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An update from our partner, ShelterBox

At Together Rising, we believe that communities and individuals in crisis are the experts on what they need.  So while carefully searching for, vetting, and selecting our partners on the ground, one of the most important values we consider is how well they listen to the communities they serve, and adapt their response based on…

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Together Rising is funding an additional $941,000 to support families whose lives have been shattered by the attacks on Ukraine

For two weeks, the world has watched as horrific violence terrorizes children and families in Ukraine. Countless civilians have been killed. More than two million have become refugees overnight, fleeing for their lives. A deadly bombing just decimated a children’s hospital. Within a moment, what should be a safe place for kids to receive medical…

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WE SAY GAY

To LGBTQIA2S+ youth in Florida and everywhere: You are beloved. You deserve to be celebrated and cherished—not singled out or stigmatized. You deserve to be fully, beautifully, wholeheartedly, and authentically yourselves. You are perfect. Today, in response to the attack on queer families in Florida, Together Rising is investing $150,000 in three trusted organizations that…

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Together Rising has sent $1,003,617.38 to to seven boots-on-the-ground partners for urgent help for Ukraine, including for BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ communities

On Monday, we announced that more than 13,000 of you donated an incredible $1,003,617.38 in less than 72 hours to support Ukrainian families. We promised you that our team was working to deploy every penny in the most impactful ways. As of this afternoon, Together Rising has sent $1,003,617.38 to seven trusted, boots-on-the-ground partners to…

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Together Rising is investing $100,000 to support transgender and LGBTQIA2S+ youth and their families in Texas and across the country

A week ago, in response to the blatant, devastating attack on transgender youth and their right to access life-saving, gender-affirming care in Texas, we promised to invest in these kids and their families. We have an update on our first wave of investments. Together Rising has invested $100,000 in four trusted organizations providing gender-affirming care,…

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Ukraine update

On Friday, we announced Together Rising’s $250,000 initial commitment—and we came to you and asked if you’d join us in standing in continued solidarity with those whose lives were shattered by the invasion of Ukraine. In less than 72 hours, more than 13,000 of you donated an incredible $1,003,617.38. We are deeply grateful for this…

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Ukraine Response

Yesterday, just before dawn, Russia invaded Ukraine, launching widespread attacks across the sovereign nation. In both the capital of Kyiv and in villages across the nation, families piled into cars and trains, desperate to flee, terrified as their lives were upended in a moment. Soldiers faced the impossible reality of sending their children and partners…

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Tina

Before the pandemic started, Tina worked full-time for a busy restaurant. When the restaurant shut down, she had to give up her job as a waitress, which she’d had for ten years. It was her only source of income. Like so many, she was forced to file for unemployment. The restaurant eventually reopened. Tina returned…

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Almera

Who is helping keep Almera’s family—and thousands more like hers—safe, dry, and sheltered? You are. Right alongside our partner on the ground, the incredible team at ShelterBox. Meet Almera. She lives in the Cebu region of the Philippines with her husband and their eight children. Almera’s home was destroyed by December’s Super Typhoon Rai, known…

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