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#TheSidewalkProject has events in San Diego and Tallahassee Florida @thesidewalkproject.tally this month. Please support your local community! If you’re in LA and wanna get down in November we suggest checking out our friends at @resisterhoodla Dig into their page for more info!✊🏻❤️#community #socialactivism #unity #support #Repost @resisterhoodla with @get_repost ・・・ What’s in a #FLOWvember period kit for @covenanthousecalifornia? . Join us on 11/11 to build kits and learn about how we can end homelessness in our communities. . LINK in bio for RSVP, donation inventory and Amazon wishlist! . #flowvember #resisterhoodla #resisterhood #resist #menstrualproducts #period #periodproblems #periodequity #happyperiod #menstruation #menstruationmatters #covenanthouse #midnightmission #endhomelessness #homeless #auntflow #periodmovement #womenempowerment #womenhelpingwomen https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6JmF7AJJQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1grse1oz9i0b8

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We're teaming up with our dope friends @resisterhoodla to support @sheis_powerful: a Los Angeles based non-profit focused on providing a safe, empowered, and supportive environment where young survivors of sexual abuse and sex trafficking can strengthen their true worth through the power of dance. Join us for our PSA Premiere + Fundraiser Party
! Thursday, September 28th • 7:30p-9:30p 
Muse Studio City • 11824 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA 91604 Tickets include: 
beer, wine, specialty cocktail • hors d'oeuvres • sweet treats • 
premiere • portraits by us! • silent auction #resisterhoodla #sheis #sheispowerful #nastywomenportraits #nastywomen #sheisnotforsale #sextrafficking #trafficking #endsextrafficking #dance #danceheals #seeitbeit #resist #resisterhood #womenhelpingwomen #empowerment #empoweringwomen (at MUSE, Studio City)

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Hi friends! Are you or someone you know interested in giving back to the Los Angeles community? We are seeking donations for our Flowvember 2019 with ResisterhoodLA and need your kindness for people experiencing homelessness. ResisterhoodLA is a nonprofit that I am part of, and it’s one of my passion projects outside of my day job.

Menstruation products and hygiene products are a HIGH NEED item for people experiencing homelessness. The cycle doesn’t stop when you’re experiencing homelessness, and it’s our goal to help make it easier for people with a period.

One important thing to note, I say people experiencing homelessness for a reason. Unfortunately there are a large portion of queer people (trans and non bianary) who are currently without a home, and even thought their gender identity may not be female, they still experience menstruation. It ads another layer of difficulty to the challenge of being homeless. Part of our goal is to be advocates for changing the way we think about homelessness, which includes gender identity.

If y’all can share or give back, I would love it. Donate from our shop HERE:

https://www.resisterhoodla.org/flowvembershop

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I had a great time playing with @heatherfrobb and seeing all the great theatre that she and @darfow put on last Sat at @livefromthelyric! Great to help a good cause like @resisterhoodla as well 🙏🏼🙌🏼 --- -- - . #livemusic #saxophone #singersongwriter #heatherrobb #theatre #livefromthelyric #resisterhood (at Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/narducci_desoto/p/BylpCEAAiLy/?igshid=van66wswbztc

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#Repost @natural_black_radical with @get_repost ・・・ Fam: I don’t know how else to say it. We need to be in the streets, but please be careful out there. Racist cops aren’t the only thing to be on guard for. Thank you to @frontlinemedics and @resisterhoodla Let’s keep our communities healthy. If you’re protesting regularly, get tested regularly! LA County suggests self-quarantining for 14 days after attending a protest, but let’s be honest: that ain’t happening. SO - how can you protect yourself, other protestors AND your household? Get tested. (It’s free!) And keep on washing those hands, honey. If you don’t feel well, STAY HOME and raise hell on Twitter - the second string is crucial to the game. 🖤 Love ya! - Mary . #covid19 #coronavirus #DefendBlackLives https://www.instagram.com/p/CBa6TGhFZ6g/?igshid=72ykxgwu67n4

