June is here! It is cancer survivor month. Which is a big deal when you survive cancer. I am a young onset stage 3A rectal cancer survivor. Colorectal cancer will surge in younger populations in the next 10 years. Anyone from 20-49 years old can be affected. Rectal Cancer being twice as common as colon cancer. Cancer survivor month is a time of celebration. My husband and I attended a cookout in June 2023 in Green Bay with Bellin. All cancer survivors get a goodie bag and there’s some prizes. Music and a good time.
I would like to publicly state when you survive cancer. It makes you look at life differently. Trivial matters seem unimportant. Facing death is traumatic and humbling at the same time. A survivor of cancer’s energy is not the same as prior to cancer. It takes years to gain energy back. The annoying part is, it’s brushed off as depression. A person who survived cancer has been really going through it. Not everyone will know the struggle until they’ve been through it. Surviving added another cause of activism. Which is awareness to save the lives of others. Also advocate for universal healthcare. I also find it infuriating the Trump regime. Cut funding for cancer research. Especially when people like to have answers. Especially when they get a diagnosis like cancer. Given that in this area there’s a PFAS problem. PFAs causes a wide range of cancers. Including colorectal cancer. From PFAS being in the environment. Our health care system is a very expensive system. That the US is the only country in the world to have benefits to help someone. Who is fighting cancer to pay for treatment. Not only in project 2025 does it state that there will be less access to healthcare and not everything will be covered. I had received a letter from Bellin stating that not all my labs will be covered. I am on a six-month follow-up basis with my oncologist. Follow ups are important especially to maintain cancer free status. It is called NED: No Evidence Of Disease. NED has been my friend for three years. Also, the repealing of environmental protections and environmental laws. More people will have different kinds of cancer. Because people want to get rich. Instead of caring about people.
June is Pried month. As allies to the LGTBQIA+ friends and neighbors. We must call out people’s bigotry. It is intolerable. We patronize anyone who is inclusive (DEI). So that our friends and neighbors can not only know we are safe. We are proving it by living a lifestyle of valuing inclusivity. By boycotting businesses. Before Trump it was a big corporate branding to attract the LGTBQIA+ dollars for pride month. Places like Target which my husband and I have been boycotting in solidarity with the black community. Since last November. Target has lost so much money because they bent the knee to Trump ending DEI. Their stocks have continued to plummet. Causing the CEO to take a pay cut. That is the power of the boycott. In Pride month let’s do what we can to support LGTBQIA+. They deserve to live their best and happy fulfilled lives. Without a target on their back.
I do know that transgendered people are the biggest targets of bigotry in the last ten years. The GOP and Christian Nationalist groups and churches have been obsessed with the transgendered community. When I was 20 years old in 1999, I saw a movie on video. It was based on a true story. The movie is called “Boys Don’t Cry”. Starring Hillary Swank. I would probably have to say, the movie educated me giving me empathy and compassion. Swank’s character was transgendered. They were victims of a hate crime. If you have not watched it. I recommend the movie. You will probably need tissues. Because it makes you cry. The story is sad. To The LGTBQIA+, MM Indivisible sees you. We want to be able to be here for you. So, you have a community of people. Love is love. No matter what religious bigots say. You are also made in God’s image. That is If you choose to believe in God or a higher power. Lady Gaga has a great song about this. It’s called “Born this way”.
Juneteenth is on June 19th it is the time when the black community celebrates their independence. From Slavery. This is when they celebrate their freedom. From after the Civil War. Joe Biden declared this a national holiday. We can support the black community by supporting black owned business if we can. Yes, it can include online. I know we are limited here in a retail dessert. We can do what we can to support diversity and lift each other up.
What we can do is boycott businesses that support Trump & his agenda. Yes, it’s hard we only have Walmart. We can buy necessities only. Nothing else. Go to Aldi instead if you need to. Also boycott U-Haul they helped a white supremacy group march through Kanas City MO. On Memorial Day weekend! There is an app called “Goods Unite Us” The app can tell you what businesses and corporations support the people or Trump’s/Corporate interests. Together we can make a difference in how we spend our money. Activism is a lifestyle!
We do have an upcoming protest “NO KINGS” event on June 14th. It is also Flag day which is Trumps birthday. If you are on social media. IT is Barack Obama appreciation day! It is protesting Trumps big narcissistic vanity project for a military parade. Something only Dictators and Kings of Yore (like Louis the 14th) have. Its old school vanity at its finest. I hope that the event is well attended.
We’re Not Going Back! Resist! Taco Summer!
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