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love, solidarity & disability wrath 🌹peer-led mutual aid network for & by SxWrs on van isle & gulf islands 🎞️ @sh.film.photography

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THE MORE YOU KNOW. with gratitude to @sailingrockprints for their wisdom that helped inform this post and for their energy in compiling such a thorough document for our community.

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title photo: @chromefaerie taken in Lekwungen Territory by @iacollectivex

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Check out "Community-led Responses to C0VID19" by NSWP for an in-depth look at global trends in SW social protection. taken in Lekwungen Territory by @iacollectivex

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💥 Paid education & advocacy for BC sxwrs! ✨ If you're seeing this, send this to someone who would be interested in attending 😘 We're prioritizing first time attendees! Link 🔗 in Bye Oh taken in British Columbia, Canada by @iacollectivex

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⚕️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈☂️Registration in the biome 🔗 taken in Internet Angel by @iacollectivex

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we ❤️ our ever-growing network of event fundraising partners:

@sh.film.photography
@angelic.stargirl
@ilovemywifeproductions
@itscrimsonlive
@sylvesterstallettobackup
@dykenightyyj
@sharonpinkishere
@ali_rae_comics
@lexci.sterling

and every person & business & attendee who's helped us raise funds this year 💋 by @iacollectivex

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The 3rd Annual Bikini Car Wash was a success! Thank you @angelic.stargirl for spearheading yet another wet & wild year, to all the bikini babes who made it happen, and everyone who made it out to support community care! @midnightangelfilm @stealingfromtheselfcheckout & @wheeliesmotorcycles by @iacollectivex

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L i 🔗 n k > B i 0

One of our dear community members is about to lose her housing and needs community to catch her before she falls through the cracks. She's at $693 of $4K. Please like and share 💖 by @iacollectivex

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What role will you play in the ecosystem of transformative change? Some beautiful & important reflections by the wise @ajhawkinsx on each of our unique roles within collective survival and liberation work.

ID Slide 1: Black background with green seedling and underground worm/millipede illustrations. White text reads "COMPOSTING A DYING WORLD" by @ajhawkinsx. Subtitle: "REVOLUTION AS AN ECOSYSTEM OF TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE"

ID Slide 2: Beige background. Text discusses the necrobiology ecosystem and how revolution can transform a dying world. Ends with "WHAT PART WILL YOU PLAY?"

ID Slide 3: Dark background, beige text box. "The Offender" defined as one who defies and disrupts. Functions: provocateur, good trouble. Actions: sit-ins, protest, civil disobedience. Mascot: bacteria illustration with text on their role in balance.

ID Slide 4: Dark background, beige text box. "The Defender" defined as one who protects and preserves. Functions: community defense, de-escalation, climate justice. Actions: teaching self-defense, archiving data, protecting forests. Mascot: millipede illustration with text on their protective nature.

ID Slide 5: Dark background, beige text box. "The Tender" defined as one who cares and provides. Functions: community care, peer support, wellbeing. Actions: community gardens, meal shares, ritual, childcare collectives. Mascot: earthworm illustration with text on their role as soil tenders.

ID Slide 6: Dark background, beige text box. "The Mender" defined as one who repairs and maintains. Functions: conflict resolution, healing, restoration. Actions: sewing, mechanics, mediation, street medics, herbal medicine. Mascot: fungi illustration with text on their capacity to neutralize toxins.

ID Slide 7: Dark background, beige text box. "The Connector" defined as one who brings together and builds. Functions: education, construction, social networking, resource mapping. Actions: carpools, mutual aid, teaching, building. Mascot: termite illustration with text on their complex social structures.

Image descriptions continued in comments! by @iacollectivex

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❤️ Deadline to apply: Sept 1
❤️ Up to $1,000
❤️ Application in bi0
❤️ Questions? Email - ia.connect [at] proton [dot] me

ID SLIDE 1: Red background with pixelated red heart-shaped padlock and gold key icon at top. Text in black reads "Intimate Access Presents" and in large orange and black outlined letters reads "Kinship Fund"

ID SLIDE 2: Pink textured background. Text in black reads "This is a pilot project for sxwrs who want to take the lead on creating something low-pressure & accessible that helps foster connection, belonging, & deepening interdependence within the our community based on vancouver island & the gulf islands. This fund supports SW-led initiatives & gatherings, and is separate from our quarterly micro-grants."

ID SLIDE 3: Pink textured background. Text in black reads "This is a mutual aid-based grant, so we're interested in how your idea will support a number of sxwrs & community on the island(s). For example, this could be an event, a resource, a support circle, a feast, a practical tool (a fundraiser event for IA!), or anything else that other workers could use or benefit from. We're looking for ideas that reflect the wants & needs of workers that also takes into account accessibility & inclusion." taken in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada by @iacollectivex

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Disbursement #10 is complete - now help us replenish our treasure chest for Fall/Winter 😘

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Retro digital graphic with two white pixelated hands reach toward a red heart-shaped padlock with gold key on a vibrant cosmic wave background in purple, pink, yellow, and blue. Text: "JUNE 2026 DISBURSEMENTS."

ID SLIDE 2: On a pink background: text reads "for this quarter:" with bullet points listing $9,000 disbursed, 28 recipients, 18 first-time applicants, and 10 returning applicants. Below: "disbursement by region:" showing south island 53.6%, mid-island 17.9%, north island 25%, gulf islands 3.6%.

ID SLIDE 3: Pink background with text: "When you support our mutual aid fund, here's what your money does" with a pixelated red heart-shaped padlock and gold key icon in the center.

ID SLIDE 4: Pink background with italicized quote: "This grant would help me not have to see as many clients and afford a safe place to rest." Pixelated heart lock icon at center.

ID SLIDE 5: Pink background with two italicized quotes. First: "I am currently unhoused and struggling to meet my basic needs daily. I often have no safe place to sleep. This grant will help me with moving costs." Second: "I am Indigenous and live with multiple disabilities. These funds would help me buy groceries that meet my dietary needs." Heart lock icon at center.

ID SLIDE 6: Pink background with pixelated heart lock icon at top. Text: "We are a grassroots mutual aid network led by & for disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically-ill s3x workers on vancouver island and the gulf islands. We're not an organization or a non-profit; we're a handful of wh0res doing direct redistribution with the loving support of our beloved community & accomplices aligned with our values."

ID SLIDE 7: Pink background with heart lock icon. Text: "Our mutual aid fund is entirely community-funded through donations, events & fundraisers. With no funding directives, bureaucracy or overhead, every dollar goes towards people with lived experience in the s3x trade/industry here on the island."

Image descriptions continued in comments! taken in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada by @iacollectivex

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