<div><strong><em>Don't be fooled by the "amount raised" on this page. All monies raised so far have already been distributed to help others in need. Sadly, the well has run dry, and I am once again inviting people to help me help others, $20, $50, $100 at a time....</em></strong>
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<div>ORIGINAL STORY of intent for this GoFundMe - A Message from Abraham Bonowitz
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<div>For more than 35 years, I've been fighting the death penalty. As awful as the circumstances are around murder and its aftermath, one of the things I'm grateful for is the people I have found myself working with, many of whom have become actual friends.
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<div>But something that comes along with working within impacted communities is the reality that in many cases, poverty is a real and ongoing struggle. It is rare that a week goes by without someone I know in the anti-death penalty movement needing a quick bit of assistance. Many have big needs and I am still managing GoFundMe pages for a number of exonerated death row survivors and a few family members of murder victims (including family members of the executed). The trauma is real, and ongoing.
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<div>Often I get a call or a text like this: "Brother, I need help making my rent or I'm going to get kicked out," or, "I just need help filling my gas tank so I can visit [my loved one in prison]." Or recently, "I don't have money for food."
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<div>Maybe I'm a sucker, or maybe it's just the values my parents instilled in me. If someone needs help, you help them. All of these people I know are proud, and in most cases they have their own ways of earning a living, but when someone calls with a desperate need, if I can help, I do. And it adds up. I'm not rich. In fact, I have quite a bit of debt, but that doesn't stop me.
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<div>This is an experiment. My goal is to set aside funds donated here so that when someone I know needs a quick bit of support, I don't have to jump through a bunch of hoops or check my own bank balance. I can simply transfer some funds and help alleviate the situation, $50 or $100 at a time. Most recently the need was $150.
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<div><strong>There are those who will challenge this practice. I don't care. </strong>I want to be able to help people without having to go through my own or another organization's structure and process. This is my project - Abraham Bonowitz - and <strong>not Death Penalty Action or any other organization.</strong> If you don't want to trust me, that's fine. Donate to your local food pantry. But if you want to give me greater capacity to be a phone call away for people in a bind who are part of my circles, please chip in here.  Thanks!
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Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

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OneTrust next-app audience

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NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

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GoFundMe Employees

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Mark Rieth IP Address

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Fund is in English speaking country

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checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

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Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

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Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

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Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

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Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

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Mexico country code

Posters INTL

Support Comments Allowlist

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

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Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

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Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

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NPO upsell education category

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AI Chatbot Audience

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UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

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Custom users

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Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

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Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

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UC Tipping v20250107

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Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

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Logged In Users

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Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

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Survicate

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Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

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PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

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