTMA). That seeks to co-create and build new worlds free from racism, transphobia, capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism in the here and now. We invite all folks of majority African descent, whether New Afrikan, Afro-indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, or otherwise, to engage in our community discussions, political education, resource redistribution, food and clothing drives, workshops, skill trades, ancestral rituals, performance art, kikis, and parties.

Join us either virtually or in person for a curious, open-minded, open-hearted, intellectual, innovative, interdependent, intergenerational, and COVID-conscious space to dream together. All deeply rooted in a Black Trans Feminist Queer Disabled Afro-Anarchist tradition. That goooood soul food. Literally and figuratively ;)

The LGBT Center @lgbtcenternyc
208 W 13 St NY, New York
Saturday 01/24 4pm-9pm
Then every third Saturday starting on February 21
First Event: Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices Panel feat @cyreejarelle @ajna_muse @starlyartstudio @basicmomdad @blacktransparency @_akindeyah_
With a performance from @hooploopsoup @spicykhasso_ase @africantranssexual and @_akindeyah_

We’re talking Black disability politics, COVID Safety, herbalism, African spirituality and of course Black Autonomy and Liberation ✨
Free Food but feel free to bring a dish to share
Bring some clothes for the Clothing Drive
Free PPE and Healthcare items
Free Zines
More info to come!
*Masks Required and Provided*

RSVP LINK IN BIO
In person and Virtual!
Free but $10 Suggested Donation
All funds go to supporting Trans Arrivals Kenya @transarrivalkenya2024

4-5:00 Settling in - intros and icebreakers
5-6:45 Presentation, Panel and Discussion
6:45-7 Special Musical Performance
7pm-9pm FOOD Served + After Party with DJ @stemmequeensupreme

BE THERE OR BE 🟫 (Square LOL)
Original Characters drawn by the AMAZING @myluuuh @whatismylacreating 😍😍

Support us by donating to
@BTMAGROUP PP & V
$BTMAGROUP CA
Donorbox.org/BTMA
Blacktransmutualaid.org

Featuring Ry Douglas🧙🏾🔮✨We startin Aquarius season off strong! 💪🏾♒️Black Like That! (BLT!) is the newest monthly event series from Black Trans Mutual Aid Group (BTMA). That seeks to co-create and build new worlds free from racism, transphobia, capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism in the here and now. We invite all folks of majority African descent, whether New Afrikan, Afro-indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, or otherwise, to engage in our community discussions, political education, resource redistribution, food and clothing drives, workshops, skill trades, ancestral rituals, performance art, kikis, and parties.

Join us either virtually or in person for a curious, open-minded, open-hearted, intellectual, innovative, interdependent, intergenerational, and COVID-conscious space to dream together. All deeply rooted in a Black Trans Feminist Queer Disabled Afro-Anarchist tradition. That goooood soul food. Literally and figuratively ;)

The LGBT Center @lgbtcenternyc
208 W 13 St NY, New York
Saturday 01/24 4pm-9pm
Then every third Saturday starting on February 21
First Event: Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices Panel feat @cyreejarelle @ajna_muse @starlyartstudio @basicmomdad @blacktransparency @_akindeyah_
With a performance from @hooploopsoup @spicykhasso_ase @africantranssexual and @_akindeyah_

We’re talking Black disability politics, COVID Safety, herbalism, African spirituality and of course Black Autonomy and Liberation ✨
Free Food but feel free to bring a dish to share
Bring some clothes for the Clothing Drive
Free PPE and Healthcare items
Free Zines
More info to come!
*Masks Required and Provided*

RSVP LINK IN BIO
In person and Virtual!
Free but $10 Suggested Donation
All funds go to supporting Trans Arrivals Kenya @transarrivalkenya2024

4-5:00 Settling in - intros and icebreakers
5-6:45 Presentation, Panel and Discussion
6:45-7 Special Musical Performance
7pm-9pm FOOD Served + After Party with DJ @stemmequeensupreme

BE THERE OR BE 🟫 (Square LOL)
Original Characters drawn by the AMAZING @myluuuh @whatismylacreating 😍😍

Support us by donating to
@BTMAGROUP PP & V
$BTMAGROUP CA
Donorbox.org/BTMA
Blacktransmutualaid.org

Featuring Ry Douglas🧙🏾🔮✨We startin Aquarius season off strong! 💪🏾♒️Black Like That! (BLT!) is the newest monthly event series from Black Trans Mutual Aid Group (BTMA). That seeks to co-create and build new worlds free from racism, transphobia, capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism in the here and now. We invite all folks of majority African descent, whether New Afrikan, Afro-indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, or otherwise, to engage in our community discussions, political education, resource redistribution, food and clothing drives, workshops, skill trades, ancestral rituals, performance art, kikis, and parties.

