{"id":882,"date":"2017-03-15T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/?p=882"},"modified":"2017-03-15T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:17:18","slug":"where-i-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/15\/where-i-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to announce a <strong>#resistance<\/strong> project I&#8217;ve been working on:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Where-I-Stand-logo.png\" alt=\"Where I Stand logo\" width=\"299\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m raising money for vital non-profits by selling beautiful and striking map art decals for your phone. I created six designs, each inspired by a different cause that?s under attack right now. All proceeds from each design will go to a non-profit working for that cause. I&#8217;m supporting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #fb1400;\"> reproductive rights<\/span> (via <span style=\"color: #0043bb;\"><a style=\"color: #0043bb;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\">Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #fb1400;\">civil rights<\/span> (via the <span style=\"color: #0043bb;\"><a style=\"color: #0043bb;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACLU<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #fb1400;\">black lives matter<\/span> (via <span style=\"color: #0043bb;\"><a style=\"color: #0043bb;\" href=\"http:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/guiding-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Lives Matter<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #fb1400;\">refugee resettlement<\/span> (via?<span style=\"color: #0043bb;\"><a style=\"color: #0043bb;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/article\/how-help-refugees-united-states\" target=\"_blank\">International Rescue Committee<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #fb1400;\">investigative journalism<\/span> (via <span style=\"color: #0043bb;\"><a style=\"color: #0043bb;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #fb1400;\">environmental justice<\/span> (via <span style=\"color: #0043bb;\"><a style=\"color: #0043bb;\" href=\"http:\/\/earthjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">EarthJustice<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/products\/reproductive-rights-seattle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/products\/civil-rights-seattle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/civil_rights.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/products\/black-lives-matter-seattle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blacklivesmatter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/products\/refugee-support-seattle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/refugees.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/products\/journalism-seattle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/journalism.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/products\/environmental-justice-seattle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/environment.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I selected non-profit organizations that are fighting on a national level, to have the greatest effect. All of them?have a rating higher than 90\/100 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charity Navigator<\/a>, indicating low overhead, good financial management, and transparency (except Black Lives Matter, which doesn&#8217;t make enough income to be rated).<\/p>\n<p>At least $5 from each decal will go to the designated cause, more if I can order in bulk or have a promo code. Right now the decals only feature Seattle and Puget Sound, and are only for cell phones. <a href=\"https:\/\/whereistandmaps.com\/pages\/contact-me\" target=\"_blank\">Let me know<\/a> if you&#8217;d be interested in a laptop decal or another geographic area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy one for yourself, and please spread the word!<\/strong> It&#8217;s going to take a lot of funds to keep up the good fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to announce a #resistance project I&#8217;ve been working on: I&#8217;m raising money for vital non-profits by selling beautiful and striking map art decals for your phone. I created six designs, each inspired by a different cause that?s under attack right now. All proceeds from each design will go to a non-profit working for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,10,16,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-handiwork","category-justice","category-seattle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}