By Eryn Wise | Project Leader
The pandemic is a faceless terror and our communities are caught in its web.
For the last four months we have been on the ground in so-called New Mexico providing critical aid to Indigenous nations (both rural and urban) to try and curb the continued rise of COVID-19 positive cases in our communities.
We’ve actively been supplying personal protective equipment (PPE) such as KN95, surgical, and handmade masks, face shields, hand sanitizer, gloves, medical garments, intubation shields, ear savers, school supplies, Indigenous and Black-authored books, and financial support for food distribution efforts for rural and unsheltered relatives.
To date, we’ve supplied over 70,000 masks and over 10,000 articles of additional PPE to the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Navajo Nation, the 19 Pueblos of NM, undocumented and immigrant communities of the greater Albuquerque area, and community centers and mutual aid efforts through community building and partnership with incredible Indigenous-led organizations such as Pueblo Action Alliance, The Red Nation, and Tewa Women United.
What began as a dream to provide small funds to those most impacted by the pandemic has become our ongoing commitment to mutual aid and we are now in our second phase of this most recent initiative. We look forward to the time when we can come together with our patient interns and in the meantime, lift our hands to the young Indigequeers and allies showing up to support our work across so-called New Mexico.
Iheedn/dawa’eh for your continued belief in this work and investment in Indigenous-led initiatives.
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