August 2021 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]

*Afghan refugee crisis: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028483700/help-afghanistan-refugees
Donate: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-help-people-in-afghanistan-despite-the-rise-of-the-taliban-its-not-something-which-were-going-to-step-away-from-11629243666
https://womenforafghanwomen.org/afghanistan/

*Relief in Haiti: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/haiti-earthquake-where-to-donate.html
---do not donate to American Red Cross!!

*Hurricane Ida relief: https://www.tennessean.com/story/weather/hurricanes/2021/08/31/how-help-after-hurricane-ida-volunteer-donate-supplies-louisiana/5646238001/

*Support survivors of residential schools: https://www.macleans.ca/news/where-to-donate-to-support-survivors-of-residential-schools/
https://boardingschoolhealing.org/about-us/donate/
Learn more: https://boardingschoolhealing.org/
What non-Indigenous people can do right now: https://thediscourse.ca/okanagan/non-indigenous-people-heres-what-you-can-do-right-now
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/31/beyond-thoughts-and-prayers-actions-you-can-take-to-support-residential-school-survivors-in-canada.html

*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Important ways to help besides donating: https://twitter.com/saniyaga/status/1393472536294436864
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donate: https://twitter.com/motivecult/status/1390779196125949954
https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390757519996465152
Updated thread of organizations and donation links: https://twitter.com/hanjiluvrs/status/1393009297412530177

*India COVID crisis
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eiobgyrl8iz-R1Dz7c4R5pzzzkuZLBj99vaC7T_UeVo/edit
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/india-covid-19-crisis-where-to-donate.html
https://www.giveindia.org/

*COVID crisis in Nepal: https://twitter.com/wjsluvr/status/1393564062835896324

*Info on Islamophobia worldwide, including Uyghurs in China - petitions, places to donate, etc: https://twitter.com/soojiminz/status/1375799685336682496

*Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stop-AAPI-Hate-Resources-for-Donating-and-Supporting-20210317
https://time.com/5947603/how-to-help-fight-anti-asian-violence/

*BLM resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Thread of GoFundMes for Black women and trans folks plus other places to donate: https://twitter.com/dreamygojo/status/1381472879007592450

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--Videos/Links Mentioned--
wrap up part 1: https://youtu.be/ToTCURevxU4
Save Me the Waltz liveshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-gqfYVYvz4&
Read the Renaissance book club: https://twitter.com/readaissance
Joan of Arc book reviews + discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qxSLgX4so&
2 Proper Romance mystery reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-61E6EUIz90

--People Mentioned--
Julia @ Shakespeare and Such: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShakespeareandSuch
Taylor @ PageScreenTaylor: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageScreenTaylor
Hana @ LinhHermione: https://linhhermione.wordpress.com/
Helen @ pagesandpeaches: https://www.youtube.com/c/pagesandpeaches
Kelly @ Cozy Reader Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/c/CozyReaderKelly
Literary Gladiators: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryGladiators

--Content Warnings--
Save Me the Waltz: Racism, grief, exercise to the point of self-harm, dieting, fat-shaming, cheating
The Trouble With Kings: Kidnapping, grief, physical abuse, bullying, fat-shaming, description of suicide (off-page / in past)
A Goose Girl: References to: forced marriage, execution
All the Stars and Teeth: Grief, gore, blood, violence, references to: sex slavery, animal cruelty, domestic abuse
Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses: War, execution, references to attempted rape
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc: Execution, sexism, references to sexual assault
The Merchant and the Rogue: Fire, grief, poverty, references to: starvation, sexual harassment, child prostitution
The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart: Murder, kidnapping, references to: child abuse, domestic violence
Clockwork Boys: Violence, murder, animal death, depression, references to: massacre, suicide
The Hired Girl: Grief, sexism, antisemitism, emotional abuse, attempted conversion*, sexual harassment, references to: animal death
*I think handled with care, but still present. YMMV of course, and also I'm not an ownvoices reviewer so I can't speak to how disturbing/uncomfortable that scene may still be to Jewish readers

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