But seriously, why is it anyone else's business what SNAP beneficiaries buy when they grocery shop?

If you're looking to help your neighbors but don't have much money, here are some cash free ways to be community youtube.com/shorts/ZUzoX...

Fun fact: Your local food bank can use your $25 donation to access enough food for over 100 nutritious meals. Don’t ever look down at your donation, no matter its size. When we say “every little bit helps”, we mean it!

Action should never be overshadowed by aesthetics. youtube.com/shorts/2l5Yw...

Thank you to everyone who keeps supporting my work. It really means a lot. Patreon.com/WhitneyAlese

Watching the same people who have scriptures in their bio laugh about people potentially lose access to food gives me a particular rage

With volunteering reported to be at historic lows, many organizations are in need of helping hands. Give your time at local shelters. Volunteer at your local food bank or food pantry. Serve at the neighborhood feeding stations. Volunteer to serve meals with community organizations. Other ideas⬇️⬇️⬇️

We often equate mutual aid to just finances, but what if, especially in these cash strapped times, we saw opportunities as “mutual aid”? Offering professional services pro-bono Teaching a skill you know well for free Hair care/ barber services Preparing meals Delivering food

With SNAP benefits potentially ending in November and food insecurity affecting over 40 MILLION+ people, let’s talk about organizations that are actively helping combat food insecurity🧵

For those looking for ways you can help folks who are in danger of losing their SNAP benefits. youtube.com/shorts/pbwJ7...

Solutions for folks looking for them: SNAP benefits will end in November if the government doesn’t end the shutdown. More people might go hungry in a nation where an estimated 40 million+ already struggle with food insecurity. This is the time when communities MUST come together. Some ideas below

♥️♥️FACTS♥️♥️ grief is about time. Time lost with people, experiences and beliefs. Realizing just how much whitewashing happened to our education, realizing our families were taught & believed the same things and now we all have to grieve that belief, so we can grow and change ♥️

The internet is a war zone. I think I figured out just one reason why... Newest Youtube video now up youtu.be/9mzIzRVtYu4

Oh damn just got word of a friend’s sudden passing….his brother is raising funds for a funeral….any donation or a share would be greatly appreciated….thanks so much 🙏

As I venture into this new season of content creation, I am so grateful for the support so many folks have shown me. Thank yall.

I am less than 25 people away from my goal of 600 subscribers on my Youtube and honestly, I am truly grateful. Thank yall for your support. www.youtube.com/@WhitneyAlese

A typhoon devastated Indigenous communities in Alaska. Here is what you need to know and where to help.

Who you celebrate today says A LOT about who you are👀👀👀 youtube.com/shorts/NcnTg...

"It's challenging to talk about how you're doing mentally since it's an invisible injury — people can't see it, so it's harder to understand, but I think that's why it's so important we feel empowered to open up about it.” - Simone Biles

Today is World Mental Health Day & it’s okay to not be okay, there is no shame to say you are struggling, you don’t have struggle in silence or alone, there is help if you need it, & it’s ok to get help. Here are 9 different Mental Health resources to help. www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...

so substack...if I launched one, would you support?

I look back on my journal and I am shocked at how I ignored so many signs. The burnout. The lack of good sleep. The piles of unfolded laundry. The amount of times I was breaking down into tears and hiding it from everyone. I was not ok...

The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status, a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis.

When we stop paying attention, the administration wins & there is no one to stop them. So, in essence, embracing helplessness only serves the continued harm. But how do we keep paying attention? How do we keep fighting back when we are already so weary? Here are 5 ways, Free post on my Patreon:

As September is Suicide Prevention Month, we as a society must address the systems, barriers, and structures that are directly harming one another. www.patreon.com/posts/before...

This is so depraved, I cannot think straight youtube.com/shorts/K0JR6...

So the Big Bill passed...now what? www.patreon.com/posts/big-ba...

While we are fighting against the things we do not want, we need to also free ourselves to dream about the things we DO want. We are one of the most well resourced nations in the world and it’s not out of our reach to radically dream a better world while we fight for it.

Your existence is NOT solely for resistance. Your existence is NOT solely for resistance. Your existence is NOT solely for resistance. Your existence is NOT solely for resistance. Beyond the protests, boycotts, and activations, how are you caring for you?

Are we ready to be honest about those "Sleeper Cells"? youtube.com/shorts/qAKcI...

Juneteenth is HERE! My people, I hope we are enjoying the day! Everyone else, Juneteenth is not a day off, it's a day ON. -Support your local Black orgs -Learn about Juneteenth & the other “Freedom Days” -Support Black Creatives & Businesses. If you can buy, share about them.

You mean to tell me that a bunch of far right representatives heckled the previous President every chance they got BUT one senator moves to ask a question and he's thrown out of a conference, handcuffed, and now is being threatened with censure?

When advocating for immigrant folks, PLEASE stop focusing on their UTILITY and focus on their HUMANITY youtube.com/shorts/32QuY...

Rather than debate the transatlantic slave trade or enslavement, here are some resources to learn more about the experiences of trafficked folks from Black authors. www.patreon.com/posts/people...

While some folks are denying the transatlantic slave trade, these Black divers go to wreckages to honor the lives of those trafficked & those lost along the way. An estimated 12.5 million souls were trafficked on 10s of thousands of ships. 1.8 million died along the way. youtu.be/u2l_EugvRw8?...

This is a reminder to support independent, local, marginalized owned and operated media. Start with us: www.thedownload.news

Remembering the lives lost & the lives irrevocably changed during the Tulsa race massacre. Honoring those survivors of the massacre who still live, Viola Fletcher & Lessie Benningfield Randle, who to this day, seek reparations for the destruction of Greenwood.

Connection doesn't always mean WiFi. Lets Talk about this. youtube.com/shorts/LkKD-...

Connection doesn’t always mean WiFi. Community doesn’t have to have a follower count. Communication doesn’t always have to have a comment section.

For the sake of the community, some conversations cannot be held online. They need to be held on stoops, on porches, & on park benches. They need to be held in intentionally safe spaces, away from the gladiator matches & bad actors of the internet.

To those who served, but were never honored. We honor you. We remember you. We thank you and we won’t forget you.

A reminder that Memorial Day is a Black holiday.“ The fact that the freed slaves’ Memorial Day tribute is not as well remembered is emblematic of the struggle that would follow, as African Americans’ fight to be fully recognized for their contributions to American society continues to this day.”

5 years since George Floyd’s murder, which allegedly sparked a racial "reckoning", we've seen: -Increased police militarization -The banning of Black history & books by Black authors critical of racism -Rollbacks of promises of fair practices in corporations -Attacks on equity & justice efforts

Here are actually effective places you can donate to instead of to Harvard (they literally have Billions) -Temporary housing shelters -Kids in your neighborhood's school lunch bills -mutual aids -food pantries/feeding organizations -local libraries -community care organizations -local scholarships

The Supreme Court has ruled against allowing Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded religious charter school

Hang in there, yall.

apnews.com/article/capi... Capitol riot defendant is convicted of gun charges stemming from his arrest near Obama's home

The Justice Department is dropping police reform agreements with Louisville and Minneapolis, which came after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd

Be clear: this new bill will kill people. Whether it’s -kicking the most vulnerable off their healthcare -stressing the already strained US medical system -forcing rural care facilities to close Be clear, elected officials are willing to allow people to die to line the pockets of the rich.