the 38-hour mini-moment marathon📲
🌈a MUTUAL AID FUNDraiser🌱
…USING THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA!
From the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Report On the Experiences of Black Respondents, we learned 38% of Black respondents were living in poverty. With 24% of Black people in the U.S. Population living in poverty in this country as a whole (James, S. E., Brown, C., & Wilson, I.:3). More than 1-in-3 folx? 1-in-4 folx? The issue is systemic.
Our response needs to be communal.
ARTISTS, TIME TO USE OUR GIFT! THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION!
IF YOU’RE AN ACTOR, THE CHALLENGE IS A MONOLOGUE MOMENT!
IF YOU’RE AN ARTIST OF OTHER MEDIUMS, A MOMENT OF YOUR ART IN ACTION!
how to participate:
USING INSTAGRAM STORIES,
record & post two videos back-to-back:
1) First story video: Introduce yourself + call your friends to give to mutual aid + tag @artrattheatre so we can reshare & stitch it with others’!
- Script Template A:
My name is [name]. I am a [actor, designer, etc.] in [city, state]. I am calling my community into action to raise awareness for the need of mutual aid funds. Please go to @artrattheatre on Instagram to find out how you can donate.- Script Template B:
Hey friends, this is [your name] from (your state) with a moment of my art for a 38-hour marathon fundraiser. The need for mutual aids is urgent. Check the campaign on @artrattheatre on Instagram to find out how you can donate.2) Second story video: A Moment of Your Art In Action (a monologue, a dance, a lighting design, a song, sketch, a drawing time lapse, etc;) + tag @artrattheatre so we can reshare & stitch it with others’!
the marathon:
MARATHON START: Saturday, Feb 27th 9:59AM (PT)
MARATHON END: Sunday, Feb 28th 11:59AM (PT)
By tagging us in your story, we will share your story and stitch together an UNBREAKABLE CHAIN of moments by artists using their talents for justice & most importantly, every artist spreads the message calling their community to ACTION for mutual aid!
the cause:
By posting to your stories, you call your community to action & raise awareness for the NEED for more mutual aid funds.
+ Art Rat Theatre will pledge $10 per entry, for up to $50.
+ Art Rat Theatre will also match the first couple donations, for up to an additional $50.
+ If you can donate in increments of $20 or more, we highly encourage you to directly send funds to beneficiaries with posts on one of these mutual aid pages: @mutual.aid.hub, @newwxrldnetwork, @redistributeurwealth, @openyrpurse! Psst…screenshot your donation and invite your social network to match it! Tell them mutual aid is needed!)
* A NOTE ON MUTUAL AID ETIQUETTE:
If you are going to donate directly, please keep your direct-to-beneficiary mutual aid contributions at increments of at least $20 or more.
why? hERE’S a well-written mandate for mutual aids from @openyrpurse/@funds4caregivers:
Q: what if i want to donate but can’t donate the recommended increment?
A: we need to be aware it can be triggering for folx who are asking for mutual aid to receive small increments like $1~5, or worse, to receive no response at all.
But we also know that it can be new for you to budget for mutual aid funds, particularly if you’ve never done so before. You may not be prepared to donate more than $20 at a time at first.
And yes! Small increments can still add up!
+ ANY and ALL donations sent directly to Art Rat Theatre during this time (for whatever reason; micro-donations < $20 welcome!) will be pooled and re-distributed to calls for aid posted by the following mutual aid pages: @mutual.aid.hub, @newwxrldnetwork, @redistributeurwealth, @openyrpurse in increments of no less than $25.
Donations can be sent to Art Rat Theatre via our venmo or paypal.
All Art Rat donation tracking can be found here.
Reminder: Donations in increments of $20 or more are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to be sent direct to the beneficiaries via their posts on these & others’ mutual aid pages. Pooling funds is most useful to enable smaller increments to stack together.
THERE ARE CALLS FOR mutual aid EVERY DAY.
Any funds sent to Art Rat Theatre will be re-distributed DIRECTLY TO POSTS BY the following mutual aid pages (click here for receipts).
LIKE THESE PAGES, WE TOO WILL BE RE-DISTRIBUTING with priority given to Black trans & queer folks, incarcerated folks and single caregivers (sent in minimum $25 increments.)
PLEASE first consider DONATing DIRECTLY USING THE BENEFICIARY’S PAYMENT INFORMATION available on these pages (please give in $20 increments or more!)
Source: @take.back.theinternet / @mollycrester
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Kelley Ho
A Brooklyn-based theatre artist, Kelley's creative experience lies in arts management, stage direction, and marching band. She graduated with a BA in Drama (Honors in Directing) and a minor in Art History at UC Irvine. Currently, she is teaching Theatrical Creation for teens at the New London Barn Playhouse. | bit.ly/kelleyho
Rose Kim
A 1st gen Korean American theatre artist, activist, writer and educator who believes in paying attention to anti-mainstream currents. She is the founder and producing artistic director or Art Rat Theatre, a vehicle dedicated to decolonizing theatre for a truly diverse, new era audience + catalyzing a greater network of independent, institutionally-marginalized young adult creatives.