Saturday, August 20
Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, performing at The WKC with a full 6-piece band, channel the spirit of legendary country duos in a contemporary blend of honky-tonk and traditional bluegrass.
This outdoor fundraising event includes a 5PM barbeque dinner and a 6PM concert (two-step dance lessons also included!)
(more…)Bushel’s neighbors at FOR-DO — Friends of Recovery of Otsego and Delaware Counties — host an ever-increasing number of community classes, workshops, and events including an Open Mic night several nights per month. Check out their calendar here (scroll down for Delhi’s chapter).
They also offer NARCAN training, which takes less than an hour and can save a life. And you can donate or volunteer your support here.
PEACE FOR UKRAINE
August 7, 1-8pm
The Turquoise Barn
8052 Rt 18, Bloomville, NY
Music, Art, Storytellling, Poetry, and food from the Tulip & Rose
Help raise funds for Emergency Relief Effort Ukraine / Doctors without Borders
** rain or shine **
(more…)Neighbors in South Kortright are putting on a pre-order bake sale/fundraiser to support two organizations that are helping with Afghan refugee resettlement: Keeping Our Promise and International Rescue Committee. For information and to place your order by Nov 12, go to their website.
From NO OD NY: Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs) are sites where people may use illegal drugs under the supervision of trained staff in order to reduce the risk of death, disease, and incarceration. Governor Cuomo promised an activist coalition that he would greenlight OPCs in Ithaca and New York City in 2018. The pilot program remains unauthorized.
This July, Ryan Carson and a team of activists will walk more than 350 miles across New York state in order to pressure Governor Andrew Cuomo to authorize Safe Injection Facilities in New York state. Along the way, they will host town halls and other public events in order to foster dialogue about the opioid epidemic and raise awareness about the life-saving potential of Safe Injection Facilities. They will stop in cities across the state that have been hard hit by the opioid epidemic, connecting with New Yorkers whose lives have been forever changed by this crisis.
Learn more here, follow the walk here, and support the project by contributing to their GoFundMe here.
Safe Against Violence, a program of Delaware Opportunities, is seeking volunteers to help with public awareness events, provide support to shelter clients, answer 24-hour hotline, and distribute written material in the community. For more information, call 607.746.1720 or email sav@delop.org.
FOR-DO’s The Turning Point is located just down the street from Bushel (next door to Bushel’s old space!), Standing for “Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego [Counties]”, FOR-DO affirms the power and possibility of recovery and accomplishes its mission by:
Many of the workshops and programs — including writing workshops, open mic, book club, and meditation — are open to all members of the public whether or not they are participating in the center’s recovery-specific services.
They also offer NARCAN training for opioid overdose prevention, in-person or on Zoom.
See the full schedule of programming here: https://www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/calendar, where you can also see information about donating or volunteering with the center.
The Petunias Are Doing Amazing: A Prison Journal and Plant Care Guide
Bushel hosts virtual monthly meetings of the Inside-Outside Study Group, co-founded by Bushel’s Thursday morning meditation facilitator Molly Yakusan Stevens. Inside-Outside fosters emotional and spiritual connections through prison walls. You can read about their doings here. And definitely check out this book that has come out of the group: The Petunias Are Doing Amazing: A Prison Journal and Plant Care Guide, by Shane Pema Tenzin Marcantel. All proceeds go to the author’s reentry fund.
The following is a working list of organizations that work to advocate for, uplift, and protect Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander lives. Most of these resources were compiled from lists shared by: Jess X. Snow, RISE Indigenous, and Lisa Lowe. Recirculate freely and donate where possible.
(more…)This weekend (May 14-15), support our local humane shelter by attending or donating to their rummage and bake sale! Details here.
Here are some places to donate to mutual aid groups supporting Texas residents affected by storms, outages, and government neglect. These links are from this live doc, which is continually being updated.
WHO: W.I.D.E is a local group of women promoting inclusivity, diversity and equity in our community through education, literature and the arts. Due to Covid, most of the funding is going to updating the local libraries and classrooms with modern literature that includes multicultural themes and minority voices.
WHAT: #DinnerforaDifference is an Italian style dinner created by local Chef Deanna D’Angelo (ChefDeanna.com) with food donations by Catskill Regional Harvest. Suggested donation is $25 per plate and features a Farm Fresh Salad, Home Made Manicotti and Meatballs, and Garlic bread. There is a vegetarian option without the meatballs. There will also be baked goods to buy at pick up to satisfy your sweet tooth, again, by donation.
While the suggested donation is $25/plate, any amount is happily accepted and dinners can also be sponsored. One can pay for a dinner and we will get it to a family in need.
WHEN: Order today for pick up on Wednesday, January 20th from 4-6PM
WHERE: Two convenient pickup locations in Delhi and Bovina.
