This is Uhuru Rowe, speaking to you live from the belly of the beast, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, I will be speaking about how some of the policies that Trump and his cohorts are implementing that are having real impacts on the people connected to people who are incarcerated.
My partner, the love of my life, was recently laid off from work, and the reason why she was laid off from work is because of one of Trump’s policies, which is the suspension of the Refugee Resettlement Program, and all funding for Refugee Resettlement Program. And so my partner works for a nonprofit that provides refugee resettlement programs. And so, she was recently laid off for work because the nonprofit that she worked for had to shut its doors. It had to shut down. And so she, along with all the other employees, were laid off.
And so now that’s impacting my relationship with my partner, because it’s creating a lot of stress. It’s creating a lot of tension. It’s really making her sad, and when she’s sad, I’m sad. And so, there’s a possibility that she would may have to give up her apartment and move all the way back to North Carolina, which is going to add further strain on our relationship because up to this point we were visiting with each other every other weekend. And so, now is the time where reentry crowdfunding is really important, because she just simply don’t have the funds to contribute to it the way that she used to.
So, a comrade created a Linktree for me, and the Linktree is Uhuru Reentry [linktr.ee/uhurureentry], where you can go and find three ways where you can donate to my reentry, and that’s a Chuffed crowdfunding platform; there’s a Patreon platform on there; and there’s also an Amazon wish list. And so yeah, it’ll be very helpful in this very uncertain time that we’re living in, if people can go and donate whatever they can, no amount is too small, or anything if donated, will be very helpful. Thanks for listening.
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