How to help victims of the Club Q shootings...after learning the hard way.
, and four other people had been killed in a violent, targeted attack. As reports came in with vague details about victims, friends and allies who had become family in our little world were checking in. When I got no response to my text asking Alicia if she was all right, a part of me knew; she'd always responded quickly, and I'd be one of the first people she'd call if there was a problem.
Art of Alicia done by Aloria Weaver became the most iconic image of this moment, and she produced hundreds of prints; we became the distribution center and were able to get a small grant to reimburse her for some of the thousands of dollars she spent to produce them. As fundraisers were put together, we were the place to drop off the donations. Gifts and notes for the families were collected, as well as food and flowers for the staff who would sneak in through the alley, to avoid the crowds.
One of the things I learned from going through this experience was how critical it is for folks to acknowledge the culture and the community that are directly impacted while they are “helping” them. In this case, two Indigenous women were killed and it was critical to acknowledge that they were each connected to many different communities, including the arts community, the Danzante family, the tattooing world, healers, Indigenous family, yoga instructors, homeschoolers.
As you can imagine, for people in crisis — especially those who come from marginalized identities — this process could be enough to make them say forget it, and often they do. How much better if these funders who are collecting on behalf of victims first determined who the victims trust, and had them help navigate the process.
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