The victims of the massacre in Las Vegas will benefit from a GoFundMe account set up by Steve Sisolak, Chair of the Clark County Commission, to raise money for those shot and their families. Click here for more information and to donate money. Public Good also provides a portal if you want to help victims of the latest earthquake to strike Mexico. It would be nice if I could share with you FEMA data on the situation, but as the Washington Post reported, the government has taken that information off its website. And clean water remains a precious commodity, available to only one-third of the island another factor that has doctors and health experts fearful of an epidemic outbreak spread by mosquitos. Román Morales, president of Puerto Rico’s Energy Commission, which regulates the island’s electric power authority. Nearly 85 percent of the island is still without power, which means millions of people remain without electricity weeks after the storm, says José H. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has also launched the Empire State Relief and Recovery Effort for Puerto Rico to collect donations and volunteer.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched an effort to collect critically-needed items, such as diapers, baby food, and first aid supplies.Checking account number: 6810893500.ĭonate By Check – Make your check payable to: Hispanic Federation, in the memo line, write Hurricane Relief Fund and mail to: Unidos Disaster Relief Fund, c/o Hispanic Federation, 55 Exchange Place, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10005ĭonate Goods and Your Time – You can also support the Puerto Rican relief efforts by donating essential goods and volunteer through efforts coordinated by the New York City and State governments: (For example: Unidos 100 John Doe) Then press “send” and click on the link to complete your donation.ĭonate In Person – Visit any Popular Community Bank branch. Type UNIDOS (space) YOUR AMOUNT (space) and YOUR NAME. And here are several other ways you can help:ĭonate Via Text – Compose a new text message for number 41444. The Hispanic Federation is organizing support for the victims in Puerto Rico online at its Unidos portal, where 100% of your gift goes to the Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Fund.Ĭlick hereto make an online donation. All blood types are needed, but there is an urgent need for platelet donations, as well as O negative blood. You can donate money, time and show your support online.īlood donation agencies are urging people living outside of Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia to visit their local blood center and donate blood as soon as possible. Those links will connect you with Public Good, which will direct you to vetted charities that are IRS-verified nonprofit organizations. To help victims of Hurricane Harvey, click here,and click hereto help victims of Hurricane Irma. Here’s the show:Īnd now, the links, along with other helpful information: It’s painful, but I’ve learned more from those, than from my successes. I went out on a limb this time, and I’m more than willing to learn from my mistakes. Let me know your thoughts in the comments, including criticism if you feel it’s warranted. Scroll down, and you’ll find all the links I mentioned in this episode, as well as links to some prior blogposts, addressing important issues raised in our program this month. It’s a packed half-hour, and I relished the challenge. Whether it be relatively mundane activities or extremely complex processes, we have to believe in ourselves that we can actually do it.”Īnd this month on RiseUP With Dawn Ennis, I summoned my courage to do something I’d never before attempted: I flew solo, recording an entire 30-minute show without a guest, without a script, covering the tragic news of the past week and addressing some of the most challenging times of my life. We have to believe in ourselves whenever we do anything. In order to actually do them, confidence is key. It’s easy to talk ourselves out of doing, of even attempting to perform complicated tasks. “It’s incredibly easy to psyche ourselves out when under pressure. Hoban “Wash” Washburne was the pilot of the Firefly-class spaceship, Serenity. I found a post by blogger MyGeekWisdom that deciphered the meaning of Washburne’s inspiring words, as he summoned the courage to fly against seemingly impossible odds. And I drew great inspiration from it this month as I prepared to record the latest episode of my talk show.įor those who are unfamiliar, the movie reunited the cast of Joss Whedon’s much-beloved but short-lived Fox scifi western, which ran for only 14 episodes in 2002. Watch how I soar,” is a quote from Serenity, the 2009 film based on the TV series, Firefly.
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