Mia Mingus and Stacey Milbern are two queer disabled diasporic Korean women of color in the process moving from the South to the Bay to create home and community with each other.
This tumblr documents their journey. For more info about Mia, visit her blog at Thank You
These are the people who have made TOSD happen. We could not have done this without yall! Thank you for being part of the TOSD community. You make it so that TOSD is completely community fueled—amazing. Thank you for your care, support, time, commitment, love and passion in so many different ways! Thank you, to all of you, for so much more than could ever be held in words.
*we are adding more names every day and some people did not want to be listed publicly—we send love and appreciation their way too!
The Pod People, who made us believe that collective access could be possible and was the turning point and inspiration for TOSD: Leah, Teukie, Mel, Tee, Dairia, Jessica, Neville, Bruin, Hadley, Christiane, Leroy, Moya, Ryan, Sebastian, Aaron, Eli, Owen, Truc, Jordan.
The Dream Team, who acted as our initial support team and had conference calls with us to trouble-shoot the move: Moya, Sunny, Yolo, Rich and Janice, Teukie, Hadley.
The Finders, who forwarded us housing posts, helped us eventually find our house and places to stay, went to look at (and scope-out the accessibility of) properties for us, and researched everything from storage spaces to wheelchair accessible transportation: Patty, Theo, Bruin, Soo Na, Leah, Leroy, Elaine, Hel, Leigh.
The Donators, who gave money to financially support our move and rallied in 3 days to help us raise money for the lift (all names listed here with consent): Alex M, Alice Y. Hom, Allison McCarthy, Amanda Martin Sandino, Amber Woods, Amita Swadhin, anne jonas, bilen berhanu, C. Gallant, Caitlin Lord, Caleb Hye, Carmen, China Martens, Clara Berridge, cory silverberg, Cristina Serna, Emmy Bean, Emily Yuan Yuan Wang, Emma Harger, Erin Majestic Legay, Heather Cummings, hel, hunter mccorkel, Iimay Ho, Janet M. Patterson RN, BSN, jess Hoffmann, Jesse the K, Kara Carmosino, karen y., L’erin Asantewaa, Laura Luna, Linda Nguyễ, Lizzy Venell, Malin Laney, maria zamudio, Mariama Lockington, Marissa Medina, Mary in Nashville TN, Max Airborne, Naima Lowe, Noori Chai, Perez, Priscilla Huang, Pike Krpan, Quixotess, Rae Picher, Renee, romham padraig gallacher, Sarah Schwartz Sax, Sarah Schneider, Simon Adriane Ellis, Stacey Ridel, Sunnykins, Tara Uliasz, Theo Yang Copley, Tiara the Merch Girl, tyrone boucher, Veronica Arreola, YaliniDream, and Anonymous.*
Everyone who has donated and bought art work for the Etsy Shop, with special thanks to Teukie and Sky for creating and maintaining it and Aaminah, Mai’a, Bianca and China for helping with the booksale!
The Movers, who helped us move our stuff in (and out!): Sarah, Carol, L, Moya, Cara, Glo, Mara, Jillian, Lewis, Connor, D, Jocelyn, Elaine (and her Dad!), Steph, Savannah, Joey, Leandro, Yvonne, Matt, Hel, Yolo.
The Conduits: We don’t know who all of you are, but we know that none of this would have been possible without you. Many of you can be found in the notes of our posts. Thank you for forwarding, sharing, tweeting, re-posting, re-blogging, liking, linking, blogging and following us.
The Care-Shifters, who have signed up for shifts and helped with access: Steph, Elaine, Yvonne, Io, Evan, Rhea, Jessica, Hel.
