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Cringe buzz words and attention grabbers aside, it's true - I am a single parent of special needs kiddos, housing unstable, and an organizer/activist, co-founder of an anti-capitalist non profit with nearly 1/3 of a million followers and a volunteer roster of 50, give or take a few.

Nonetheless, hardship hardly has any biased these days, as the United States economy continues to rapidly deteriorate.

Housing insecurity is the crushing reality for an overwhelming and steadily increasing percentage of Americans. I witness the effects daily, through out my own neighborhood and abroad.

Our lease is up for renewal again in March. Rent has risen from $950 for a 3 bdrm unit to $1500+ in a lil over a year ...For renters especially, the housing market is a monopoly - you pay and bend to the landlord class's demands or go without (shelter).

The timing is coinciding with a lack of employment opportunities, that which would meet our basic needs, allow me enough autonomy to work remotely and care for my special needs family from home (Autistics, PTSD, Turrets, chronic physical illness, etc.) and continue to invest my time, energy into humanitarian movements.

Currently, I organize a free meal program known as Appalachian Community Meal, and donate full time labor to the npo I helped to co-found, Moneyless Society.

Optimally, we can secure enough to sustain us at least one full billing cycle as we move across town into the rental we just secured, allowing me the time and space to find/secure a permanent income. Our current monthly basic needs come to a little shy of $3k. That's including a $500 budget for a months worth of groceries and household items, rent of $1575, all utilities, phone, internet, car pymt, insurance, etc. We try to live minimalistically, but even that lifestyle can be costly, considering "inflation" (cough cough CORPORATE GREED cough ahem!)

If you have enjoyed, been moved by or at all appreciated any of the forward facing work I do on the MoSo platforms (social media content, podcast co-host) or know the copious amounts of work that go into administration of a non-profit, if you can appreciate efforts to feed the marginalized, working class, homeless, otherwise forgotten members of society - my family and I deeply appreciate anything you can spare to help us through this transition.

We're all struggling out here..Many are struggling way worse than me and my family. But make ends meet we must.

Thank you for all forms of support. A better world IS possible.

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