On today's episode of Cool Queers Doing Cool Shit, Kelsey sits down with Ash Williams, a Black trans abortion doula, public intellectual, and abolitionist community organizer from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Ash shares what he's learned through a lifetime of organizing, starting by advocating for resources for military families, continuing in advocating for trans folks to be able to safely use bathrooms on college campuses, showing up for families who are grieving in the face of police violence, to the work he does today funding people's abortions and bailing people out of jail. We talk about how easy it is to fund these aid efforts, how easy and necessary it is to provide material resources for people in our communities, and how we must do this work at the same time to get closer to a world where we can live autonomous lives. If you're wanting to learn about abortion funding, how to destigmatize abortion, how to show up for people who are incarcerated... then this episode is for you!

Kelsey is always looking for more queers committed to community care to feature on the podcast! If you have a suggestion, drop her a line at [email protected]

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