Humanist Disaster Recovery Teams
July Volunteer Network Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 52 events in July, serving 13,579 individual beneficiaries and giving out 13,579 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams held 12 service events. Year to date, that makes 106,305 individual known beneficiaries served at 481 events, and 124,711 meals/kits distributed!
Read MoreProduce a rapid-release documentary for people vulnerable to the climate crisis
Hurricane season is here. Help get vulnerable communities ready with a quick-release documentary helping them organize! Recently, we were contacted by our friend Robin Harris, an organizer with volunteer teams Central Florida Mutual Aid and Orlando Oasis, which provide food relief and disaster recovery in poor communities. Robin is also an activist for Black, LGBTQIA,…
Read MoreThe Humanist Past and Future of the Republic of Haiti
Sixteen months ago, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the southern arm of Haiti, decimating the region. Hospitals lay in ruins, unable to treat the 12,000+ people injured in the quake. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless. Roads, bridges, power plants, and schools were destroyed and have never been rebuilt. Compromised water supply systems have led…
Read MoreOpinion: FEMA and Red Cross are not Champions
This piece comes to us from an activist and member of one of the vulnerable communities impacted by ongoing Atlantic hurricanes. Robin Harris is an an organizer for Central Florida Mutual Aid and collaborates with GO Humanity service team Orlando Oasis on disaster recovery. I will never forget the tears that filled Ernie’s eyes. I…
Read MoreJoin Us in Seeding Local Power
As the year draws to a close, GO Humanity—formerly Foundation Beyond Belief—is asking you to join us in Seeding Local Power. This isn’t about charity from the top down. It’s about growing power for marginalized people from the ground up. We’ve spent the year sprouting a people-powered resiliency network—one that catches those falling through the…
Read MoreMass Shooting on LGBQT Community in Colorado Springs
It happened again. This time in Colorado. The LGBQT community in Colorado Springs at Club Q experienced massive and fatal violence. Anderson Lee Aldrich is facing five counts of first degree murder. Witnesses say Aldrich entered the club with tons of weapons and started his violent rampage.
Read MoreHurricane Fiona Hits Puerto Rico
After several quiet months, hurricane season has arrived.
Read MoreDonate to respond to the Jackson, MI water crisis
In Jackson, Mississippi, access to clean, safe water has been an ongoing nightmare. In a city that is nearly 85% Black, a legacy of environmental racism has left the city’s water infrastructure unfunded and woefully inadequate. Now, record flooding across the Deep South has overwhelmed Jackson’s water treatment facilities, indefinitely leaving 150,000 residents without clean…
Read More“You have that look of a homeless person.”
Zephyr-Rose Poe is a queer, disabled, unhoused person who has recently moved cross-country to the Orlando-area. Zephyr has previously written and published two books: A Butterfly’s Wings, a book of poetry centered around feminism, queerness, and mental health, as well as The Adventure of It All, a two-part memoir about traveling around the world in…
Read MoreI Never Thought I’d be Unhoused
I never thought that I’d be unhoused. When you are disabled, you are presented with a series of hoops to jump through. Applications for social security benefits, SNAP (food stamps), and Medicaid. Section 8 lists are closed in most places—they aren’t even accepting new applicants. When I first started jumping through hoops, I was lucky…
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