Kate Schapira
I wrote a book, LESSONS FROM THE CLIMATE ANXIETY COUNSELING BOOTH: HOW TO LIVE WITH CARE AND PURPOSE IN AN ENDANGERED WORLD. Let me know if you think you could use it for something.
- Bringing this one back bc I need it in mind today. Maybe you do too.
- Just received word that strikers would also be grateful for some food they can eat on the line, anytime after now!
- ^The Butler Hospital strike has begun & it is POURING in Providence today. If you can get over to the Butler grounds with some umbrellas & ponchos, that would be a great act of solidarity; even more if you can spare an hour to stand with striking staff. Picket hours are 6am-8pm until further notice.
- We got a CORRECTED date for that DIY solar workshop (it's ***5/17, 2-3:30pm***) & a couple other neighborly actions for today & onward. neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
- #PVDlocal/#RIlocal: Lend your voice to the noise rally TONIGHT (5/15, 6:30pm) at the Wyatt Detention Center (950 High St, Central Falls), where our neighbors--G.M.G. from Pawtucket, Vanhhatdy from Providence, and so many more--are locked up after being seized by ICE. We won't let them disappear.
- Just saw a take that was both wild in itself & maybe an example of some kind of error in logic that has a special Greek name
- My book hasn't sold amazingly*. But I'm glad I got to publish one book w/my name on the spine & at least a theoretically large reach (larger than the poetry I was publishing) before the AI boom & other publishing implosions. (1/4) *Want to change that? www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...
- Great thoughts here on the underground current & if you're into them, you could toss a couple bucks in the direction of my local print shop & zine archive who just got slapped with a loss of funding queer.archive.work/donate/index...
- #PVDlocal/#RIocal: Butler Hospital refuses to meet the need for safe staffing & fair wages, so the strike covered in this article is moving forward on Thursday 5/15. If there are opportunities for members of the public to support, I'll share them. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/butler-hos...
- Coming up, Boston
- If you live in one of the suing states (I do!) or another state that's drawn this line, thanking your governors for holding that line IS useful. We've seen these assholes fold when challenged & keep taking from those who comply. If your state gov't is doing the right thing, encourage them to keep on
