"Here’s where having a third entity involved—like Distribute Aid—can be invaluable. As a 'neutral party,' we’re able to relay important, sensitive messages from grassroots groups to donors without ruffling feathers."

Shipment arrival on Samos! Samos volunteers provide a range of services for asylum seekers on one of the Greek islands where people are still seeking safety. Now they have new supplies to add to their activity spaces and free shop!

Given the themes we usually cover in our newsletter, this one doesn't feel like it should be as controversial as the reactions seem to indicate. We're staging an argument in defense of the aid middlemen 🫣 Give it a read and share your thoughts! distribute-aid.beehiiv.com/p/in-defense...

Given the themes we usually cover in our newsletter, this one doesn't feel like it should be as controversial as the reactions seem to indicate. We're staging an argument in defense of the aid middlemen 🫣 Give it a read and share your thoughts! distribute-aid.beehiiv.com/p/in-defense...

Funds from the Disaster Preparedness Bundle got distributed and sent on to @distributeaid.org this morning, thanks to everyone who contributed!

I am opening sponsorships for gifts for We Want You to Have This, for the round of gifts to be given out on Wednesday, October 8th at 9AM Mountain (Denver) time. nora.jewelry/products/spo... I will also be distributing gifts tomorrow, Friday September 19th, at 9AM. nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

Survival is necessary and human dignity is key. @nora.zone covers both!! 🥰🥰🥰

Let’s go LA! Our partners @solidarityprojects just got a delivery of diapers, wipes, kid’s hygiene items, and baby clothes from @baby2baby. They will be given out for free to fire survivors, unhoused folks, and people impacted by immigration raids in the Los Angeles area. 👶 🍼

Each sponsorship pays for $60 in gifts to a trans person who wants some nice wearable art but can't afford it; I also send $10 from each one to @distributeaid.org for safe injection supplies. More information on the program: nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

I am opening sponsorships for another round of We Want You To Have This, my sponsored jewelry gifts program for trans people in the USA. Applications will open on Friday, September 19th at 9AM Mountain (Denver) time. Sponsorships are $55. nora.jewelry/products/spo... More information in thread.

Damn, so this blew up lol- I could plug my stream and stuff to help the individual trans person, but instead I’m gonna drop the @distributeaid.org campaign for their HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits where $10 funds A FULL YEAR OF SAFE INJECTIONS FOR A TRANS PERSON!!! www.omprakash.org/global/distr...

The EU is preparing to spend billions of euros to ensure that desperate people seeking safety have nowhere to go. Why would they do this? Who benefits from it? And how can we fight back?

Hell yeah

We reached our goal for the Disaster Preparedness Bundle!! 🥳 Thank you all so much! Because of your generosity we can make sure that: 📦 Aid is in place at our hubs across the Southern US. 🚚 It's distributed on Day 1 of a major disaster. ⏱️ We'll sustain the response through the recovery phase.

Celebrating the completion of an amazing 5 months with tailored strategic consulting to make Distribute Aid stronger as an organisation. Omprakash delivered a fantastic grant experience with Renee Barron as our steward 🧡

4 hours left to get some great tabletop games and get @distributeaid.org prepared for disaster season! 😍

One of those pieces where tabletop games function as a doorway into a fascinating, and tragic, look at our government's systemic refusal to save lives -- and what real community does to paper over too many cracks.

Oooh we're featured in the news. Check it out yall!!

We're over the initial $2000 goal! But there's two days left, let's see what else we can do.

Woohooo!!! 🥳 We hit our main goal! Huge shootout to @sandypuggames.bsky.social and all of the creators who made this happen. Thanks to yall we'll be ready to surge aid during the next major hurricane or fire. There's still 3 days left to get the bundle- 25 great tabletop games for $10!

Eyyyyy we just hit our first goal of $2000! Thanks everyone! That's so huge, let's see how much further we can go in the next couple days! Remember everything up to $5000 is matched too! itch.io/b/3228/the-d...

in a document announcing the change seen by WIRED, the agency says that more than 80% of survivors already use email to sign up for assistance. but one FEMA worker told me they saw a colleague turn away a survivor bc they didn’t have email

SCOOP: FEMA is now requiring disaster survivors to sign up to receive aid using an email address - a move that is already putting some of the country’s most vulnerable people at risk of missing out on federal help, employees told me:

Y'all, I teared up reading through this thread. Our love goes out to everyone at Distribute Aid and to @sandypuggames.bsky.social for helping host this fundraising effort.

We confirmed just now that we have a matching doner who'll double what we get up to $5000, right now that puts us at almost $3000 with just under a week to go! Please share this around and make a post about it if you can't donate!