Join us either virtually or in person for a curious, open-minded, open-hearted, intellectual, innovative, interdependent, intergenerational, and COVID-conscious space to dream together. All deeply rooted in a Black Trans Feminist Queer Disabled Afro-Anarchist tradition. That goooood soul food. Literally and figuratively ;)

The LGBT Center @lgbtcenternyc
208 W 13 St NY, New York
Saturday 01/24 4pm-9pm
Then every third Saturday starting on February 21
First Event: Centering Black Trans Disabled Voices Panel feat @cyreejarelle @ajna_muse @starlyartstudio @basicmomdad @blacktransparency @_akindeyah_
With a performance from @hooploopsoup @spicykhasso_ase @africantranssexual and @_akindeyah_

We’re talking Black disability politics, COVID Safety, herbalism, African spirituality and of course Black Autonomy and Liberation ✨
Free Food but feel free to bring a dish to share
Bring some clothes for the Clothing Drive
Free PPE and Healthcare items
Free Zines
More info to come!
*Masks Required and Provided*

RSVP LINK IN BIO
In person and Virtual!
Free but $10 Suggested Donation
All funds go to supporting Trans Arrivals Kenya @transarrivalkenya2024

4-5:00 Settling in - intros and icebreakers
5-6:45 Presentation, Panel and Discussion
6:45-7 Special Musical Performance
7pm-9pm FOOD Served + After Party with DJ @stemmequeensupreme

BE THERE OR BE 🟫 (Square LOL)
Original Characters drawn by the AMAZING @myluuuh @whatismylacreating 😍😍

Support us by donating to
@BTMAGROUP PP & V
$BTMAGROUP CA
Donorbox.org/BTMA
Blacktransmutualaid.org

Hey y’all! I’m back online briefly to give the feed a quick update: Last week I went to the ER for severe pain and temporary loss of vision in my left eye. During my visit it was determined that I was having an autoimmune inflammation episode. This is a very painful, distressing, and debilitating experience but my friends are taking amazing care of me.

I’m slowly but confidently recovering but at the moment I need some financial and material support to help with my ongoing recovery. Please donate to and share my crowdfunding campaign and for folks in Chicagoland, please message me if you’d like to access the link to sign up for my Meal Train. The link to donate can be found here: FundRazr.com/RysRoad2Rec CA: $rydouglas

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Hey y’all! I’m back online briefly to give the feed a quick update: Last week I went to the ER for severe pain and temporary loss of vision in my left eye. During my visit it was determined that I was having an autoimmune inflammation episode. This is a very painful, distressing, and debilitating experience but my friends are taking amazing care of me.

I’m slowly but confidently recovering but at the moment I need some financial and material support to help with my ongoing recovery. Please donate to and share my crowdfunding campaign and for folks in Chicagoland, please message me if you’d like to access the link to sign up for my Meal Train. The link to donate can be found here: FundRazr.com/RysRoad2Rec CA: $rydouglas

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Hey y’all! I’m back online briefly to give the feed a quick update: Last week I went to the ER for severe pain and temporary loss of vision in my left eye. During my visit it was determined that I was having an autoimmune inflammation episode. This is a very painful, distressing, and debilitating experience but my friends are taking amazing care of me.

I’m slowly but confidently recovering but at the moment I need some financial and material support to help with my ongoing recovery. Please donate to and share my crowdfunding campaign and for folks in Chicagoland, please message me if you’d like to access the link to sign up for my Meal Train. The link to donate can be found here: FundRazr.com/RysRoad2Rec CA: $rydouglas

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so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

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ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

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ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

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ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

so much loss. so much creation. so much newness. so much grief. so many revelations and releases and so much shedding. so, so much remembering. so many barriers and so much access. so much movement and so little stillness! so much heartbreak and so much love. 2025 changed me, but that’s time. how good it is, how god is. so much accepting.

