In light of the ongoing protests in response to police violence against black people, and in light of it being the beginning of Pride Month, a commemoration of another riot against police brutality, instead of my usual pun-filled episode description, I'm using this space to share two things.

First is a list of links to just a few of the resources that need our help right now. A lot of these are local to Chicago since that is where we are and could get the most info, but leave links to other organizations in the comments.

Black Lives Matter Chicago - https://www.blacklivesmatterchicago.com/

George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

Chicago Community Bond Fund - https://chicagobond.org/

Campaign Zero - https://www.joincampaignzero.org/

Ujimaa Medics - https://umedics.org/

The second thing I am sharing is a link of a parade of cars driving by the home of this season's winner to celebrate her win. It's beautiful and joyous to watch, and it's important to remember that taking your happiness where you can find it and celebrating your well earned victories where you can is its own act of defiance.

https://twitter.com/LynKream/status/1266893306421788672?s=20