In March of this yr, writer Sim Kern hosted the Trans Rights Readathon on TikTok and raised over $200,000 for trans organizations. Inspired by their success, The Queer Collective guide membership is internet hosting the Maui Relief Effort Readathon to lift cash for organizations serving to in Maui after devastating wildfires have precipitated a lot destruction.
The Maui Relief Effort Readathon begins in the present day, August 14th, and runs for the subsequent two weeks, ending August twenty eighth. You can take part by filling out the Google kind, studying books by Hawaiian and Polynesian authors for the subsequent two weeks, speaking about the readathon on social media by utilizing the tag #LearnForMaui, and pledging to donate to Maui aid organizations — for instance, you can pledge a greenback quantity by web page rely, chapters completed, or variety of books you get by. You can bounce in at any time!
For extra data, take a look at the readathon data and pointers, the Google kind, their suggestions for organizations to donate to, and their record of books by Hawaiian and Polynesian authors.
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