Big news on Mars this week: the fence is finally finished! And it is gorgeous!
Photos are forthcoming. In the meantime, I wanted to mention something else that's happening for the next 30 days on Mars: I'm doing a sort of meditate-a-thon to both improve my own health & also raise money for a 30-year old LGBT community clinic called Lyon-Martin Health Services.
The clinic is based in SF, & provides critically needed care here, but it also runs very important national educational programs for healthcare providers on cultural sensitivity when working with the LGBT community. The kind of healthcare that LGBT people -- & transgendered people in particular -- get is a real travesty. A recent national study found a high rate of transgendered people having been turned away at emergency rooms, being verbally abused in doctors' offices, & just generally experiencing the kind of crappy, humiliating treatment that makes folks not seek healthcare at all, which obviously leads to abysmal health outcomes.
Every little bit helps & every little bit is hugely appreciated. If you, or anyone you know, would be interested in pitching in a few pennies, here's my fundraising page: https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/christinedarosa/30-days-of-health-2012
The site is secure, & the donation gets sent directly to Lyon-Martin. And Lyon-Martin is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, so all donations are tax-deductible when the tax man cometh.
Thanks for reading my pitch! Photos of the fence tomorrow!
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