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FINALLY – THEY’RE ALL REUNITING WITH THEIR BABIES!!!! On 3/2, through Together Rising, you stood vigil on the border with 29 families who came to reclaim their children. These parents had their children ripped from their arms by the administration, and were then illegally deported without their children. After we crossed, 17 of these asylum-seeking…

Five months ago, we first shared with you about the Oglala Lakota peoples of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, as they struggled to survive the freezing winter without heat or firewood. You gave $400,000 so they could stay fed and warm throughout the winter and to invest in the tribe’s self-sufficiency for winters…

Here at Together Rising, we know there’s no such thing as other people’s children. And we know one of our main jobs on this earth is to help our sisters and our children breathe a little easier. Meet our girl, Quinn. She is a 15 year old warrior — sweet and fierce with an indomitable…

Just over a week ago, a terrifying “bomb cyclone” hit much of the central United States, causing hurricane-force winds and huge snow and rain. Nebraska was hit particularly hard, and the timing could not have been worse —  as it is planting and calving season. Cattle are Nebraska’s largest agricultural industry. The true impact of…

On Thanksgiving, Together Rising shared that, through your generosity, we were able to donate $400,000 to our friends at One Spirit, a non-profit primarily led by indigenous people, and committed to the Oglala Lakota peoples struggling to stay warm on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. We want to update you on how your…

After the administration tore thousands of children away their parents, it then deported hundreds of parents without their children. Due to the administration’s failure to maintain records, 90 of these deported parents were impossible to find. They had no cell phones, lived in rural villages and many only spoke rare indigenous languages. Finding these 90…

This is the most important story I’ve ever told you. In May, I woke up and read that children as young as eight months were being ripped from their asylum-seeking parents at the southern border of the U.S. and placed into detention centers. Abby and I called the board at Together Rising and we began…

Sometimes life is so hard it feels like too much to carry. Which is when you need sisters beside you to help carry the load. This, it turns out, is not only the mission of Together Rising, but one of the greatest parts of life: helping each other to carry the load of life. Meet…

After Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria — leaving residents desperate for food, water, power, fuel, and medicine — you raised $150,000 in a single day to help our fellow Americans through this crisis. Together Rising funded an additional $100,000 in order to provide $250,000 to boots-on-the-ground organizations offering emergency relief. Together…

Valentine’s Day can be hard. Because Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about Love. But this day seems only to celebrate the shiny, smiley, holding-hands-while-running-through-sunflowers type of Love. And for many of us, we are in a very different place. Many of us are in the love-as-tough-as-nails place. Where love looks busted up and scuffed…