The average cost for an ARC-SE caller to access abortion is roughly $1,800.

-$50 can help cover food for while they travel to access care
-$250 can help cover an ultrasound
-$1000 can significantly reduce the cost of an abortion for someone

Donate to help 2 people get covered:

In addition to lowering the cost of abortion and helping folks get to their appointments ARC-Southeast:

1. Runs a caller support group
2. Distributes Plan B and birth control via a small business network
3. Runs a mutual aid and guaranteed income program

They are the ONLY abortion fund in Georgia

It's amazing to me how ARC-Southeast meets an immediate need/reduces the harms of repressive legislature while also world building a kind of community care that benefits all of us, even if you don't live in the South.

ARC-Southeast has been around for 10 years and in that time supported 40,000+ Southerners access care while redistributing $10 million+ to help reduce the cost of abortion and now all the logistical expenses folks face because of bans.

I also always try to check my own ableism. I do prefer gathering in person but who does or can that leave out and how does the internet offer infrastructure that’s still needed from a disability justice lens.

Mostly it’s giving me food for thought on what kinds of collaborations Build can have within Chicago but also with other indie cafe/bookstores in the south for the sake of building community infrastructure.

I do think that the hyper online folks who claim left as a way to virtue signal are definitely guilty of weaponizing or abusing identity politics in a way that reveals their inner cop. And they physical space is a way to contend w digital noise.

i appreciated this article even tho i did not agree with all of it. I’m also less interested in cafes/bookstores for the sake of the left and more so for class-race-gender solidarity. and it also takes not just reaching across campaigns but identity groups to make that happen.

"To imagine a (re)connected left across bookshops, women’s centres, unemployed workers’ centres, and more. To have those spaces rooted in vibrant discussion and solidarity, with strong community. . .We can collectively build new infrastructures of solidarity – ones that are worth fighting for."

thank you for sharing and reading friend <3.