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Let’s Rummage for Good Thank you

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Let’s Rummage for Good Thank you

Well, WE DID IT! The first (now annual:)) EHD ‘Lets Rummage For good’ sale is over and my goodness was it satisfying on so many emotional and physical levels. It combines so many of my favorite things: 1.) My love of thrifting and garage sale-ing, with 2.) Using my platform to benefit others with 3.) Gathering a community that thinks about serving those less privileged and 4.) Meeting and engaging with so many of you. It’s honestly the perfect recipe for my happiness. Plus the kids came and I ate delicious chicken sandwiches. But my experience and feelings aren’t really what are important here.

I can’t begin to put into words how thankful I am for all the time and energy everyone involved put into this sale. From Pen + Napkin (the non-profit) tirelessly picking up donations to Gina, our incredible event producer, putting in hours of work outside of her actual paying job – GOD BLESS YOU GINA. Then Abby from The Ruby Street for making sure everything went smoothly at the venue plus Lourdes and Zack donating this beautiful space and ALL the volunteers who gave up time out of their weekend to dress up in chambray and help us organize the mountain of donations we had from dozens of very generous people and companies.

And of course, the 600 people who came and shopped the sale to help raise almost $15,000! Yes you read that right. $15,000 was raised with 100% of it going back to such an incredible cause. The Ladies of Pen + Napkin (Catie and Ellyn I love you) were audibly sobbing when they tallied up the final number. I was clearly a wet-eyed mess as well seeing their reaction. With this money, they are going to be able to help so many more families who are transitioning out of homelessness feel loved, safe and secure.

It was full of items no longer needed by some but desired by others. My guilt about the amount of waste in my life disintegrated. It was a good day.

There are SO many people to thank and fun things to talk about so let’s get into it:

First off, these are the AMAZING ladies of Pen + Napkin. Catie, Jess, Ellyn and Debbie. In case you missed the other blog post, they design and furnish homes for people and families transitioning out of homelessness. The stats are pretty staggering with the percentage of people without furnished homes who end up homeless again versus those who have furnished homes. It just goes to show that putting time and love into your space is not for nothing. These ladies spent weeks coordinating and doing pickups for the sale all while still installing homes for the families they were already working with. Did I mention that Catie the founder was pregnant doing all of this?! They are a true inspiration to me and I am so excited for our partnership to continue and for us to help many many more. They are absolute examples for me.

Not to get on a soapbox about this, but we simply don’t care enough about human beings in this country. We look at the economic disparity and wish it were different but not enough people are prioritizing change. Catie and her husband have been doing this for FOUR YEARS. Volunteering for four years to help decorate homes of families with nothing is pretty incredible. Not only do we need to help the families, but we need to make sure that what she is doing is sustainable for her family (aka – people who run non-profits are simply not paid enough and in order for their service to be sustainable we need to help them).

This wonderful angel of a person, Gina, reached out after I first posted about the sale and volunteered to help coordinate since she had experience in such an event. There are two kinds of people in this world – the people who come to meetings with a detailed agenda of priorities, todo’s and next steps (GINA) and then those who arrive scattered, with no pen or paper in sight (ME). She took over, became my boss and while I was involved with the large decisions obviously, even the day before the sale I was like ‘Gina, what should I be doing’. I can’t thank you enough and hope to work with you forever.  The world needs more people like you.

The week of the sale mother nature decided that LA needed a sprinkling of rain, and by sprinkling, I mean flash flood warnings.  Which isn’t completely ideal when you are planning a giant rummage sale and need to load and unload trailers full of furniture, electronics, and clothes. It was comical for sure but didn’t stop us. Look we were even smiling.

Now when I say people generously donated I wasn’t kidding. Den Mobler, a wonderful 20th century design furniture design store in LA, donated HUNDREDS of amazing design books.

