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Since our last update last week, 1,935 of you have raised an additional $186,359.60. Every penny is going directly to three of our partners: $62,119.87 to DC Abortion Fund: BIPOC-led, DC Abortion Fund is the only organization in the DC region that provides grants for financial assistance for the full cost of abortion care. They…

Since Friday, more than 6,465 of you have raised $582,020.68. To each and every one of you who donated, and to everyone who shared, THANK YOU. Every penny is being deployed to four of our trusted partners—described in our last post—who are fighting to keep abortions safe and accessible and for structural change and reproductive…

On Friday, we promised you that every penny we receive will go to four organizations fighting to keep abortions safe and accessible, and to support structural change so we can live in a nation of reproductive justice. More than 4,173 of you have raised $369,978.60. THANK YOU. If you haven’t donated, please consider joining us…

We support safe, accessible abortion as part of healthcare as a human right, and we stand for a nation of reproductive justice.   We must take our collective rage and heartbreak and transform it into relentless and effective action. Every penny we receive will go to support these organizations: SisterSong New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive…

“I had been waiting 554 days for my name and gender marker to be reflected correctly . . . It’s bigger than a piece of paper and I’m glad they honored that for me,” said a client of Magic City Legal Center. Transgender and gender-diverse people continue to be under attack throughout this country. Amid…

Piper and Raven have celebrated eight years together! Back in 2013, this community showed up in a beautiful way for Piper, a then-six-year-old, to bring home her critically needed, diabetic alert dog, Raven. Piper has type 1 diabetes. Her mom, Tegan, had worked hard to raise enough money to put down a deposit on an…

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST DECADE—AND JOIN US IN ALL WE WILL DO TOGETHER IN THE NEXT DECADE! Together Rising was born TEN YEARS ago. It’s our birthday! Birthdays cause us to reflect on where we’ve been, to look ahead to where we’re going. As we look…

On this first day of Pride Month, we are sharing the story of how you helped keep Kris’s family afloat after her heart-wrenching recurrence of cancer. Motivated by her passion for helping others, Kris worked as an EMT on the frontlines. During the first several months of the pandemic, she transported countless patients in distress,…

Our hearts remain shattered by the horrific killing of nineteen children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. We promised that every penny we raised last week would be equally split between direct financial support for the Uvalde victims’ grieving families via VictimsFirst and structural change to help prevent future tragedies via the Everytown for Gun…

Alexandria Aniyah RubioAlithia RamirezAmerie Jo GarzaAnnabell Guadalupe RodriguezEliahana Cruz TorresEliana “Ellie” GarciaJackie CazaresJailah Nicole SilgueroJayce LuevanosJose FloresLayla SalazarMakenna Lee ElrodMaite RodriguezMiranda MathisNevaeh BravoRojelio TorresTess Marie MataUziyah GarciaXavier LopezEva MirelesIrma Garcia Those are the names of the nineteen third and fourth graders and two teachers who were murdered at Robb Elementary earlier this week. Nineteen babies…