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Good morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday!

Ways to Give:

eimearkuopio's friend Kia died suddenly and unexpectedly recently, and her wife is now trying to raise two children alone, with no life insurance to help with funeral expenses. You can read more and help out here and also read Eimear's post about Kia and Sabrina here.

maschalismos was recently diagnosed with lupus and fibromyalgia, and is struggling to cover medical bills for her diagnosis and for ongoing attempts at treatment. You can read more and help out with her medical bills here.

editrx has been struggling a lot lately, and is now facing huge water bills, plus a lien on her house for a property tax bill that has gone past due. She needs to raise $6K to keep her head above water. You can read more about her situation here and help her keep her home here; she also has jewelry for sale on Etsy and her bookshop, Star Cat Books, sells through abebooks here.

taragreen89's sister Uma has been accepted into the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training program in San Francisco, but because it's not considered a "college" there's no federal financial aid available. She's raising money for tuition and also for housing in the Bay Area. You can read more and help out here and check out updates here.

Anon linked to a fundraiser to restore a historical printing workshop in Graz, Austria. They are having a hard time finding money locally for repairs and machine maintenance. You can read more and support the project at their indigogo here.

mr-chatterboxs-column linked to their local circus and aerial arts studio, which is rundraising to support their transfer out of a warehouse garage and into a larger work space. The studio works with a lot of underserved New Mexico small communities, particularly women in an actively feminist and queer-friendly environment. All donations are being matched right now; you can read more here and support the fundraiser here.

Help For Free:

via_ostiense is volunteering for the CARA Pro Bono Project, which provides free legal services to refugee moms and kids in immigration family prison in Dilley, Texas. She is looking for Spanish-speakers and indigenous language speakers (Mam, K'iche, and Q'anjob'al) to do phone translation for their meetings. You can read more about the project here and reach her via PM at Dreamwidth to get more info and sign up to volunteer.

Housing:

fiercynn is moving to NYC for grad school this fall and is looking for housing and fannish roommates in Manhattan. She is a 26yo Indian-American queer cis woman with no pets looking for nonsmoking housing, preferably under $1100/month. You can read more and get in touch here, or contact her at fiercynn at gmail.com.

Anon is immigrating to Dublin this September and is looking for help and/or advice finding housing and a job. She is a single woman, muslim, quiet, non-smoker, allergic to cats and fannish; she's looking to rent a one-bedroom or share an apartment up to EUR1000/mo. She has graduate degrees in the social sciences and experience working with international non-profits. You can contact her to offer advice or help her find a place/job at go_fish44 at yahoo.com.

And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form or via email at copperbadge at gmail dot com. If you're not sure how to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help (or ask for help!).