Third Wave Fund

We’ve grown concerned about the privacy of this app as well as its new ownership and terms of service. For us and our grantee partners to remain digitally secure, we’re ending usage of this account. It will still stay up as an archive, and we hope to see you on other platforms!

When a disaster strikes, vulnerabilities are magnified, exposing them to increased risks of exploitation, displacement, and trauma. The aftermath of a hurricane can mean losing what little security they had, making survival even more precarious. swopbehindbars.org/so/d8P9TKK--?l…

Thank you @Imani_Barbarin. As of now we have $200k in requests and we have sent out around $42k between our $20k and the money we’ve raised so far. We will continue to send out money as it comes in and get whatever we can to whomever needs it, including after Hurricane Milton.

The lack of clarity for Texas doctors navigating the abortion ban continues. Meanwhile, we're seeing an increase in maternal mortality, pregnant patients bleeding out in ERs, miscarrying in public restrooms, losing reproductive organs, and nearly dying before receiving care.

Budgets are moral documents. The fact that we have so much money for bombs and so little for healthcare, food, and families is an atrocity. And no, we will not stop talking about this as a reproductive justice issue, no matter what funding gets pulled from us.

TONIGHT 9/5: Join our peer-support meeting for young adults with chronic and rare conditions!! 👀😆 Tonight will be a casual chat led by Rosa Kelekian & Sydney Reed @ 5pm PT/ 8pm ET. Register: generationpatient.org/virtual-meetin… #ChronicIllness #Disability #PeerSupport

Happy labor day to all the sex workers out there!

This is terrible, harmful, and dangerous. If you have questions about your rights, legal risk, or are seeking emergency care and trying to figure out the law, call our Repro Legal Helpline at 844-868-2812 or go to ReproLegalHelpline.org. Our advocates and lawyers can help.

Our staff is taking a much-needed "quiet week" to reflect, realign, reorganize, and rest before another busy season! From August 19–22 we'll be pausing our communications, and we'll be back on Monday, August 26. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

📣 Due to organizational shifts and staff capacity, the Mobilize Power Fund will not hold a September grant making cycle. The final 2024 deadline will be Tuesday, October 8. Learn more about the fund and eligibility here: thirdwavefund.org/mobilize-power…

“The Supreme Court is not the site of our liberation. It has never been and never will be. Your liberation lies in what work you do with the people in your neighborhood.” - Loretta Ross thecut.com/article/lorett…

BREAKING NEWS: @GovPritzker signed the Birth Equity Act (HB 5142) that mandates comprehensive abortion coverage in Illinois. #twill

Amidst the violence of ongoing colonialism, organizations in Puerto Rico are expanding the definition of what disability justice can be for queer & trans Black and Indigenous people 🇵🇷 Read our Q&A with two PR-based orgs their work: thirdwavefund.org/blog/practicin… #DisabilityPrideMonth

Again and again and again — cops lie. They lie. All the time, and especially if they are implicated in violence themselves. This is well established and documented, and yet another reminder that when media outlets repeat police narratives unchecked, they are spreading copaganda.

Tomorrow 📣 Join @genpatient's peer-support group for young adult patients! This is a virtual meeting with discussion focused on "Navigating Intersecting Identities." Register here: generationpatient.org/virtual-meetin…

Project 2025 is really bad. But Black and Indigenous people have been denied bodily autonomy, safety, and freedom since Project 1492 and Project 1776.

Florida's refusal to allow transgender individuals to update their birth certificates is a stark reminder of the ongoing challenges faced by the trans community. 19thnews.org/2024/07/florid…

The attack on abortion rights is infuriating. Take that anger & join us in the fight! Join us 7/24 at 6:30 pm ET for our signature event. Learn more about our work & the broader movement for reproductive justice at our Foundations event! ➡️ act.latinainstitute.org/a/foundationsj…

Because you aren’t paying attention or listening to the sex workers who do the work. There are over 230 sex worker led NGOs and grassroots organizations in the US alone. A small samplingnof them include: @strippersunite successfully sued their state for Pandemic Unemployment Benefits. @DecrimNY overturned the Walking While Trans ban. @JaredTruEsqueer became a lawyer for the NYS @aclu. @NicoleG_801 successfully sued her college for $1.7 Million under Title IX for discrimination & graduated from law school. @DesireeAlliance has written a policy for the UN. @swopbehindbars provides re-entry services for criminalized sex workers. @3Wave operates a sex worker-lead giving circle that provides vital funding for sex worker organizations providing direct services to community members. @UrbanJustice’s Sex Workers Project is a sex worker led org that sues companies for labor disputes and helps migrant sex workers with immigration. @ZeppWellness & @BluePearlLLC are a sex worker led organizations that provide therapy services for sex workers. @swopla provides resources including money and harm reduction supplies to street-based workers in Los Angeles. Would you like a list of NGOs in India, South Africa, Kenya, Australia, France, Sweden, Norway, et al? 2 weeks ago I was at @UNGeneva. Here are videos of sex workers around them world protesting the inhumane laws that criminalize us all.