Cristóbal Palmer
@palmerforcarrboro.com
Views expressed here are mine and not official positions of the Town or Council.
I run a lab where we teach students how to manage and maintain software for websites, streaming radio, and software mirrors. Come visit Carrboro. It’s lovely here.
I run a lab where we teach students how to manage and maintain software for websites, streaming radio, and software mirrors. Come visit Carrboro. It’s lovely here.
Community Empowerment Fund is another org that could use your support right now communityempowermentfund.org/donate/
Donate - CEF: Community Empowerment Fund
The Community Empowerment Fund is cultivating opportunities, assets, and communities that support the alleviation of homelessness and poverty. Please support our work.
communityempowermentfund.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Community Empowerment Fund is another org that could use your support right now communityempowermentfund.org/donate/
Trump is choosing not to release $6 billion in emergency USDA funding that could fund SNAP into November, which is a violation of law, and is profoundly depraved: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past
The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
www.cbpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Cristóbal Palmer
Our community just donated thousands of menstrual products that are supporting families at IFC, Freedom House, UNC's Horizons program, and students through the Carolina Cupboard and CJ's Cupboard @uncpublichealth.bsky.social 🙏
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our community just donated thousands of menstrual products that are supporting families at IFC, Freedom House, UNC's Horizons program, and students through the Carolina Cupboard and CJ's Cupboard @uncpublichealth.bsky.social 🙏
Sitting here on my lunch break when I should be enjoying food, and instead I’m angry at the would-be king and the toadies who made this SNAP cliff.
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sitting here on my lunch break when I should be enjoying food, and instead I’m angry at the would-be king and the toadies who made this SNAP cliff.
If somebody changes plans to starve your neighbors, mostly children, as part of their budget negotiations, they’re not acting in good faith.
Y’all tell me how we are stepping up for our neighbors. Did you donate? Are you signed up to volunteer or sponsor? Tell me about it.
Y’all tell me how we are stepping up for our neighbors. Did you donate? Are you signed up to volunteer or sponsor? Tell me about it.
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If somebody changes plans to starve your neighbors, mostly children, as part of their budget negotiations, they’re not acting in good faith.
Y’all tell me how we are stepping up for our neighbors. Did you donate? Are you signed up to volunteer or sponsor? Tell me about it.
Y’all tell me how we are stepping up for our neighbors. Did you donate? Are you signed up to volunteer or sponsor? Tell me about it.
One party controls all three federal branches. The SNAP cliff is something they made, and they can resolve it whenever they choose. Do not accept their deceptive framing. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Trump administration says emergency funds can't be used to keep SNAP benefits going
The Trump administration now says it won't use a contingency fund to pay SNAP benefits to about 1 in 8 Americans in November, a departure from earlier guidance announced before the shutdown.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
One party controls all three federal branches. The SNAP cliff is something they made, and they can resolve it whenever they choose. Do not accept their deceptive framing. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
“This assessment by the USDA is a departure from the agency's shutdown lapse plan (www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...) released before Oct. 1”
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www.documentcloud.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“This assessment by the USDA is a departure from the agency's shutdown lapse plan (www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...) released before Oct. 1”
I am fighting the urge to share my postcard and ask for Teen Judgement. Instead I will ask: what do you tell them it means if you get lit drop at the door instead of mail?
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I am fighting the urge to share my postcard and ask for Teen Judgement. Instead I will ask: what do you tell them it means if you get lit drop at the door instead of mail?
Reposted by Cristóbal Palmer
Huge scale of SNAP cliff continued: over 2.5 million dollars in benefits come in to Orange County NC every MONTH. For every 1 meal our food banks provide, SNAP covers 9.
We will do as much as we can, but even if each of us gave past our point of pain, it still would not be enough.
We will do as much as we can, but even if each of us gave past our point of pain, it still would not be enough.
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Huge scale of SNAP cliff continued: over 2.5 million dollars in benefits come in to Orange County NC every MONTH. For every 1 meal our food banks provide, SNAP covers 9.
We will do as much as we can, but even if each of us gave past our point of pain, it still would not be enough.
We will do as much as we can, but even if each of us gave past our point of pain, it still would not be enough.
Carrboro, please let me know how you’re showing up for your neighbors.
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Carrboro, please let me know how you’re showing up for your neighbors.
For those who can’t or won’t engage with the nonprofits listed above, if you’re willing to embrace the principles of Mutual Aid in this document, you could also join a TMA thread focused on the SNAP cliff. trianglemutualaid.org/points-of-un...
Triangle Mutual Aid
trianglemutualaid.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
For those who can’t or won’t engage with the nonprofits listed above, if you’re willing to embrace the principles of Mutual Aid in this document, you could also join a TMA thread focused on the SNAP cliff. trianglemutualaid.org/points-of-un...
I want to thank fellow Carrboro Town Council member Jason Merrill for reminding me of the commitment he suggested to us on the occasion of our budget vote this past June: all of his raise as a town employee is going to causes of his choosing.
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I want to thank fellow Carrboro Town Council member Jason Merrill for reminding me of the commitment he suggested to us on the occasion of our budget vote this past June: all of his raise as a town employee is going to causes of his choosing.
Become a Sponsor through Orange County NC: www.orangecountync.gov/658/Sponsor
Sponsor | Orange County, NC
Sponsorship is a wonderful opportunity for families, Sunday School groups, churches, businesses, neighborhoods, and individuals to help support families in crisis.
www.orangecountync.gov
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Become a Sponsor through Orange County NC: www.orangecountync.gov/658/Sponsor
IFC donation link: www.ifcweb.org/donate-to-ifc
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
IFC donation link: www.ifcweb.org/donate-to-ifc
Transplanting Traditions Share-a-Share donation link: www.transplantingtraditions.org/Share-a-Share
Share a Share - Transplanting Traditions Community Farm
Share a Share. Connecting Cultures Through Farming and Food
www.transplantingtraditions.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Transplanting Traditions Share-a-Share donation link: www.transplantingtraditions.org/Share-a-Share