Hi everyone! We're asking for your help in supporting our friend and comrade Carl Lipscombe.

Carl recently suffered a spinal stroke, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. After several surgeries and targeted treatment, it is possible that he will regain feeling and walk again. However, the process will be long (multi-year) and expensive (about $10K monthly). While he has insurance coverage, it will not provide for the complete wrap-around care he needs--first to adjusting to life in a wheelchair and later to slowly begin to walk again.

Timing is of the essence! Carl will transfer from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility in the next couple of days--around November 13th. There, he will spend 3-4 weeks learning how to function given his new condition. After that (potentially as early as his birthday on December 7th), he will be sent home to figure out the rest on his own. Because...the American healthcare system, are we right?

In addition to fighting for a better healthcare system, we're asking you to contribute whatever you can to support at least 6 months of home-based care ($60,000) for Carl while he navigates his new normal. No donation is too small or too big. Your support will help pay for a home health aid, medical transportation to his many doctors appointments, and help with the activities of daily living that many of us take for granted.

Whether you grew up with Carl in New York or organized with him in the US Students Association, the Student Labor Action Project, Jobs With Justice, the Alliance for a Greater New York , the Black Alliance for Just Immigration , Bronx Defenders , AfterWork Theater , CCNY , or his current organization where he is still the executive director, the Envision Freedom Fund --you are a part of his community. Carl has always showed up for us. Now is the time to show up for him.

Help us get to $60,000 by Carl's birthday (December 7th)!

Sincerely,

Smiley, Jerome, Beth, Keith, Jordan, and Uncle Trevor