Help a Portland Activist Avoid Eviction

I am an activist and comrade in Portland, Oregon. I am also the person who acquired the former snatch van at auction earlier this year, and I do Mutual Aid out of it.

I need some help to get by. I waited as long as I could to make this, because I feel terrible asking for money for me when there is so much happening in the world right now, and I wanted to exhaust all other options before coming to this.

Today, June 16th, was the threshold because a rent assistance program I qualify for on paper opens for appointments on the 15th of the month unless that's on a weekend, in which case it opens the following Monday at 9am, and this morning I called at 9:02am, and a few times after that just in case, but they were already at capacity and I was unable to get the rental assistance.

I have a notice of termination of my lease for non-payment because I have not made enough to pay my rent for June yet- I needed that notice of non-payment to qualify for the rental assistance I tried to apply for, but now I am high and dry. I am asking for enough to pay my back rent and my July rent because I cannot deal with the stress of fighting an eviction while recovering from surgery, and I have been trying to get my tubes tied for years and finally got it scheduled for July 7th, which is the deadline to pay June and July's rent and "cure" my unpaid rent violation to avoid eviction. I just need enough to get me through the recovery from the surgery, and I'll figure out next steps from there.

I have severe PTSD that makes it incredibly difficult for me to hold down a job, but I've been doing odd jobs for people on a flexible pay scale- cleaning houses, doing yard work, transporting stuff, giving rides, etc- and I have been collecting cans and bottles to sell l redeem at the bottle drop, and some friends have donated to me already, but after getting my car insurance reinstated and my other bills paid, I only have 900 left from all of that.

I'm going to keep doing odd jobs and trying to make as much money as I can to cover my bases, but I am desperate. The things that I have neglected because they were overwhelming have piled up too high.

Through this fundraiser, I am specifically trying to raise just enough to pay my rent for June and July so that the money that I have already and will continue to earn can go to things like that giant car insurance bill and groceries and gas and cat food, but I am holding off on paying those things because I am struggling to prioritize which things are more important to pay first. I've been living off a family size pack of hot dogs that I got on clearance since Wednesday. The cats have enough food to last another week and a half. Weed is one of the few things that keeps me emotionally stable, but I haven't gone to a dispensary and I've just been raw dogging life for a week and a half since I ran out of weed, with the exception of a pre-roll and a small nug that were given to me at a protest, and that cold turkey sobriety is impacting my ability to function, but I am doing my best to get by.

If I can just get some help through July, I think I can get back on my feet but I desperately need help getting through July.

Please help if you can.

Here's a picture of my cats, as a door prize for reading this far.