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ContactTony Vo2020-08-25T14:57:51+00:00

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Did you know that Auntie Sewing Squad has become p

Did you know that Auntie Sewing Squad has become part of the curriculum at San Francisco State University? Auntie Grace Yoo who is a professor there initiated it as part of a summer course. The students now meet up to knit scarves and hats for different requests on First Nations. Meet Auntie Kiyanna who is one of the SFSU students!

"I started as a novice sewer. I had mainly done small stitches on torn shirts or sweaters. When the pandemic hit, a lot of lower income communities didn’t have proper access to masks, and I felt immense sorrow and frustration for them. They had been overlooked by the government, and it seemed like no one cared. I took my novice sewing skills, and grouped up with professor Grace Yoo and some other students!

Grace Yoo spent the next few weeks teaching us different styles of masks, and sent us all the sewing supplies we needed (courtesy of the auntie sewing squad). Once we learned which masks worked best for us, we cranked out as many as we could, and sent them off to wherever they were needed. It’s currently 6-7 months later and we just concluded our last sewing meeting. The need isn’t resolved, but we have contributed significantly.

One of the aunties had reached out to Professor Yoo and sent her tons of knitting materials! Grace passed the materials to interested students (including me) and invited us to a knitting lesson (taught by an Auntie!) and this is the start of my knitting journey. It’s been two days since learning, and I have already completed 12 successful rows of stitching! I plan to learn to make gloves and beanies, and donate them to homeless shelters, or places in need of warm clothing. My overall goal is to help people, and so far, sewing has been a great way to do so."

It's GIVING TUESDAY which means the AUNTIES need t

It's GIVING TUESDAY which means the AUNTIES need to SHAKE YOU DOWN! --> https://donorbox.org/auntie-sewing-squad

Auntie Sewing Squad has been a 100% volunteer run effort getting homemade cloth masks, PPE, hygiene items and other relief supplies right into the communities across North America who need it! We work in solidarity with BIPOC communities and their mutual aid efforts that have long since been ignored by the Federal Government to get them the resources they need RIGHT NOW to survive this pandemic.

Here are some highlights of our work:
💥 Hundreds of active volunteers across the North America!
💥 250,000 masks donated to healthcare workers, First Nations, Farmworkers, Incarcerated Communities, Unhoused communities, and Migrants seeking Asylum
💥 SIX relief vehicles to the Navajo Nation with more vehicles en route
💥 Sewing supplies sent to sewing crews at Rosebud and Navajo Nation
💥 Support of one vehicle donation filled with supplies to Standing Rock
💥 Several pallets of winter clothing to Standing Rock and Black Hills
💥 Free Kids Summer Sewing Camp
💥 Thousands of KN-95 masks and Water sent to farmworkers affected by CA fires

We have no overhead costs and no staff salaries-- so every cent you donate goes right into our relief work! We also haggle, bargain hunt, beg and plead when shopping for supplies to get the best bang for our dollar. You donations will cover postage and shipping costs, materials costs, or the purchase of direct relief aid (KN-95 masks or water) for vulnerable communities.

HELP US DO THE WORK THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISN'T. DONATE. https://donorbox.org/auntie-sewing-squad

"The Auntie Sewing Squad has given me, at times, a

"The Auntie Sewing Squad has given me, at times, a front-row seat to the some of the most passionately altruistic activists in this pandemic, the aunties (and uncles, and other kinfolk) sewing masks with devotion, skill, determination, and radical solidarity. Occasionally, I’ve found a way to step in and be useful (earning me my much cherished title of 'Writer Historian Shakedown Auntie' from our founder and overlord, Kristina Wong), but mostly I’ve been a witness and an admirer. All the time, I’ve learned so much about how the government failed and self-organized civil-succeeded, about how beautiful a handmade mask to protect wearers from the pandemic and from the devaluation of the systems that failed them could be, about how aunties could take care of each other and make sewing each mask part of an insurrectionary project of sewing together a broken world. And more than masks—I got drawn into working to send supplies first to the Navajo nation and then into working with Lakota allies of A.S.S. and the morning of the evening that I wrote this, we boxed up more than 200 coats and other warm things to send Lakota contacts in South Dakota for distribution. My partner has been so impressed by this project, he’s gotten on board and organized the donation of 6,000 pounds of medical supplies and equipment and is currently fundraising for an ambulance for the Standing Rock reservation. So it goes: sewing a mask, sewing together a community, sewing together networks, and threads of commitment and care that reach onward and outward farther and farther into the world."

-- Auntie Rebecca Solnit (standing far right in this photo after helping pack hundreds of winter garments with her friends and family from a generous Bay Area donor).

