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Feb 2 • 18 tweets • 9 min read
Thread... @WritersofColour is 100% reader funded. and @SamanthaAsumadu is not funded at all! Every little helps 🙏 Thank you
@SamanthaAsumadu More info, they will be helping with book/agent research, blog scheduling, diary management, video editing, campaigning for #JusticeForIPPs & probably #NationalityandBordersBill, some publishing research, converting articles into audio for podcast & more
We're also currently in talks with an UK outlet about being back the @WritersofColour experts directory back. So there will be work on that to do to ImageImageImageImage
And looks like we will be doing some cooperative work with @EVR_ESEA too! So they can help with liasing with @tamhauyu
And we may be hosting a panel (if we still exist by then) at a literary festival in August so work to do on that too.
The paypal is also linked here: linktr.ee/mediadiversifi… thank you!
Oh my gosh! Just had £110 in donations in the last 5 minutes. Meaning we can get someone for 10 hours so far!! ImageImage
So we just need £111 more and they can start on Monday and do all week x 4 hours per day!
Just got another £30 pounds in! Image
Here the link again if you need it!
And check out some of our articles in the meantime under the hashtag #MDClassics
paypal.com/paypalme/saman…
Beautiful stuff guys. Another 10 quid! This is what solidarity looks like instagram.com/p/CZY3KnYoOoZ/…
An #MDClassic
The value of diversity: Could you do your job without getting paid? by @KellyKanayama mediadiversified.org/2016/04/21/the…
3 minutes ago another 15 quid! How much is that now? Who is good at maths? Hopefully our new assistant is! Image
Another £10 🙌🙌🙌
The I you from me and my last (unpaid) assistant Tom for the #NationalityandBordersBill protest in l January. For 2 days he made sure I ate, kept focused for all the interviews I had to do, filmed everything, did all our social media and made costumes! ❤ Image
That morning I sent him my speech notes on whatsapp , He put it in a google doc, sent it back to me. I added more, He printed it and brought it with him to the protest. Here's the speech which he filmed. Couldn't have got through those 2 days without him
Hes back at University now, so have reached out to some other assistants of colour who may be able to start on Monday! If we get the remaining cash, which I @SamanthaAsumadu hope we will! You can buy one of books too, which will go to the same fund! mediadiversified.gumroad.com/l/eesiv
😢😢😢 thank you. Am so overwhelmed!! (Will reach out to all donors on Monday) don't want to put you on here if you are not comfortable being known ❤❤❤ Image
GREAT NEWS! We raised £319.55 over night with only 100 pounds left to reach our goal. We're hoping to get the new assistant started today with some urgently needed transcribing. Thank you to everyone who signal boosted and donated Forever grateful 🙏 @SamanthaAsumadu Image

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