You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
James Baldwin
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Free Image Downloads: Black Lives Matter Mask and T-shirt Designs
These designs are free for personal use, licensed as CC BY-NC-SA. This means you are free to use and modify the designs for non-commercial use, provided you give attribution to me by way of this site. If you wish to use the designs commercially, contact me through the contact form on the Privacy Policy page or through the comments here.
I have 3 free designs for you today, all #BlackLivesMatter related. Check back for other designs to come, and if you have suggestions, please put them in the comments. The primary uses for these designs are for crafters using vinyl cutting machines such as Silhouette Curio, Silhouette Cameo, Cricut or Brother craft vinyl cutters, or plotters. For any of those, you will need to reverse the designs if using them with heat transfer vinyl (HTV). For other vinyl applications, such as car decals, do not reverse them. You can also use them to print iron-on transfers for t-shirts or bags or printable vinyl or temporary tattoos (usually need to reverse those as well), window signs, or whatever you can think of.
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Trigger Warning: Survivors’ Agenda
Are you a survivor of sexual abuse, assault, or harassment, or of domestic or intimate partner violence? If so, Survivors’ Agenda wants to hear from you to help shape policy, education, and community initiatives. You can stay anonymous, skip any questions, and answer others as fully as you want.
We are a collective of organizations who believe that survivors should shape the national conversation on sexual violence. The Survivor’s Agenda will be written and informed by your input and used to call for people in power to pass laws and enact institutional and systemic change on behalf of survivors, and for more survivors themselves to be positioned to help drive change.
This survey is anonymous, and will take about 15 minutes to complete. Participation is not a requirement to work with or receive services from any organization. You do not need to identify as a “survivor” to take this survey, though we are interested in hearing from people who have experienced some form of gendered or sexual violence or harassment at any point in their lives.
DC May Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants and Fungi in Nov. Election
Washington DC activists appear to have collected enough validated signatures to get Initiative 81 on the November ballot, which would decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi within the District. Specifically, the Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020 if passed would do the following (from initiative link):
- Make the investigation and arrest of adults for non-commercial planting, cultivating, purchasing, transporting, distributing, possessing, and/or engaging in practices with entheogenic plants and fungi among the Metropolitan Police Department’s lowest law enforcement priorities; and
- Codify that the people of the District of Columbia call upon the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia to cease prosecution of residents of the District of Columbia for these activities.