Hurricane Dorian left devastation and chaos in its wake. Thousands of people find themselves without safe drinking water, food, access to medical care, and even shelter.
Click here to contribute whatever is meaningful to you to help provide food, shelter, and advocacy for Dorian survivors.
Want to do more? Sign and send the petition to Congress: Demand Trump waive visa requirements for Bahamian evacuees.
There are many international, national, and local agencies that are providing much-needed, on-the-ground work—providing water, delivering food and diapers, and much more—all while helping residents rebuild.
We are asking you to give what you can to support the work being done by two hard-working organizations, and to also contact Congress.
- Chef José Andrés and his charity, World Central Kitchen, have delivered about 10,000 meals per day to people impacted by Dorian. They hope to reach 30,000 meals per day. (As you likely know, we're longtime fans of WCK here at Daily Kos, and I'm particularly pleased to be able to support their work.)
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In advance of the storm, Team Rubicon helped vulnerable communities prepare for impact by filling sandbags and boarding up windows. Now, its medical strike teams are treating people in remote locations, while other teams are delivering supplies and rebuilding homes.
Dorian was one of the most severe Atlantic storms on record, and its impact will be felt for months, maybe even longer. Please chip in $1 each to groups already providing relief.
If you are unable to contribute, please share this fundraiser with your personal network, along with a note about why this is important to you. We've found personal asks to be incredibly impactful. You can also sign and send the petition to Congress: Demand Trump waive visa requirements for Bahamian evacuees.
Meanwhile, after losing everything and finally finding hope by boarding a ferry to the United States, more than 100 Bahamians were denied entry due to a last-minute policy change by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The White Nationalist in Chief even went so far as to malign Bahamians and once again misinform the public. He really is a piece of [my Grams reads this blog and would not like my preferred word choice].
Given our planet’s growing climate emergency, this won’t be the only time climate refugees will attempt to seek shelter in the U.S. What Trump does now will set a precedent for how we treat hurricane and other disaster survivors in the future.
Before news broke about the evacuees who were forced off the boat, a bipartisan group of Florida politicians had already asked Trump to waive visa requirements for Bahamians. We need more electeds to join their call to action.
Click here to contribute whatever is meaningful to you to help provide food, shelter, and advocacy for Dorian survivors.
Please also take a moment to contact your senators and member of Congress and strongly urge them to demand Trump waive all visa requirements for Bahamian evacuees.
Thank you for all you do. Keep fighting.