Whitney Alese
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Senior Editor: http://TheDownload.news
NAACP Honoree
Words in: Shondaland| Insider| Zora| Kindred By Parents
Seen in: I_d| Wired| NBCnews
NAACP Honoree
Words in: Shondaland| Insider| Zora| Kindred By Parents
Seen in: I_d| Wired| NBCnews
But seriously, why is it anyone else's business what SNAP beneficiaries buy when they grocery shop?
Why do YOU care what other people spend their SNAP benefits on?
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October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
But seriously, why is it anyone else's business what SNAP beneficiaries buy when they grocery shop?
If you're looking to help your neighbors but don't have much money, here are some cash free ways to be community
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Want to help but low on money? Here's a quick list of money free ways to help your community
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October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you're looking to help your neighbors but don't have much money, here are some cash free ways to be community
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Fun fact: Your local food bank can use your $25 donation to access enough food for over 100 nutritious meals.
Don’t ever look down at your donation, no matter its size. When we say “every little bit helps”, we mean it!
Don’t ever look down at your donation, no matter its size. When we say “every little bit helps”, we mean it!
Wait, how many meals?!?! | Whitney Alese
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October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fun fact: Your local food bank can use your $25 donation to access enough food for over 100 nutritious meals.
Don’t ever look down at your donation, no matter its size. When we say “every little bit helps”, we mean it!
Don’t ever look down at your donation, no matter its size. When we say “every little bit helps”, we mean it!
Action should never be overshadowed by aesthetics.
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Aesthetics or Action: You Choose
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October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Action should never be overshadowed by aesthetics.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Watching the same people who have scriptures in their bio laugh about people potentially lose access to food gives me a particular rage
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Watching the same people who have scriptures in their bio laugh about people potentially lose access to food gives me a particular rage
With volunteering reported to be at historic lows, many organizations are in need of helping hands.
Give your time at local shelters.
Volunteer at your local food bank or food pantry.
Serve at the neighborhood feeding stations.
Volunteer to serve meals with community organizations.
Other ideas⬇️⬇️⬇️
Give your time at local shelters.
Volunteer at your local food bank or food pantry.
Serve at the neighborhood feeding stations.
Volunteer to serve meals with community organizations.
Other ideas⬇️⬇️⬇️
Ways to Help Those Who Lose Their SNAP Benefits During The Government Shutdown | Whitney Alese
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October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
With volunteering reported to be at historic lows, many organizations are in need of helping hands.
Give your time at local shelters.
Volunteer at your local food bank or food pantry.
Serve at the neighborhood feeding stations.
Volunteer to serve meals with community organizations.
Other ideas⬇️⬇️⬇️
Give your time at local shelters.
Volunteer at your local food bank or food pantry.
Serve at the neighborhood feeding stations.
Volunteer to serve meals with community organizations.
Other ideas⬇️⬇️⬇️
We often equate mutual aid to just finances, but what if, especially in these cash strapped times, we saw opportunities as “mutual aid”?
Offering professional services pro-bono
Teaching a skill you know well for free
Hair care/ barber services
Preparing meals
Delivering food
Offering professional services pro-bono
Teaching a skill you know well for free
Hair care/ barber services
Preparing meals
Delivering food
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We often equate mutual aid to just finances, but what if, especially in these cash strapped times, we saw opportunities as “mutual aid”?
Offering professional services pro-bono
Teaching a skill you know well for free
Hair care/ barber services
Preparing meals
Delivering food
Offering professional services pro-bono
Teaching a skill you know well for free
Hair care/ barber services
Preparing meals
Delivering food
With SNAP benefits potentially ending in November and food insecurity affecting over 40 MILLION+ people, let’s talk about organizations that are actively helping combat food insecurity🧵
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
With SNAP benefits potentially ending in November and food insecurity affecting over 40 MILLION+ people, let’s talk about organizations that are actively helping combat food insecurity🧵
For those looking for ways you can help folks who are in danger of losing their SNAP benefits.
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People are losing their SNAP Benefits During The Government Shutdown. Here's how to help
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October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For those looking for ways you can help folks who are in danger of losing their SNAP benefits.
youtube.com/shorts/pbwJ7...
youtube.com/shorts/pbwJ7...
Solutions for folks looking for them:
SNAP benefits will end in November if the government doesn’t end the shutdown. More people might go hungry in a nation where an estimated 40 million+ already struggle with food insecurity.
This is the time when communities MUST come together. Some ideas below
SNAP benefits will end in November if the government doesn’t end the shutdown. More people might go hungry in a nation where an estimated 40 million+ already struggle with food insecurity.
This is the time when communities MUST come together. Some ideas below
Ways to Help Those Who Lose Their SNAP Benefits During The Government Shutdown | Whitney Alese
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October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Solutions for folks looking for them:
SNAP benefits will end in November if the government doesn’t end the shutdown. More people might go hungry in a nation where an estimated 40 million+ already struggle with food insecurity.
This is the time when communities MUST come together. Some ideas below
SNAP benefits will end in November if the government doesn’t end the shutdown. More people might go hungry in a nation where an estimated 40 million+ already struggle with food insecurity.