Den Mobler I appreciate and thank you so much.

Then we got an email from Makers Mess, an art studio in Silver Lake that also holds design and art classes, that they had 20 colorful chairs to donate. Catie jumped at that because if we didn’t sell at the sale (which they did) she wanted to use them in homes as dining chairs. Win, win. THANK YOU.

I was initially concerned that we weren’t going to have enough stuff to sell, but this is what the space looked like pre-sale. It was stacked top to bottom with so many good products and items.

And your eyes do not deceive you. Those are brand new OhJoy! products. My dear friend Joy, owner of OhJoy! donated a ton of adorable pillows, furniture, rugs, you name it. Thank you Joy!

All of our volunteers were amazing and willing to do anything we asked with a smile. How did we get so lucky? Here’s the first group of volunteers that came at 7am decked out in chambray:) Some were even there helping the night before. THANK YOU!

And of course, my wonderful team Sara, Jess, Julie and Brady were there too, helping prep the event as well as the helping the day of the event.

If you are wondering about pricing on items, I am a big believer in keeping pricing simple at large sales. It’s too chaotic otherwise. So we made color-coded posters to help with the majority of pricing questions. $2, $5, $10, $15 is what the majority of everything sold for. ‘Garage Sale’ prices made it so fun and successful.

And that sale was filled with good stuff.

I was overwhelmed by the quality of items we received.

A local east side hair salon, Establishment LA, donated all of this brand new Aveda makeup. Needless to say it went fast.

And remember when I hosted that Target event at Olive and June earlier this year? Well, Target being the insanely wonderful and lovely company they are donated all the new Project62 products we had at the event to the sale.

The biggest surprise was the insane amount of clothes that were donated. I am talking bags and bags of great clothes. Everything from vintage to new with tags. Also my wonderful friend Jen, owner of Ban.do donated boxes of brand new Ban.do clothes. Thank YOU Jen!

The volunteers that helped sort through all of it are truly saints.

You may have seen on my insta-story that last minute I decided to donate two of my large-scale oil painting portraits. It was a hard decision but well worth the profit we got for Pen+Napkin. I seriously donated so much and I feel soooooooo good about it. I finally have my garage back!

Every time I have an event I get a major case of ‘what if I threw a party and no one came.’ Well luckily people came and it was awesome.

The early birds (those who donated or volunteered) started lining up at 6:45 in the rain! If it wasn’t my sale I probably would have been one of those too. The really good stuff always goes super fast.

I was overcome with joy when I saw the other line (which wrapped around the corner). I knew it was going to be a good day.

The shopping started and the fun was underway.

I can be quite the saleswoman and was convincing this sweet couple they NEEDED this fine gentleman in their home. Did you see my insta-story poll on it?

And you bet I was successful. What a happy family:)

For the record I LOVE meeting, hanging and yes even taking photos with readers. Don’t ever hesitate, PLEASE. It makes me feel good and reinforces what I should be doing every day.

People didn’t hold back on the purchases. This is just one person’s loot!

I still can’t believe it was pouring rain and those people stayed in line and waited to come in (we had a maximum capacity in the room – all day long). Those definitely aren’t forced smiles… You also may be wondering why we had them all standing outside in the rain, and the only reason was we couldn’t let them all in at once due to the buildings capacity and the fire marshall potentially shutting us down. Thank you for sticking through it everyone that came and had to wait in line.

But once everyone was in the rain was a distant memory:)

I really wanted parents to feel free to bring their kids and for the day to be more of an event versus just a sale. I don’t give up time with my kids on the weekends so I didn’t want anybody else to as well. Since The Ruby Street had this amazing outdoor space I wanted to have some fun games that kids could do so they would let their parents shop with the promise of fun later. Enter Joymode and ResisterhoodLA. Joymode is an experience rental company here in LA and they donated these awesome oversized games. Then ResisterhoodLA, a class pass for volunteering organization, offered their services to oversee the games and help in any other way we needed. Having both companies there made the day so much better. Thank you!!