HI BABES im proud to be part of a bundle for disaster relief, please consider supporting it !! it would really mean a lot and there's a lot of cool games in here itch.io/b/3228/the-d...

🌞🏖 CREATOR SPOTLIGHT 🌞🏖 Today we're highlighting Nova and Jam from @dinoberrypress.bsky.social who contributed 3 different games to the bundle! Checkout Dinocar, Justicar, Sprouts, and 22 other games by clicking the link in the quoted post. And keep reading for more from Nova and Jam. 👇

World: A call to safeguard humanitarian action amid rising threats and global aid cuts #Refugees

Great news everyone! We received a $5,000 grant to help us ship aid to our hubs before the next major disaster. Now we need you to make sure we can get it delivered from the hub on Day 1. Get the bundle below or donate here to triple your impact! www.omprakash.org/global/distr...

This is exactly why @distributeaid.org commits to long-term support. We're still helping folks recover from Helene and the LA Fires while Trump plays politics with already-approved relief funding.

Great news everyone! We received a $5,000 grant to help us ship aid to our hubs before the next major disaster. Now we need you to make sure we can get it delivered from the hub on Day 1. Get the bundle below or donate here to triple your impact! www.omprakash.org/global/distr...

It's only a matter of time before the next major disaster. Except this time, FEMA might not show up at all. The @distributeaid.org team has your back. Do you have ours? Get your game bundle and get our 6 aid hubs in the US filled up before disaster strikes! distributeaid.org/usa-disaster...

From the Scottish Highlands to the Greek islands! 🗺️ 💙 Around 200 boxes of clothing, tents, and sleeping bags have just reached Christian Refugee Relief in the Netherlands, ready for their next stop with Samos Volunteers in Greece.

It’s me! Happy to be a part of this bundle, and you should absolutely check it out. As I explained in my responses to Distribute Aid, natural disasters have always been a part of my life, and it is so important to have support ready to go on short notice when it’s needed like they’re working to do

Yall I love this so much!! Artists like @catshavenolord.itch.io who have lived thru natural disasters are the ones raising money for @distributeaid.org. It's a great example of paying it forward, but also really underscores the point that we keep us safe. Artists will save us, not billionaires!

🌞🏖 CREATOR SPOTLIGHT 🌞🏖 Today we're highlighting @catshavenolord.itch.io who contributed Hotel Dracula to the Disaster Preparedness Bundle. Checkout the quoted post for how to get it and 24 other great games! And keep reading to learn why disaster prep is important to Cats Have No Lord. 👇

Immediately picked up this bundle.

As a Frontend Developer at Distribute Aid, you’ll create new pages for our website and update/maintain existing ones, often working closely with our designers and other devs. We’re looking for experienced devs who are reliable, organised, and can communicate well. Volunteer commitment is ~5h/week.

Just gifted for my brother’s birthday.

Yall it's like $300 worth of tabletop games. Rulebooks, maps, character sheets, stories, you name it, they got it. All for just $10! With all proceeds going to @distributeaid.org's US Disaster Relief program. 😍 The prefect rainy day activity, birthday gift for your nerdy friend!

The first batch of HRT Toolkits is complete! 🎉 This weekend, 10 volunteers from Austin Mutual Aid and local trans-led orgs came together to assemble 120 kits. These contain the medical equipment to safely administer gender-affirming hormone therapy. That’s enough to support 120 years of care!

Focusing on the South first is a great idea because that's the place most hard hit by anti-trans and healthcare laws. Thank you for all for doing such amazing work!

We've got 25~ games from 12 of the best of the scene; Wanderhome by @jdragsky.bsky.social, @ettin.itch.io's Breakfast Cult and a bunch of its expansions, @fsohns.bsky.social put the breathtaking Zephyr in there and @gilarpgs.bsky.social hit us up with SLAYERS. itch.io/b/3228/the-d...

Now we've got the chance to step up and build some frameworks for the future; it's not just about surviving this season, its about developing community groups and equipping them with what they need to step into their worlds and start fixing problems. Its about dual power.

6 months ago the Indie TTRPG scene came together for the HRT Preparedness Bundle. Together we raised enough money to become the initiatives highest collective doner and the fruits of that work are starting to move out into the world; hundreds of years of supplies for DIYers bsky.app/profile/dist...

FEMA funding is cut or frozen for much of the united states with our government committed to further destroying any safety net for those most vulnerable. Disaster seasons is coming and @distributeaid.org wants to make communities ready. itch.io/b/3228/the-d...

this is really cool & good

Thanks to everyone who's bought stuff from me to go to this 💜💜💜💜

Heck yes everyone! First set is complete with plenty more on the way. Stay tuned!