email me if you need me! i’m honestly scared to spend less time on here due to my ongoing crowdfunding + needs for resources. thank you so much to everyone who shares stuff with me on here 🫶🏽 (light brown hands making a heart)

as i try to peel away, please start //emailing// me any resources, inquiries, grants, etc you’d usually send on here. spite is still fueling my survival. we got work to do and work to be and work to witness!! 🫆 (blue fingerprint) more soon

image descriptions embedded + below

ETA Regarding my Crowdfunding Slide: I currently request funds be sent to CA (or Zelle and ApplePay for those who have my number), because something is wrong with my Venmo and PayPal. I may or may not have someone trying to hack those accounts! 🫠

Today’s virtual storytelling workshop, led by Emily Hooper Lansana (@emilylansana), will be an experience that you don’t
want to miss! This will be our final salon of the year. We will explore the sacred practice of telling our stories, for us and by us.

This salon is open to all Black people of marginalized genders. This means that Black people whose gender identities fall outside the dominant cisgender male norm. You do not need to have a chronic skin condition and/or disability to participate, but keep in mind that Black MaGes with chronic skin conditions and disabilities are being centered.

Join us from the comfort of your space, wherever you may be in the world. All you need to bring yourself and your imagination. Be sure to register (link in bio). See you at 2pm CST! 🪞✨

🎥 Video by Elizabeth Myles: Emily’s performance featuring Dominique Boyd and Baba Enoch from “Remembering Ourselves Whole,” a storytelling project in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Join us virtually as a beauty fugitive for our storytelling salon on Sunday, November 30th 2-5 pm CST! We are blessed to have a beloved griot and guest artist, Emily Hooper Lansana (@emilylansana), lead us in crafting and building our sacred stories as a form of medicine.

This virtual salon is an opportunity for us Black MaGes to gather from all over! Pull up with your pen and imagination. Be sure to register (link in bi0) before spots fill up! ✨

graphics by @richienough 🎨✨

Join us virtually as a beauty fugitive for our storytelling salon on Sunday, November 30th 2-5 pm CST! We are blessed to have a beloved griot and guest artist, Emily Hooper Lansana (@emilylansana), lead us in crafting and building our sacred stories as a form of medicine.

This virtual salon is an opportunity for us Black MaGes to gather from all over! Pull up with your pen and imagination. Be sure to register (link in bi0) before spots fill up! ✨

graphics by @richienough 🎨✨

Join us virtually as a beauty fugitive for our storytelling salon on Sunday, November 30th 2-5 pm CST! We are blessed to have a beloved griot and guest artist, Emily Hooper Lansana (@emilylansana), lead us in crafting and building our sacred stories as a form of medicine.

This virtual salon is an opportunity for us Black MaGes to gather from all over! Pull up with your pen and imagination. Be sure to register (link in bi0) before spots fill up! ✨

graphics by @richienough 🎨✨

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

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#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

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#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

(Hashtags - alt text in comments and embedded)
#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

(Hashtags - alt text in comments and embedded)
#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

(Hashtags - alt text in comments and embedded)
#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

(Hashtags - alt text in comments and embedded)
#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

😷Back in late August we launched our very first Mask Fashion Competition with support from our Art Direction Team Member @Chillusions with three cash prizes provided by @DancingQueerly. We had over 20 submissions and premiered our three featured winners at our third virtual art and film event, “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future” last Thursday via a video showcase! Read more about our winners in the slides, a preview of our Mask Fashion feature video (watch on YouTube) which also includes honorable mentions and a preview of our 3D Kunstmatrix gallery! Honorable mentions will be featured next week!

⚠️Be sure to check out the winners, and make sure to view our fundraiser for our BIPOC microgrants for our Sistas Uprising Fund! We’ve surpassed our original goal of $1500 for five $300 microgrants. We’re now at $2700 and hope to reach $3000 so we can fund 10 BIPOC artists next year! Link in Bl0

About “Art & Mind: COVID, Climate & Our Future”:
Sista Creatives Rising’s 3rd Art & Mind event focuses on themes of COVID, climate & disability, their ongoing effects on disabled BIPOC creatives, and how it’s affected their art. Through this theme via films, panels & expert talks, we feel it’s imperative to highlight Indigenous experiences about COVID & Climate, with our event underscoring the impact on Native American communities and the plight of Indigenous F@lestini@ns as they suffer from loss of shelter, food, clean water, famine, rampant disease, and loss of their ecosystem. We hope you can join us in understanding and hearing these stories and feel encouraged to take action for humanity to reach peace & prosperity through the arts.

