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			<h1 class="page-header">How to Donate Money and Other Aid to Communities of Color in Houston  </h1>
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      <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Four days after <a href="https://www.colorlines.com/tags/hurricane-harvey" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey</a> made landfall in Texas, people in the southern parts of the state remain in dire need of help. <span>Nine people have been confirmed dead and at least another foot of rain is expected to fall before the end of the week. </span>Today (August 29), <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/29/us/harvey-houston-texas-louisiana/index.html" target="_blank"><span class="caps">CNN</span></a> reports that two <span>levees have been breached in Brazoria County, south of Houston, and officials <a href="https://twitter.com/BrazoriaCounty/status/902539081841827842" target="_blank">tweeted</a> a warning that read, “Get out now!!” Houston police have rescued at least 3,400 people in the city, which has already had more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/29/upshot/harvey-rainfall-where-you-live.html" target="_blank">30 inches</a> of rain as a result of&nbsp;Harvey. </span></p>
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<p>Yesterday (August 28), former President Barack Obama tweeted his appreciation to everyone taking part in the rescue efforts and suggested that concerned people donate to the <a href="http://www.redcross.org/" target="_blank">American Red Cross</a>.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Thank you to all the first responders and people helping each other out. That&#8217;s what we do as Americans. Here&#8217;s one way you can help now. <a href="https://t.co/iGfE8rAoAu">https://t.co/iGfE8rAoAu</a></p>
<p>— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/901946021437206528">August 27,&nbsp;2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>But the Red Cross—an organization that provides disaster relief and emergency assistance—has a controversial track record regarding how donations are used following natural&nbsp;disasters.</p>
<p>Per a previous Colorlines <a href="https://www.colorlines.com/articles/where-should-you-donate-help-hurricane-matthew-relief-efforts-haiti" target="_blank">article</a>, “an <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-half-a-billion-dollars-for-haiti-and-built-6-homes" target="_blank">investigation by ProPublica and <span class="caps"><span class="caps">NPR</span></span></a><span> in 2015 claimed the agency built only six homes with the $500 million it received in donations after the 2010 earthquake which devastated [Haiti].” </span>And last year, after people in Louisiana were displaced by flooding, Colorlines <a href="http://www.colorlines.com/articles/read-investigation-exposes-how-red-cross-failed-louisianans-during-flooding" target="_blank">reported</a> that at a Baton Rouge Red Cross shelter, “<span>volunteers had to pay for baby formula out of pocket—even though Red Cross received a truckload of it as a donation that could be distributed to the majority-Black population being housed&nbsp;there.”</span></p>
<p>Fortunately, there are organizations whose focus is to provide assistance to communities of color and other groups that are disproportionately vulnerable in times of tragedy. Here, a partial&nbsp;list.</p>
<h3><strong>Organizations Focused on People of&nbsp;Color</strong></h3>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.me/WorldOnMyShoulders" target="_blank">The Black Women&#8217;s Defense League</a></strong> is a Dallas-based <a href="https://impact.vice.com/en_us/article/vbbxxd/heres-how-you-can-help-survivors-of-tropical-storm-harvey" target="_blank">organization</a> that is working with Houston activists to determine what underserved communities need. Click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blackwomensdefenseleague/posts/1602605389792453" target="_blank">here</a> for a list of supplies that can be donated; head <a href="https://www.paypal.me/WorldOnMyShoulders" target="_blank">here</a> to donate&nbsp;money.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.raicestexas.org/" target="_blank"><strong><span class="caps">RAICES</span></strong></a>, a Texas-based nonprofit legal advocacy group, has been working with <a href="http://www.kens5.com/news/community/donations-needed-for-hundreds-of-immigrant-women-children-released-from-detention-centers/364294864" target="_blank">Texas shelters</a> to find housing for woman and children stranded by <span class="st">Immigration and Customs Enforcement </span> (<span class="caps">ICE</span>) after being released from detention centers. <span>Donate to them <a href="https://www.raicestexas.org/pages/donate" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><span>Unrelated to <span class="caps">RAICES</span>, but benefiting the same women and children, a </span><span>San Antonio city council member has set up a collection to </span><span>send clothing, toys and toiletries to them. You can </span><span>mail boxes to the <a href="http://mysapl.org/Visit/Locations/Collins-Garden-Library" target="_blank">Collins Garden Library</a> in San&nbsp;Antonio.