Ami Worthen
@amiwhoa.bsky.social
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writer, collaborator, memory worker….✨ dedicated to collective liberation. 💫
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we here®️
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directory of mutual aid, crowdfunding campaigns, organizations on the ground, legal support, funder providing direct service orgs with emergency funding
www.standwithminnesota.com
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
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Prisonculture
22 days ago
We're going to win because their side has no good art and they know it.
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Announcing the "Black Stories in Census Tract 2" exhibit, opening next week at Buncombe County Special Collections at Pack Library:
amiworthen.com/2026/01/13/b...
#avl
#avlhistory
#blackhistory
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Black Stories in Census Tract 2 Exhibit
Here we are in 2026. Despite/because of “everything,” I am excited to announce the Black Stories in Census Tract 2 exhibit opens at Buncombe County Special Collections at Pack Memorial …
https://amiworthen.com/2026/01/13/black-stories-in-census-tract-2-exhibit/
about 1 month ago
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An homage to Andrea Clarke, with the opportunity to donate to Slay the Mic in her honor:
amiworthen.com/2025/11/14/h...
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Homage to Andrea Clarke
Count me among the many grieving Andrea Elizabeth Clarke, who died on October 29, 2025 at the age of 80. She was a singular force, creative and hilarious, generous and mischievous. Her talents were…
https://amiworthen.com/2025/11/14/homage-to-andrea-clarke/
3 months ago
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Congrats! It's excellent!
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4 months ago
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New writing amidst the madness, “On ancient and unknown worlds”
amiworthen.com/2025/06/17/o...
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On ancient and unknown worlds
June in WNC is, as always, magic. Verdant, warm, sweet. The bliss of sunny days by the river. Garden gifts. Evenings where the blinking lights of fireflies are nothing short of miraculous. This Jun…
https://amiworthen.com/2025/06/17/on-ancient-and-unknown-worlds/
8 months ago
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Wrote about a beautiful community event and the power of solidarity and loving out loud:
amiworthen.com/2025/05/28/l...
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Loving out loud
Brood XIV of cicadas are now among us, a miraculous 17-year occurrence, a kind of time capsule from 2008. That was the year Krekel and I released our album “Found A Reason” and were featured on the…
https://amiworthen.com/2025/05/28/loving-out-loud/
9 months ago
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On it
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9 months ago
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savoring spring
9 months ago
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A beautiful offering…
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10 months ago
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grateful for gardening
10 months ago
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Yes! Then give them money to start their own businesses.
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10 months ago
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Here’s a medical GoFundMe for a dear friend, please chip in if you can:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-huge-une...
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Donate to A Huge, Unexpected Medical Bill Shouldn't be Faced Alone, organized by Gabriela Mendez
La traducción al español está a continuación. Spanish transl… Gabriela Mendez needs your support for A Huge, Unexpected Medical Bill Shouldn't be Faced Alone
https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-huge-unexpected-medical-bill-shouldnt-be-faced-alone?lid=ofcykneguzza&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TXN_donation_receipt_adyen_tip&utm_content=internal
10 months ago
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My April offering:
amiworthen.com/2025/04/14/l...
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Love and Las Américas
South America and North America (and Central America). The Americas. Las Américas. Abya Yala. The latter being the name used by various Indigenous communities and nations, to assert that “land and …
https://amiworthen.com/2025/04/14/love-and-las-americas/
10 months ago
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Love to trans kin being their fullest and truest selves. We all benefit from your honest embodiment
#transdayofvisibility
11 months ago
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Hooray rain
11 months ago
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Love the New Economy Coalition!
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11 months ago
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New post about the movement to Save UNCA Woods and opposition to trickle down housing:
amiworthen.com/2025/03/25/w...
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What if we could
At the sight of the destruction, I audibly gasped, cried out NO!, and fell to my knees in the dirt, sobbing. I was knocked down by overwhelming shock and grief. The UNCA woods, a sacred site in my …
https://amiworthen.com/2025/03/25/what-if-we-could/
11 months ago
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This month's musings, "Resist | Rock | Remember," shared with love:
amiworthen.com/2025/03/03/r...
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Resist | Rock | Remember
The beat of resistance throbs through my being. The rhythm of refusal. “Do not obey in advance,” Timothy Synder advises in his book On Tyranny. ¡Viva la resistencia! Our power is real. The ov…
https://amiworthen.com/2025/03/03/resist-rock-remember/
12 months ago
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Lighting a candle in memory of Roberta Flack, thank you for sharing your gifts with the world, you will be missed. We can have local pride that she was born in Black Mountain.
#wnc
#robertaflack
12 months ago
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grateful for each moment
about 1 year ago
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You can support this sweet
@tepeyacsanctuary.bsky.social
WNC immigrant rights mutual aid fundraising campaign by getting a tshirt or sweatshirt here:
www.bonfire.com/store/tepeya...
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Tepeyac Mountain Sanctuary | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Committed to creating and resourcing spaces where we can create sanctuary with each other
https://www.bonfire.com/store/tepeyac-mountain-sanctuary/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=tepeyac-mountain-sanctuary&utm_content=default
about 1 year ago
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Just published a new essay, Heartbreaks and hope:
amiworthen.com/2025/02/09/h...
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Heartbreaks and hope
Being near water is one of my favorite things, be it a creek or a river or lake, or, less frequently, the ocean. I’m partial to waterways in the Appalachian mountains, I’ll take a mountain stream o…
https://amiworthen.com/2025/02/09/heartbreaks-and-hope/
about 1 year ago
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Sometimes a book is so incredible I literally applaud when I finish. “Survival is a Promise” by
@alexispauline.bsky.social
was such a book. Bravo and thank you. 💖
about 1 year ago
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Tepeyac Mountain Sanctuary
about 1 year ago
We are touring with our Children’s Liberation Lbrary and a team of artists, therapists, and organizers. We read storybooks and learn resilience skills. Parents talked with therapists. Kids made library cards and got to take a book home. We gifted them a full liberation library. It was beautiful.
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Puff the Magic Hater
about 1 year ago
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
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