Help Me Rebuild My Life After Surviving Homelessness

Hello! Before my life fell apart and I was forced to rely on welfare, I was building a body of work as an aspiring photojournalist and gaining on set experience as a photo assistant. Now I'm attempting to rebuild my life, which will be impossible without mutual aid. I've had this fundraiser up for over a year. Initially I started it because I literally had no place to stay in the shelter system because DHS wouldn't make a reasonable accommodation for me to have a single room. I spent the summer of 2023 in three different respites because DHS dropped the ball. In spite of my complaints to 2 city council members, no accountability was taken, and action wasn't taken to accommodate me until I spent a night sleeping on a train after several nights in a psych ER. I then spent the rest of 2023 in a safe haven. I moved into my 1 bedroom apartment 2 days before Christmas. My struggles should have ended there but New York state's welfare system continues to fail me. It's been nearly a year and my apartment is still unfurnished.

The purpose of this fundraiser is to

At the moment I'm underemployed as an UberEats courier. I do not own an ebike and it's too cold to complete deliveries on my bike. I don't have the means to rent or own an ebike, which means I can't make an income. UberEats hasn't been a reliable source of income for a while so I found two part time jobs over the summer. The first job was at a non profit at the Hunts Point Produce market, but they were engaged in shady labor practices and I wasn't being paid on time. My relentless anxiety also played a role in why I quit after 4 weeks. Late in August I was hired to be a delivery courier at Insomnia Cookies, but my anxiety became relentless and unbearable, forcing me to quit after a month. Usually my anxiety around work dissipates with time, but in this case it got worse and worse.

A second Trump presidency underscores the urgency of this fundraiser. The welfare system provides inadequate help and this will become even more inadequate when Trump takes office. Right now, I don't have a phone with service. I rely on a tablet's mobile wifi connection to get anything done and I rely on the tablet to use the UberEats driver app.

I can't live like this anymore. I'm trying to keep my suicide ideation at bay. I've attempted suicide three times and I know that without mutual aid that I won't survive a Trump presidency. I'm estranged from my family and I have no one to turn to. I'm fighting for my life, hence I'm holding this fundraiser.

Other ways to help immediately is through my CashApp, Venmo and PayPal accounts.

CashApp: $photoincubator

Venmo: @Magalie-Bonhomme

Paypal: Photo Incubator

Please help me rebuild my life.