Our friends and comrades at Star Route Farm are transitioning to full-time food sovereignty work, and hosting a GoFund me to support the efforts If you can’t make it to Kitty’s, there is a general GoFundMe to help support Star Route’s food justice work. ALL THE INFO IS HERE! <3
The People’s Wellness Initiative is a network of Catskill, Hudson-Valley and New York City based herbalists offering direct wellness support to individuals and families in Black and Brown communities. Learn more and participate in their GoFundMe campaign here!
From the organizers:
Did you know that :
1 in 920 Black Americans has died of Covid-19 (108.4 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 1,110 Indigenous Americans has died of CV-19 (or 90.0 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 1,360 Latino Americans has died of CV-19 (or 73.5 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 1,450 Pacific Islander Americans has died (or 68.9 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 1,840 White Americans has died of CV-19 (or 54.4 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 2,200 Asian Americans has died (or 45.4 deaths per 100,000)
Help us get free herbal medicines to the underserved and marginalized indigenous, black and brown communities afflicted with COVID and other health conditions.
Donate $25 or more to this drive. Your gift will be a 2 ounce bottle of Sweetgrass Spray (limited supplies).
(more…)From the Black Hills Legal Defense Fund Website:
“On July 3rd, 2020 Indigenous People and our allies were arrested in the process of defending our sacred lands in the Black Hills. Acts of courage and civil disobedience resulted in arrests and criminal charges … As a group of Indigenous people and our allies we made a stand against Donald Trump the President of the United States who made a decision to come to Oceti Sakowin Territory without the free prior and informed consent of the Tribal Nations of the region…At a time of social and racial reckoning in this country Trump has perpetuated a White Supremacist narrative that has further divided the country. As a group of Indigenous People and our allies we are committed to the dismantling of White Supremacy and systemic racism in this country.”
Donate at https://bhlegalfund.org/
Our partners at the607csa* have just launched three food-justice programs — one to subsidize CSA shares, one to support local food pantries, and one to donate to NYC programs that support healthy food for the city’s BIPOC communities. To read more and donate: https://www.the607csa.com/programs *Bushel is a pick-up location for the CSA, but upstate residents who are not CSA members may order food from the a la carte menu at any time to pick up at Bushel the following Wednesday. Visit the website for more details: https://www.the607csa.com/
“This fund has been set up in response to the escalation of protests by the Albany Police Department to ensure the safety of protesters through bail AND rapid response RADICAL BLACK SAFETY. This fund is designed to function as mutual aid and is managed by Albany racial justice activists Amy Jones and Clyanna Lightbourn of Voix Noire.” DONATE HERE
Direct your support to Capitol Region-organized Voix Noire. From the website:
“If you are a Black or Indigenous person experiencing hardship during this pandemic, send an email to RonaRationsVoix@gmail.com and include a social media profile link, zip code, delivery address for food/groceries and Cash App or Venmo links. Asks are fulfilled on a first-come first-serve basis and dependent on the resources available through community donations made.
If you are able to donate to the pool for COVID-19 relief you may give to our COVID Fund, Food Security Pool, or direct cash to Creighton’s Cash App or Venmo. Since March 29, 2020 we have distributed over $26,000 in relief to those affected by COVID-19. Your financial donations are needed to continue the work.”
Read more here: https://voixnoire.com/
Today is Breonna Taylor’s birthday. Here are links to action items in her memory and to support her family and the fight for justice. https://msha.ke/30flirtyfilm/
This list is being continually updated (as of June 4) and lists ways to support protesters and the movement for black lives. It includes places to donate for immediate needs, and much more: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/12y7-Wa4gi8HUeFTv17gPcbMGuVX5cqIudLJmhOrq1-k/mobilebasic#id.9ape04ecjrr5
This Google doc, compiled by Uprising Radio, lists bail funds and legal support, city by city. If you know of funds that aren’t listed here, you can submit them to the list via the Facebook page.
This fund is bailing people out of the jails on Rikers Island (people who haven’t been found guilty of any offense, but are put behind bars simply because they couldn’t afford to pay the bail the judge set) and helping them find a place to stay when they get out. Jail is not a safe place to be.
If you are receiving a stimulus payout and your circumstances allow you to share it, AMOR (Alliance to Mobilize our Resistance) is organizing redistribution to those most in need.
The Community Pantry in Margaretville has fully updated information on their website. They are offering food delivery to those in need, and are also seeking donations (food and money) and volunteers.
If you or someone you know is an “essential” worker, you can get free mental / spiritual care through the NYC COVID Worker Care Network. If you are you are a therapist, counselor, life coach, spiritual care provider, healer, organizer, or trained crisis line volunteer and are willing to donate some time to support essential workers and their families, please consider donating time. You do not need to be located in NYC to receive or give help. (more…)
Our local hospitals are running very low on personal protective equipment (PPEs). If you have a sewing machine and/or fabric at home, please consider volunteering to sew fabric masks for hospital staff. Information and sewing pattern here.
Read the notice on the Delaware Opportunities website thanking people for offers to volunteer and donate food and explaining that financial support is what is most needed right now:P https://delawareopportunities.org/