🎁 Buy something off the Standing Rock Wishlist: https://bit.ly/StandingRockSD

👵 Auntie Esther recently finished 50 of these m

👵 Auntie Esther recently finished 50 of these masks to protect the citizens of Navajo Nation in Tuba City, AZ. The hats and scarves she knitted will go to Standing Rock folks in Little Eagle, SD! Busy hands!

🧣🧤Know anyone who knits? We are helping facilitate donations of knit hats and scarves to Standing Rock, Black Hills AND the Navajo Nation for the winter. Wool yard is great for the subzero winters in the Dakotas, and acrylic yarn will work for winters on the Navajo Nation. Message us for mailing addresses!

🎁 You can also buy something off this wishlist for the Navajo Nation (Western Region): https://tinyurl.com/navajowishlist (look for Theresa Hatathalie's gift registry address at checkout).

🎁 This is Standing Rock's Amazon Wishlist: https://bit.ly/StandingRockSD (look for Jon Edwards' gift registry address at check out)

#knitting #maskmaking #standingrock #navajonation #blackhills #covidrelief #winterclothingdrive #mutualaid

The Aunties don't know what's cuter, Lakota kids w

We hope this Thingstaken Weekend holiday is one of

We hope this Thingstaken Weekend holiday is one of reflection and generosity for you. All weekend, the Aunties will be sharing ways you can support First Nations with supplies they need in a moment where systemic inequities have only been magnified.

Our Aunties have been sending supplies to TWO RIVERS MUTUAL AID COLLECTIVE to support 213 Navajo/ Dine kids in the foster care system.

CURRENT PROJECTS:
Navajo Nation Foster Children Northern Agency

Art Supply Care Packages and Winter hats, masks, gloves, scarves and backpacks for ages 0 to 18 years old.

Amazon Childrens Wishlist
https://a.co/ha9b3wE

Elder Care Packages: Masks, cedar, sage, tea, hand sanitizer, lotion, shea-butter herb soaps, masks, vitamin C, dried fruits and nuts, hats, scarves, gloves..
Amazon Camp and Adult List
https://a.co/94M1xPa

ADDRESS FOR SHIPPED ITEMS
Two Rivers Camp
Bettina Castagno
P.O. Box 13
Kirtland N.M. 87417

Monetary gifts as friends to PayPal
Tworiverscamp@yahoo.com

#SolidaritynotCharity #selfgovernance #RadicalIndigenousMutualAid #MovingHumanityForward #RemembertheChildren

First, a Lakota youth at Standing Rock with no coa

First, a Lakota youth at Standing Rock with no coat in the snow. Swipe to see the same youth wearing a coat donated by one of you to our coat drive!

Thank so much for giving so much to our friends at Standing Rock. They are still accepting donations of winter gear in all sizes to get through subzero winter. Read below for that information!

You can also purchase something off the Standing Rock Amazon Wishlist: https://bit.ly/StandingRockSD

📪Mail ALL SIZES ITEMS Directly to Standing Rock via USPS: Virgil Standing Crow, PO Box 54 Little Eagle, SD 57639

📪Mail ALL SIZES ITEMS Directly to Standing Rock via UPS/ FedEx: 228 Grand River Drive Little Eagle, SD 57639 [NOTE: your UPS/FedEx office may not recognize the address, but YES they will receive the package!]

#thanksgiving #mutualaid #indigenouslivesmatter

Our OG Auntie Rosalind spotted a scrub cap that sh

Our OG Auntie Rosalind spotted a scrub cap that she sewed at the top of the pandemic on a nurse in this LA Times article. A testament to her strong sewing quality but also how goddamn long this pandemic has been going due to poor response from the Federal government! Read more about why Auntie Rosalind sewed so much at the top of the pandemic:

"I’m a fine art portrait photographer by trade. Last September, my then-18-year-old son had a freak accident, causing a traumatic brain injury. He was in a medically induced coma for a month and whether he would survive was doubtful for much of that time.

During the many hours we spent in the hospital, I became friendly with the doctors and nurses who cared for him. Their kindness remained with me even after we came home. When the pandemic hit, I contacted those nurses and asked if they had enough PPE for the coming surge in Covid patients. They said they were woefully unprepared, so I began to make masks for them in late February. In all, I hand-made 1700+ masks and 300+ scrub caps and donated them to hospital personnel and other frontline workers."

#wearamask #staysafe #shelterinplace

Auntie Jennifer shared this picture last week of h

Auntie Jennifer shared this picture last week of how British Columbia ferries inadvertently posted signs with a PENIS on the side of a face. Do you see it?

Sometimes the Aunties need to take a break from all the emotional and physical labor of being a pretend FEMA from our sewing machines to just enjoy this kind of stuff. You are welcome.

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