May-Sumner 2020
Inside •Covid-19 Update •FIGHT BACK! Tenants Together/Homes For All •It's a Trump Like Life •Dekkoo Wants Queer Filmmakers •Armed Conflict Location Project US Report •#YouAreEssential Campaign •Letter to the editor Do You Remember An exclusive US. Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit That Will Make You Gay Cry and more.
Inside
•Covid-19 Update
•FIGHT BACK! Tenants Together/Homes For All
•It's a Trump Like Life
•Dekkoo Wants Queer Filmmakers
•Armed Conflict Location Project US Report
•#YouAreEssential Campaign
•Letter to the editor
Do You Remember An exclusive US. Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit That Will Make You Gay Cry and more.
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Celebrities Support Launch of<br />
#YouAreEssential Campaign to Fund<br />
Grassroots Organizations Affected by<br />
COVID-19<br />
By Vic Gerami<br />
Powerhouse media personality Ashlee<br />
Mari Preston partners with creative<br />
agency Revolve Impact to launch You Are<br />
Essential (YAE), a social impact campaign<br />
& national relief fund that awards grants<br />
to grassroots organizations and mutual aid<br />
networks working directly with vulnerable<br />
communities disproportionately impacted<br />
by the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
“#YouAreEssential was launched with the<br />
understanding that the most vulnerable<br />
people within our society are often doing<br />
the most vulnerable work; while lacking<br />
adequate resources to help sustain their<br />
efforts—presenting barriers to progress for<br />
them and those they serve. No one knows<br />
what vulnerable communities need more<br />
than those who’ve been carrying grassroots<br />
movements on their backs and of course<br />
individuals living along the margins long<br />
before this pandemic,” said Ashlee Marie<br />
Preston.<br />
Preston, a renowned award-winning media<br />
personality, cultural commentator, and<br />
civil rights activist is often at the forefront<br />
of grassroots activism. She is historically<br />
the first trans woman to become Editor in<br />
Chief of a national publication and the first<br />
openly trans person to run for state office<br />
in California. Ashlee Marie was named<br />
one of The Root 100’s “Most Influential<br />
African Americans of 2017”, profiled as<br />
one of LOGO/NewNowNext’s 30 Most<br />
Influential LGBTQ Influencers of 2017 &<br />
2018, PopSugar’s top 40 LGBTQ’s of 2017,<br />
OUT Magazine’s OUT100 of 2018, made<br />
her TED talk debut in September of 2018,<br />
and was chosen as one of Coca-Cola’s<br />
“Next Generation LGBTQ Leadership”<br />
influencers of 2018. Also, she was honored<br />
as one of Essence Magazine’s “WOKE 100”<br />
of 2019 and is a former national surrogate<br />
for Elizabeth Warren’s <strong>2020</strong> Presidential<br />
Campaign.<br />
“My vision for the #YouAreEssential<br />
campaign was to center and support<br />
those at greater risk of losing their jobs,<br />
housing, and even their lives- and to<br />
expand our definition of what it means<br />
to be “essential,” she added. “We want<br />
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