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Because Callie cannot earn enough income to afford daycare for her four-year-old and two-year-old children, her husband was the sole income earner in their home.  When her husband’s job shut down because of COVID-19, they did not have funds to last them even for two weeks.     They were running out of food and diapers…

Last year, we asked you to show up for detained children. You – the people of the impossible – rushed to their aid and raised a record $2.6 million. We sent $900,000 to Holly Cooper and her team at UCDavis’s Law Immigration Clinic so that they could continue their life-saving work of advocating for the…

After Brittany “Tru” Kellman endured two traumatic birthing experiences, during which she was dismissed and misled by her doctors, she was determined to empower other Black women to avoid the same experience.   According to the CDC, Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women, and…

A foundation of the US Constitution is the principle that we are all innocent until proven guilty –that the government cannot take away our liberty unless we are convicted of the charges against us. Due Process is guaranteed by our Constitution, but in practice, it is only available for those who can pay for it.…

Black Lives Matter. Together Rising mourns and condemns our country’s long history and current reality of harassment and killing of Black bodies. We stand in solidarity with the right of our Black siblings to live and raise their families in peace and safety with equal treatment under the law. Together Rising exists to turn our…

Over the last two months, in addition to buying groceries, paying bills, and keeping lights on for hundreds of families reeling from the devastation of this pandemic, Together Rising has made sure your money is prioritized for those who are often the last in line.   Today we are sharing about your investment in the…

In the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, on any given day, you could have walked into Nido de Esperanza to find mamas connecting with each other over a meal, playing with their babies, gathering formula and books and baby clothes beautifully displayed on shelves, or listening to a presentation about infant and child…

For the past two months, as we have sheltered in place, Together Rising has been doing what we do best: Paying attention to what is breaking our individual and collective hearts, and turning that heartbreak into effective action. For nearly a decade, we have spent the bulk of our time reviewing and fulfilling applications from…

More than ever before, people who have been generous givers to Together Rising are now turning to us to ask for help. And we are honored to send them what they need to pay rent, buy groceries, or keep the lights on. Like Megan, a single mom who has been a loyal supporter of Together…

People are suffering so much during this difficult time.  We are hearing from so many of you for whom pandemic-related job losses and furloughs mean you don’t know how you will make ends meet—you don’t know how you will pay your rent or feed your babies. And we are also hearing from so many of you…