</span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.icnarelief.org/wp/" target="_blank"><span class="caps">ICNA</span> Relief</a></strong>, also known as Muslims for Humanity, is a nonprofit that has committed aid to residents of Southern Texas after the devastation of&nbsp;Harvey.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://blackamericaweb.com/black-america-web-relief-fund/" target="_blank">BlackAmericaWeb.com Relief Fund</a> </strong>benefits individuals and families who are victims of publicly declared disasters. Tom Joyner founded it following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and he has <a href="https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/08/28/open-arms-in-the-midst-of-a-storm/" target="_blank">donated</a> $20,000 to it in the wake of&nbsp;Harvey.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.lhwassociation.org/donate" target="_blank">Living Hope Wheelchair Association</a> </strong>serves populations with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities, and the bulk of their <a href="https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/28/abandoned-vulnerable-hurricane-henry-wreaks-havoc-immigrants-texas/" target="_blank">members</a> are immigrants and low-wage workers. The organization has also been conducting direct rescues since the hurricane made&nbsp;landfall.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.shape.org/hurricane-harvey" target="_blank"><span class="caps">SHAPE</span> Community Center</a> </strong>says its organization aims to “improve the quality of life for people of African descent (all people) through programs and activities, with emphasis on unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.” Since the storm made landfall in Texas, it has mobilized to help the people of Houston stay safe and find shelter.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://southtexashumanrights.org/make-a-donation/" target="_blank">South Texas Human Rights Center</a></strong> is <a href="https://southtexashumanrights.org/" target="_blank">committed</a> to keeping immigrant families intact and preventing migrant deaths along the Texas-Mexico border through community initiatives. The border—and those living on it—were in the direct path of Hurricane&nbsp;Harvey.</p>
<h3><strong>Organizations Helping Other Marginalized&nbsp;Communities</strong></h3>
<p><strong><a href="https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund</a></strong> was created by the mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, as a direct response to individuals and corporations asking how they could help the city. On Monday (August 28), Turner who is also a lawyer, <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348340-houston-mayor-to-immigrants-if-you-face-deportation-for-seeking" target="_blank">announced</a> in a press conference that he would personally represent any undocumented people who faced deportation as a result of seeking help because of the&nbsp;storm. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.thewayhomehouston.org" target="_blank"><strong>The Way Home</strong></a> works to end homelessness in Houston, Harris County and Fort Bend County. It has partnered with a network of area shelters to achieve this. Donate directly to <a href="http://www.thewayhomehouston.org/give/" target="_blank">The Way Home</a> or to its <a href="http://www.thewayhomehouston.org/partners/" target="_blank">partners</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.tfahouston.com/" target="_blank">The Transgender Foundation of America</a></strong> has created a relief fund in the Houston-area for trans and intersex people, two groups who are often <a href="http://www.upworthy.com/26-ways-to-help-the-hurricane-harvey-disaster-relief-efforts" target="_blank">turned away</a> from shelters during&nbsp;disasters.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.portlight.org/hurricane-harvey-announcement.html" target="_blank">Portlight</a></strong> assists people with disabilities who have medical needs or require shelter as a result of Hurricane Harvey.&nbsp; </p>
<p><strong><a href="https://texasdiaperbank.networkforgood.com/projects/33717-change-a-life" target="_blank">Texas Diaper Bank</a></strong> provides emergency diaper kits (which are not distributed by relief agencies) for babies, seniors and people with&nbsp;disabilities.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.youcaring.com/frontstepshomelessshelter-785947" target="_blank">The Homeless Period Project of Austin</a></strong> distributes tampons, pads and other period-related items to those displaced by the&nbsp;storm.</p>
<p><em>*Story has been updated to reflect that the</em><em> </em><em>Collins Garden Library collection was not organized by <span class="caps">RAICES</span>.</em></p>
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