(Hashtags - alt text in comments and embedded)
#ARTANDMINDMASKFASHION #ARTANDMINDCOVIDCLIMATEFUTURE
#YallMasking #CovidMask #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityArts #ArtEvent
#VirtualEvents #DisabledCreator #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #SpoonieCommunity #LongCovid
#ChronicIllness #MaskTogetherAmerica #BlackCovidCautious #Fashionista #ArtistsOfColor
#BlackCreatives #BlackCreativesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

Join us for our second in-person AfroFlare Salon on Saturday, October 11th, 2-5 pm at House of the Lorde. We will gather to make medicine, holding space for grief and imagination while navigating beauty fugitivity. We look forward to sharing space with you! 🌹🌿(rose emoji, leaf emoji)

This sacred space centers Black people of marginalized genders living with or have lived with chronic skin conditions and disabilities, so please share with community members and loved ones who share this unique experience. There are limited spots available. This is also a FREE event, so all you have to do is show up with your mask on, make medicine, get your gift, and be in community! If you plan to attend the art-making salon, please register at bit.ly/Afroflare-Register.

We invite people who do not share this unique experience to volunteer the day of, before and/or after the salon. We have the following volunteer roles available: transportation, set up/clean up, accessibility support, tech support, and marketing support. If you have other gifts that you would like to share, we encourage you to sign up and let us know how you would like to show up. You can sign at http://Bit.ly/Afroflare-Volunteer.

🎨graphics by @richienough

Join us for our second in-person AfroFlare Salon on Saturday, October 11th, 2-5 pm at House of the Lorde. We will gather to make medicine, holding space for grief and imagination while navigating beauty fugitivity. We look forward to sharing space with you! 🌹🌿(rose emoji, leaf emoji)

This sacred space centers Black people of marginalized genders living with or have lived with chronic skin conditions and disabilities, so please share with community members and loved ones who share this unique experience. There are limited spots available. This is also a FREE event, so all you have to do is show up with your mask on, make medicine, get your gift, and be in community! If you plan to attend the art-making salon, please register at bit.ly/Afroflare-Register.

We invite people who do not share this unique experience to volunteer the day of, before and/or after the salon. We have the following volunteer roles available: transportation, set up/clean up, accessibility support, tech support, and marketing support. If you have other gifts that you would like to share, we encourage you to sign up and let us know how you would like to show up. You can sign at http://Bit.ly/Afroflare-Volunteer.

🎨graphics by @richienough

Join us for our second in-person AfroFlare Salon on Saturday, October 11th, 2-5 pm at House of the Lorde. We will gather to make medicine, holding space for grief and imagination while navigating beauty fugitivity. We look forward to sharing space with you! 🌹🌿(rose emoji, leaf emoji)

This sacred space centers Black people of marginalized genders living with or have lived with chronic skin conditions and disabilities, so please share with community members and loved ones who share this unique experience. There are limited spots available. This is also a FREE event, so all you have to do is show up with your mask on, make medicine, get your gift, and be in community! If you plan to attend the art-making salon, please register at bit.ly/Afroflare-Register.

We invite people who do not share this unique experience to volunteer the day of, before and/or after the salon. We have the following volunteer roles available: transportation, set up/clean up, accessibility support, tech support, and marketing support. If you have other gifts that you would like to share, we encourage you to sign up and let us know how you would like to show up. You can sign at http://Bit.ly/Afroflare-Volunteer.

🎨graphics by @richienough

Join us for our second in-person AfroFlare Salon on Saturday, October 11th, 2-5 pm at House of the Lorde. We will gather to make medicine, holding space for grief and imagination while navigating beauty fugitivity. We look forward to sharing space with you! 🌹🌿(rose emoji, leaf emoji)

This sacred space centers Black people of marginalized genders living with or have lived with chronic skin conditions and disabilities, so please share with community members and loved ones who share this unique experience. There are limited spots available. This is also a FREE event, so all you have to do is show up with your mask on, make medicine, get your gift, and be in community! If you plan to attend the art-making salon, please register at bit.ly/Afroflare-Register.

We invite people who do not share this unique experience to volunteer the day of, before and/or after the salon. We have the following volunteer roles available: transportation, set up/clean up, accessibility support, tech support, and marketing support. If you have other gifts that you would like to share, we encourage you to sign up and let us know how you would like to show up. You can sign at http://Bit.ly/Afroflare-Volunteer.

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