About the Project
Our equity and liberation work focuses on supporting Black, Indigenous People of Color, poor folks, folks who are disabled/chronically ill, and the Queer/Trans Community. UPRISE does a lot of work through in person storytelling and belonging events, community organizing, and civic engagement education. The pandemic may have interrupted how we engaged, but we are survivors and so we adapt. We are now building community spaces of belonging online to decrease isolation, develop mutual aid networks, and build coalitions.
The Feed Our People Project came out of the reality that many of us queer and/or trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color womxn and femmes are doing the labor to move our world toward collective liberation without much time or energy to care for ourselves. This project's goal is to recognize that labor and provide real-time basic needs (hot meals, grocery gift cards, hygiene items, and menstrual supplies) to those doing the work.
The Feed Our People Project came out of the reality that many of us queer and/or trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color womxn and femmes are doing the labor to move our world toward collective liberation without much time or energy to care for ourselves. This project's goal is to recognize that labor and provide real-time basic needs (hot meals, grocery gift cards, hygiene items, and menstrual supplies) to those doing the work.
Meals for Organizers
Our meals to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community organizers during planning and organizing sessions are provided thanks to the Feed Our People Project. UPRISE has delivered sack lunches and hot meals to community partners doing the on-the-ground organizing, coalition building, and working toward liberation for our communities.
Care Kits
Our Care Kits are mailed packages mailed to folks who are doing the hard work of supporting our communities in reaching liberation. These care kits are varied based on funding but include a grocery gift card, teas, soaps, affirmations, resources, menstrual supplies if requested, and/or lotions. These care kits are intended to support Black, Indigenous, and other womxn and femmes of color who often go underappreciated and do the vast majority of the community care needed to keep our communities going.