Get Gabriella Back On The Road

S-ke:g Tas, my name is Gabriella Cázares-Kelly I am an educator and community organizer who lives in Tucson and works on the Tohono O’odham Nation. I rely heavily on my car for community building and to get me all over Southern Arizona so I can infiltrate spaces not normally occupied by Indigenous women.

Unfortunately, my 2014 Kia Soul, purchased brand new, off the lot and which only has 109,000 miles on it and which I still owe 2 years of payments on, is in need of a new engine.

This bump in the road feels like a mountain for my family. It is an unexpected expense that could keep me out of community spaces for months. This impacts my voter outreach efforts on my reservation; my annual holiday sock drive at an alternative high school; my membership on several democratic committees and caucuses; and a couple of competitive candidate training opportunities that I have recently committed to - after years of actively avoiding them.

I am a dues paying, #RedForEd public school educator, a co-founder of Indivisible Tohono - a grassroots community organization that focuses on education and civic engagement, and a writer who addresses systemic racism, oppression and economic inequality in my writing. You can read my most recent piece here:Rez For Ed, Teacher Walk-Outs on Arizona Tribal Reservations, UCLA Law Review 

I am a working class individual trying to build a movement towards positive changes in my community and I don’t want my transportation situation to impact the momentum.

I need your help to get back on the road.

Please donate, if you can.  Everything is appreciated. 

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Thank you for your love and support.