Michael Copperman
@michaelcopperman.bsky.social
Writer (Teacher UPM 2017), Educator (MSU), gardener, boulderer, runner, wrestler, Aikidoka. https://gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Today, my Kentucky Wonders joined the tomato party— along with some VERY hot peppers
August 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today, my Kentucky Wonders joined the tomato party— along with some VERY hot peppers
Now it all comes in, all at once
August 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Now it all comes in, all at once
All the bounty of summer. Wish I could share it with Mashal’s Afghan refugee family facing deportation back under the Taliban— who need resources more practical to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #Afghanistan #Resist
July 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
All the bounty of summer. Wish I could share it with Mashal’s Afghan refugee family facing deportation back under the Taliban— who need resources more practical to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #Afghanistan #Resist
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Blessed to have my aunty’s visit the mainland from Oahu, and to be treated to a deluxe chirashi bowl. But I am thinking of what my wife’s Afghan refugee family has to eat. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Blessed to have my aunty’s visit the mainland from Oahu, and to be treated to a deluxe chirashi bowl. But I am thinking of what my wife’s Afghan refugee family has to eat. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Fresh from my garden. Wishing I could share this with my wife’s refugee family, who cannot get fresh food. Please help them survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #mutualaid #refugees
July 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Fresh from my garden. Wishing I could share this with my wife’s refugee family, who cannot get fresh food. Please help them survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #mutualaid #refugees
Please help us meet our goal— help this refugee family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd . #mutualaid #refugees #refugeeswelcome
July 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Please help us meet our goal— help this refugee family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd . #mutualaid #refugees #refugeeswelcome
Please help Mashal’s Afghan refugee family— now in peril— survive. You CAN make a tangible impact— guaranteed. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #fundraisers #LiveAid
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please help Mashal’s Afghan refugee family— now in peril— survive. You CAN make a tangible impact— guaranteed. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #fundraisers #LiveAid
We are SO close. Please help my wife’s Afghan refugee family survive! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #refugee #humanitarianaid #fundraising
July 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We are SO close. Please help my wife’s Afghan refugee family survive! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #refugee #humanitarianaid #fundraising
Help is make a future for these children! #fundraising#humanitarian #charity #stopthehazaragenocide gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Help is make a future for these children! #fundraising#humanitarian #charity #stopthehazaragenocide gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
We’re so close! Please help these children have a future! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We’re so close! Please help these children have a future! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Kawsar and Melika, the two girls, dream of being able to go to school (they cannot, as refugees in Pakistan; they cannot if deported to Afghanistan). Little Mo doesn’t yet know what he wants, beyond a better place to play. Help them find a future. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Kawsar and Melika, the two girls, dream of being able to go to school (they cannot, as refugees in Pakistan; they cannot if deported to Afghanistan). Little Mo doesn’t yet know what he wants, beyond a better place to play. Help them find a future. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
I spent all night beseiged by MAGA keyboard warriors who mostly mistook my post to be about the US, and came with “joyful” deport memes. Others wrote, “Assimilate or die!” And still others wrote, “This is money going to the Taliban?” Thank you for helping: gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I spent all night beseiged by MAGA keyboard warriors who mostly mistook my post to be about the US, and came with “joyful” deport memes. Others wrote, “Assimilate or die!” And still others wrote, “This is money going to the Taliban?” Thank you for helping: gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Trump ended their asylum to the US. Now they are in great danger. Please help: gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
June 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump ended their asylum to the US. Now they are in great danger. Please help: gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Please help my wife’s family survive! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Please help my wife’s family survive! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Here is Aliyah, Mashal’s family's grandmother who recently had to have emergency liver surgery, and her daughter and son. She is currently bedbound, and if deported from Pakistan will not have access to the healthcare she needs to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
June 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here is Aliyah, Mashal’s family's grandmother who recently had to have emergency liver surgery, and her daughter and son. She is currently bedbound, and if deported from Pakistan will not have access to the healthcare she needs to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
I celebrate a win as I try to help my wife Mashal’s Afghan refugee family— including the elderly matriarch and three beautiful young children— who are in terrible danger of being deported from Pakistan. Please please go to my profile for the gofundme. You CAN help!
June 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I celebrate a win as I try to help my wife Mashal’s Afghan refugee family— including the elderly matriarch and three beautiful young children— who are in terrible danger of being deported from Pakistan. Please please go to my profile for the gofundme. You CAN help!
How do we value a life? How do we decide that our lives matter, while someone else’s life is disposable? gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
June 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
How do we value a life? How do we decide that our lives matter, while someone else’s life is disposable? gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
This is me at the same age as Kawsar, one of three children in Mashal’s Afghan refugee family who were recently raided by Pakistani police who have already deported 80,000 Afghan refugees back to the Taliban in the last months. Help us help them: gofund.me/aa47f892 #help #fundraising #support
June 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is me at the same age as Kawsar, one of three children in Mashal’s Afghan refugee family who were recently raided by Pakistani police who have already deported 80,000 Afghan refugees back to the Taliban in the last months. Help us help them: gofund.me/aa47f892 #help #fundraising #support
My wife Mashal’s family was raided by police and government officers (read, Pakistani ICE) in Pakistan, where they have been refugees from the Taliban. Help cover transportation costs, find a safe place to live , and provide basic needs like food and medicine. Every dollar counts. gofund.me/aa47f892
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My wife Mashal’s family was raided by police and government officers (read, Pakistani ICE) in Pakistan, where they have been refugees from the Taliban. Help cover transportation costs, find a safe place to live , and provide basic needs like food and medicine. Every dollar counts. gofund.me/aa47f892
First harvest of the year!
June 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
First harvest of the year!
It’s my 45th birthday, and here’s me at dim sum place celebrating this past Sunday (today I’m at a conference).
June 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It’s my 45th birthday, and here’s me at dim sum place celebrating this past Sunday (today I’m at a conference).
Headed to NonfictionNow! This is the first time I’ve been to a nonfiction-based conference, and with my second book of literary nonfiction, “Seeking Eden,” under contract with University of Iowa Press in fall ‘26, I’m looking forward to meeting new writer friends.
June 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Headed to NonfictionNow! This is the first time I’ve been to a nonfiction-based conference, and with my second book of literary nonfiction, “Seeking Eden,” under contract with University of Iowa Press in fall ‘26, I’m looking forward to meeting new writer friends.