This is the time when communities MUST come together. Some ideas below
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♥️♥️FACTS♥️♥️ grief is about time. Time lost with people, experiences and beliefs. Realizing just how much whitewashing happened to our education, realizing our families were taught & believed the same things and now we all have to grieve that belief, so we can grow and change ♥️
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
♥️♥️FACTS♥️♥️ grief is about time. Time lost with people, experiences and beliefs. Realizing just how much whitewashing happened to our education, realizing our families were taught & believed the same things and now we all have to grieve that belief, so we can grow and change ♥️
The internet is a war zone. I think I figured out just one reason why...
Newest Youtube video now up
youtu.be/9mzIzRVtYu4
Newest Youtube video now up
youtu.be/9mzIzRVtYu4
The Internet is a WAR ZONE. I Think I Figured Out Why...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The internet is a war zone. I think I figured out just one reason why...
Newest Youtube video now up
youtu.be/9mzIzRVtYu4
Newest Youtube video now up
youtu.be/9mzIzRVtYu4
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Oh damn just got word of a friend’s sudden passing….his brother is raising funds for a funeral….any donation or a share would be greatly appreciated….thanks so much 🙏
Donate to David Chavez, organized by Alexis Chavez
In Loving Memory of David Chavez
Hi, my name is Alexis Chavez and it is with a heavy heart that I share… Alexis Chavez needs your support for David Chavez
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October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh damn just got word of a friend’s sudden passing….his brother is raising funds for a funeral….any donation or a share would be greatly appreciated….thanks so much 🙏
As I venture into this new season of content creation, I am so grateful for the support so many folks have shown me. Thank yall.
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As I venture into this new season of content creation, I am so grateful for the support so many folks have shown me. Thank yall.
I am less than 25 people away from my goal of 600 subscribers on my Youtube and honestly, I am truly grateful. Thank yall for your support.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am less than 25 people away from my goal of 600 subscribers on my Youtube and honestly, I am truly grateful. Thank yall for your support.
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A typhoon devastated Indigenous communities in Alaska. Here is what you need to know and where to help.
A Typhoon Devastated Western Alaska. Here's How To Help
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October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A typhoon devastated Indigenous communities in Alaska. Here is what you need to know and where to help.
Who You Celebrate Today Says A LOT About You👀
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October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"It's challenging to talk about how you're doing mentally since it's an invisible injury — people can't see it, so it's harder to understand, but I think that's why it's so important we feel empowered to open up about it.” - Simone Biles
October 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It's challenging to talk about how you're doing mentally since it's an invisible injury — people can't see it, so it's harder to understand, but I think that's why it's so important we feel empowered to open up about it.” - Simone Biles
Today is World Mental Health Day &
it’s okay to not be okay,
there is no shame to say you are struggling,
you don’t have struggle in silence or alone,
there is help if you need it,
& it’s ok to get help.
Here are 9 different Mental Health resources to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
it’s okay to not be okay,
there is no shame to say you are struggling,
you don’t have struggle in silence or alone,
there is help if you need it,
& it’s ok to get help.
Here are 9 different Mental Health resources to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
This World Mental Health Day, let's drop the stigma | Whitney Alese
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October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today is World Mental Health Day &
it’s okay to not be okay,
there is no shame to say you are struggling,
you don’t have struggle in silence or alone,
there is help if you need it,
& it’s ok to get help.
Here are 9 different Mental Health resources to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
it’s okay to not be okay,
there is no shame to say you are struggling,
you don’t have struggle in silence or alone,
there is help if you need it,
& it’s ok to get help.
Here are 9 different Mental Health resources to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
so substack...if I launched one, would you support?
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
so substack...if I launched one, would you support?
I look back on my journal and I am shocked at how I ignored so many signs.
The burnout.
The lack of good sleep.
The piles of unfolded laundry.
The amount of times I was breaking down into tears and hiding it from everyone.
I was not ok...
The burnout.
The lack of good sleep.
The piles of unfolded laundry.
The amount of times I was breaking down into tears and hiding it from everyone.
I was not ok...
I had a panic attack last week... | Whitney Alese
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October 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I look back on my journal and I am shocked at how I ignored so many signs.
The burnout.
The lack of good sleep.
The piles of unfolded laundry.
The amount of times I was breaking down into tears and hiding it from everyone.
I was not ok...
The burnout.
The lack of good sleep.
The piles of unfolded laundry.
The amount of times I was breaking down into tears and hiding it from everyone.
I was not ok...
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The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status, a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis.
The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans
Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."
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October 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status, a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis.
When we stop paying attention, the administration wins & there is no one to stop them.
So, in essence, embracing helplessness only serves the continued harm.
But how do we keep paying attention? How do we keep fighting back when we are already so weary?
Here are 5 ways, Free post on my Patreon:
So, in essence, embracing helplessness only serves the continued harm.
But how do we keep paying attention? How do we keep fighting back when we are already so weary?
Here are 5 ways, Free post on my Patreon:
Who does your helpless serve? | Whitney Alese
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October 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When we stop paying attention, the administration wins & there is no one to stop them.
So, in essence, embracing helplessness only serves the continued harm.
But how do we keep paying attention? How do we keep fighting back when we are already so weary?
Here are 5 ways, Free post on my Patreon:
So, in essence, embracing helplessness only serves the continued harm.
But how do we keep paying attention? How do we keep fighting back when we are already so weary?
Here are 5 ways, Free post on my Patreon: