Raise money for Undocumented Women's Fund, get a free print!
Psst: While supplies last :)
Above the Fold’s second issue focuses on the dumplings that are regional phenomena in the United States—St. Louis’s toasted ravioli, northern New Mexico’s mincemeat empanaditas, the Mississippi Delta’s hot tamales, Natchitoches, Louisiana’s storied meat pies, Brooklyn’s pizza patties.
Most of these, like much in the U.S., originated elsewhere, and, over time, morphed into something unique and ingrained in regional American foodways. Immigration is unequivocally to thank for these foods. And immigrants—particularly undocumented immigrants—need more support than ever given the horrific, dehumanizing threats under ICE and the Trump administration.
In New York, where I live, ICE agents are targeting, harassing, and arresting people at schools, courts, workplaces, and shelters, and Trump is ordering to ramp up mass deportation efforts further in New York, Los Angeles, and across the country.
In New York, Undocumented Women’s Fund provides mutual aid to low-income immigrant women and their families along with training and educational resources for self-protection under these threats. So far, Above the Fold’s fundraising efforts—thanks to your purchases of the Above the Fold(er) riso pack (shown above) and Dumplings of the USA map (shown below)—have contributed $650 to their urgent work.
But we can do better! There are only 15 folders left—$20 from each purchase will go straight to UWF.
And! I’m doubling the donation of the Dumplings of the USA map so that 100% of proceeds go to UWF. Should all of these items sell, that’s another $1,080 that will go straight to funding UWF’s vital initiatives.
So I’ll sweeten the deal further: Buy either of these using the code MAKEWAYMAP (if purchasing a map) or MAKEWAYFOLDER (if purchasing a folder), and you’ll get a free “Make Way for Dumplings” riso print (see below!) with your purchase, while (limited) supplies last.
If you’re good on zines + paper goods and want to donate straight to the source, that’s great too!
Until next time,
—Leah
Above the Fold was created by Leah Mennies