Looking for ways to celebrate Cinco de May this Friday (May 5)? Twitter user Kim Silva (@MotherOfPalms) has you covered with a Twitter thread that breaks down the way revelers can actually support and celebrate the people of Mexico.
“It is important to the Mexican community to no longer be treated as a caricature. We are more than a marketing tactic for companies when at the moment people are wanting a wall to be built,” the Mexican early childhood educator said in an interview with Colorlines. “If the ways that the Mexican community is impacted regarding education, immigration and employment had the same amount of spotlight as ‘Cinco de Drinko,’ it could truly make a difference.”
She breaks down how you can make that difference in the thread below, which she started on May 1. Read it, then get busy.
For non mexicans that wanna participate in 5 de mayo i got yall. This is a thread of how yall can do it ?
— Botanical Babe™ (@motherofpalms) May 1, 2017
Donate to Border Angelshttps://t.co/fjHGUeD41o
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Donate to Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fundhttps://t.co/ePbmNBVLMP
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Donate to the Immigrant Youth Coalition https://t.co/1yzhic8j6M
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Google: daca donation and pick a person’s donation fund to add to
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Donate to CARAhttps://t.co/JVnRd43ANH
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Donate to Detention Watch Network https://t.co/OoGMsrJows
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Call your representatives and let them know that you want an end to deportations
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When people from your community are at detention centers call and ask for them to be released
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Find out ways to uplift the immigrant and refugee community
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Fight against gentrification of latinx areas
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