Dawn-Lyen Gardner Instagram – The violence in this country is fully preventable, but we need to make it our priority to protect people over property and root out patriarchy and blind allegiance to what the “founding fathers” would have wanted. We can decide to build a society that serves the world we live in now, if we have the will. Huge gratitude to @usowomen for compiling the first 4 action items below: 1. Contact lawmakers! 2. Support the families in #Uvalde via their verified GoFundMe 3. Don’t forget about #Buffalo. Donate to @feedbuffalo at FeedBuffalo.org and the diaper bank Every Bottom Covered at EveryBottomCovered.org. 4. Donate to and follow grassroots groups that are advocating for gunAmber Goodwinention, including @lifecampinc, @YouthOverGuns, and @cjactionfund founded by @amberkgoodwin 5. File a complaint against the NRA as a tax-exempt non-profit organization. 5. Support anti-g*n/violence movements and safer communities by donating to @fianational @livefreeusa @lifecampinc All links can be found in my story and will be saved to my highlights. ❤️ As we approach the upcoming midterms, we have to remember that you’re not immune to having your rights taken away just because you have a Democratic governor and a Democratic mayor. What we saw in Buffalo is a representation of the same f*scism and wh*te supr*macy we saw in Ulvade and the dozens of other cities and towns across our country over the years. Freedom is like a foundation we ALL live on. If we allow people to keep chipping away at it, eventually it will destabilize the entire structure. It’s still true that none of us are free until all of us are free, and while some of us are unfree, we are all at risk of the same.