Reparations

Reparations Fundraiser 2024

Make a donation of $10 or more to your local Native Women’s Shelter or Indigenous Support Org or DONATE to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. Take a screen shot of your receipt and email it to missingwitches@gmail.com with the subject line: REPARATION. Be entered to win fabulous prizes.

By Risa Dickens, Amy Torok,

May 1, 2024

6 min read

Beltane, Sabbat Specials, Indigenous Magic

*“Yellow Dancer” by Jon Labillois* - from the NWSM website

UPDATE: The 2024 Fundraiser is now CLOSED. Together the Missing Witches Coven raised $13,754.00. $3540 of which went directly to the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal!

Every year we at Missing Witches, and our coven, and extended Witch community spend the month of May joyfully raising money for Indigenous support orgs (especially the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal!) and gathering together with magical friends for conversations about Indigenous Futures.

Part ONE with Edgar Fabian Frias and Amanda Amur-Lynx is HERE - Part TWO with Asha Frost, Christopher Marmolejo, and Granddaughter Crow is HERE - Part THREE with Chrystal Toop is HERE.

Here's a quick rundown of how our fundraiser works:

1. Make a donation of $10 or more to your local Native Women’s Shelter or Indigenous Support Org or DONATE to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal.

2. Take a screen shot of your receipt and email it to missingwitches@gmail.com with the subject line: REPARATION

3. Be entered to win fabulous prizes (full 2024 list below) donated by luminaries of the Witch community.

4. Automatically receive a coupon code for a discount from one of our favourite Witchy Businesses: HAUS WITCH in Salem!!!

It’s May! That means it’s time for our annual fundraiser in support of First Nations women. As always, Risa and Amy will be contributing our profits for the month of May to support the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal.

In addition, we’re asking our community to make a donation/reparation. We know that most of you are coming to us from the United States, so, wherever you are, we encourage you to find a local Native Women’s Shelter to support. (some places don’t have First Nations specific orgs so we’ll also accept donations to shelters for vulnerable women and children, sex workers, or victims of violence, but we would appreciate a focus on support of indigenous people.).

This year, as wars rage across the world, we're opening the fundraiser to support all displaced people. According to the latest UN figures, nearly 300 million people in 72 countries will require humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024. So if you have a connection to Palestine, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine... we'll count donations to organizations that help affected women and children around the world.

We are following the leadership of indigenous communities in weaving and widening these circles of protection.

SO here’s what you’re gonna do...

Make your donation of ten dollars or more. Take a screenshot of your receipt and email it to missingwitches@gmail.com with the subject line REPARATION, tell us what country you’re in, plus the amount of your donation. The amount is important because for every $10, you’ll get one entry into the raffle for these prizes. So if you donate $50, you’ll get five entries, and so on. The fundraiser runs through the month of May, prize winners will be chosen at random and announced on June first.

As always, this fundraiser is an experiment, so if you think it’s a cool idea, PLEASE help us make it successful by making a small reparation to First Nations women who have been systematically marginalized and disenfranchised both socially and economically. Let’s raise some real money, make real change, and be blown away by what we can do when we work together.

Full list of Prize Donors and Prizes below

2024 Prize List:

In addition to being entered in our prize draw, everyone who makes a donation of ten dollars or more will receive a discount code for their next purchase at HAUS WITCH as a Thank You for joining our fundraiser. (This prize list is subject to change)

Amanda Yates Garcia, aka the Oracle of Los Angeles - 3 month membership in her Mystery Cult

Jinkx Monsoon - prize pack of Jinkx Monsoon merch

Renee Sills, Embodied Astrology - membership to offerings with Embodied Astrology and an additional FIVE winners will receive a year ahead reading for their sign

Sarah Gottesdiener, aka Gottess, Moon Studio - a candle and a flower wand

Gordon, Rune Soup - Healing Session

Michelle Pajak-Reynolds - $100 Gift Card to shop for jewellery at michellepajakreynolds.com

Kate Belew - Introduction to Poetry course (3 days)

Maria Minnis, aka Feminnis - Tarot reading

Jessica, Deer Women - elixir/tea and a detailed tarot reading

Granddaughter Crow - a 30 minute reading/consultation session (x3)

Dina Ranade - 'Kitchen Apothecary Makeover' consultation to help you build a personal kitchen medicine cabinet, AND a selection of herbal remedies for comfort (tea and bath blend).

Heather Darby-DeMarco , Wild Moon Charm School - 30 minute reading

Holly Robison - a spot in The Rituals For Longevity Program

Linda McInnis - custom quilted altar cloth or or drawstring bag

North Atlantic Books - New Moon Magic promo gift box, PLUS THREE more winners will receive a box of five books each, from the publishing house that Missing Witches calls home!!

D'vora K'lilah - two books written by D'vora K'lilah

Amy and Risa, Missing Witches - one year of Weavers level membership in the Missing Witches Coven