Click here to support Get me into SAFE housing! organized by Chanda Jones
Hello! My name is Chanda but I go by Panda. This Spring I was evicted from my home and subsequently lost my beloved companion rabbit to cancer. These stressors exacerbated my PD, Depression, and PTSD causing me to make a suicide attempt. Instead of EMTs, the police came and while in hysterics I provoked them enough that they refused to let the medics examine me and took me to jail for Domestic Violence (harassment).
Instead of taking a risk with a jury I have made a deal with the court to stay in mental health treatment for six months and they will dismiss the charges, unfortunately that means the arrest will remain on my record for those six months, and while I’ve been working with my attorney and case worker to find ways around it, I’m having difficulty securing a job.
I have been staying with a friend’s family since June and I was told I needed to move out at the end of November. Since then the family has turned on me and now claim I am making them fearful due to some admittedly petty sticky notes and off the cuff remarks I made on a blog they have secretly been reading, I now have to be out in a month. The family did not make any indication that I was doing anything wrong until yesterday (September 26, 2018) and now they’re threatening to call the cops on me over text posts and sticky notes. As a mentally ill Black person in a house full of white people, this is a very serious threat and I fear that the slightest infraction could result in me facing more police brutality and persecution.
Its obvious that I am not safe here and cannot stay a moment longer than I have to. I have housing options through my case worker but with only $40 to my name I’ll need some help even to get into temporary housing. I have a job lined up at Goodwill but HR is giving me a hard time over this charge and I’m not sure if it will come through for me.
I am asking for two thousand dollars for move in costs and expenses. I may be able to get into a halfway house, and in that scenario any funds raised will be saved for my own place. If I am not able to get into temporary housing I will have to use the funds for a weekly motel room until I can find somewhere else. I would like to be out in two weeks or less but that depends heavily on what my case worker can help me with next time I see her, as she works for the state hospital it could be two weeks just for me to see her.
Please PLEASE consider helping me out of this situation. I have been working harder than ever on my mental health and getting a job and the floor is falling from under me. My now ex best friend has betrayed my trust and I have no family to help me out. I need to get out of here before they get me killed.
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