A curfew is currently being enforced by the National Guard. The entire island has lost electricity and won’t have it back for at least six months. Deep down, we know that Puerto Rico and its people will never be the same again. Meanwhile, we are willingly or unwillingly participating in a collective mourning, a grieving of what has been lost. Organizing and fighting for a full repeal of the Jones Act. Calling for the elimination of the exploitive debt that strangles the Island.ģ. We trust and highly recommend giving to these grassroots organizations on the island: AgitArte, Defend Puerto Rico and CEPA.Ģ. Many have identified three specific ways to help the island progress.ġ. This has become an unintentional daily ritual since “natural disaster" Hurricane Maria struck the island.Īs 3.4 million Boricuas on the island are working to survive in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, over 5 million Boricuas across the Diaspora wait to hear from family and friends, while trying to simultaneously figure out how we can be the most helpful. With each click, my emotions and tears overwhelm me. “What am I driving at? At this idea: that no one colonizes innocently, that no one colonizes with impunity either that a nation which colonizes, that a civilization which justifies colonization-and therefore force-is already a sick civilization.” – Aime CesaireĪs news of the complete devastation across the island of Puerto Rico is released, I find myself incessantly hitting refresh on my Internet browser.
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