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Neighborhood Observatory
I know it’s been a while since you’ve all heard from me. I’ve been quite anxious and haven’t been able to quite articulate it in words nor really felt like it. And still can’t really articulate it. However, I just really needed to get on here and talk a little about what’s been a catalyst in how I’ve been feeling. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I’ve been working non-stop to build a mobile observatory to help serve underrepresented communities- little over two years now. I have raised GoFundMe funds from friends, family, and people I’ve met along the way. I’ve applied to many grants, participated in accelerators to make this dream come true. However, I’ve been partnering with an organization in California that I recently left. Along with my departure they “legally” took mostly everything I worked hard for. They have now elected a new chapter coordinator for Tulsa within their organization. And they are basically reaping the benefits off of my hard work for the last couple of years, which is the worst feeling. This was for sure a bad partnership decision on my end for even trusting/ partnering with them and not having my own entity.
I’ve been trying to hold it in but it’s been eating me up and I’ve been so passionate and consistent with this project just for it to be taken away really makes me feel hurt, vulnerable, and exploited.
But now I have to start over. Raise funds again and purchase everything, again. But this time it will be under my own business entity. I’ll take this loss but best believe I won’t forget it.
Even though this is hard for me to say right now, if you see another mobile observatory around town please support it. My anger right now shouldn’t deter the good intent. Although I’m hurting and needed to vent to you all about it shouldn’t be taken out on the next chapter coordinator and their contributions.
But once I get an observatory back on track I hope you all support it as well. Thank you to everyone who continued to support me along the way. My community has really shown up for me during this time. And words can’t express how grateful I am. I just hope I’m able to show up for others like they have for me. So I will not give up.
To all my friends and family who have personally donated, I sincerely apologize for not protecting assets as much as I should have. If you’d like to request a refund. I’m not 100% clear on if it’s guaranteed however I believe you are protected by GoFundMe and can make a claim at the following link: https://www.gofundme.com/c/safety/gofundme-guarantee. Again, I’m terribly apologetic.
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