What would a rummage sale be without a food truck right? A bunch of starving, grumpy shoppers. Peaches Smokehouse and Southern Kitchen came and served up some delicious food namely those fried chicken sandwiches with strangely amazing pickles. Seriously if you ever see them on the street stop immediately and stuff your mouth with any of their amazing sandwiches. You and your belly won’t be sorry.

Now that we had Peaches as our food truck I reached out to Amy from Leaf and Love Organics. They make delicious organic lemonade juice boxes with no sugar, are gluten free and vegan. Basically, the best lemonade options for kids and my kids love them.

But in case the adults wanted some fancy spa-like water to help them hydrate during the shopping frenzy, The Surface Library donated these lovely pitchers for us to use.

Speaking of my kids, Brian brought them over so we all could be a part of this together. They are still a bit too young to really understand what this day meant to others but the more they can be around it the better.

Plus a vintage blue belt and blowing bubbles are an easy way for at least Elliot to be very interested.

And Charlie was very concentrated on his fishing game.

Originally I thought that the sale would go until 4pm. Then I realized I was crazy and no sale I have ever had has lasted past 1pm – due to everyone buying everything. And as you can see by noon the merchandise and crowd were dwindling, as almost everything had already sold.

Here is a before and after GIF to show you the shopping damage that was done.

To think how packed this place was and we hardly had anything left at the end. To say thank you feels incredibly insufficient. But THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Pen + Napkin are going to do absolute wonders with this money and please if you have furniture or time to donate to them throughout the year they want it and will put it to good use.

There it is. The first (of hopefully many many more) ‘Let’s Rummage For Good’ sale. THANK YOU again to Pen + Napkin, The Ruby Street, Gina, all the collaborators, donators, shoppers and my team, of course. This sale made all of us feel amazing, as giving back typically does, so I am planning to have it be an annual (or semi-annual) event. If you, someone you know or any companies want to be involved in the next one please email giveback@emilyhendersondesign.com.

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#Repost @the_sidewalk_project with @get_repost ・・・ We LOVE the work being done by these badass warriors! Please check them out and go party with them at Drag Bingo for a vital cause! ✊🏻❤️#Repost @resisterhoodla with @get_repost ・・・ Swipe left to view our FABULOUS Drag Bingo prizes: • Gift certificate to @eternal_art_tattoo @eternaladam, a Santa Clarita tattoo parlor with 20 years experience. • Snake necklace from @theurbancharm @laniharmony - ""Be Empowered.. Be Original.. Be You.."" • Swag from @the_sidewalk_project: Through various mediums, including art, music & film our group aims to be socially active in houseless communities around the world. • Barber's Hair Cut with Barber Jeff Carol @luvmybeard at @theproperbarbershop, a traditional barbershop serving up quality cuts in a laid back atmosphere . Join us on 12/2 for your chance to win! Link in bio to reserve tix. Proceeds go to benefit National Center for Youth Law's Los Angeles Reproductive Health Equity Project for Foster Youth! . @hamburgermarysweho @dragqueenbingo #nationalcenterforyouthlaw #larhep #reproductivehealthequity #reproductivehealth #fosteryouth #drag #dragbingo #bingoboy #hamburgermarys #resist #resisterhood #resisterhoodla #weho #westhollywood #ncyl #eternalarttattoo #eternaladam #santaclarita #tattoo #tattoos #snakenecklace #urbancharm #laniharmony #thesidewalkproject https://www.instagram.com/p/BqcvHYAgYtW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18kuc8uezxjgo

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Check out the rad work our friends at @resisterhoodla are doing. #houseless ❤️🔥LINK IN THEIR BIO #Repost @resisterhoodla with @get_repost ・・・ Honored to be included in “LA’s Most Inspiring Stories” - Thanks @voyagelamag for the love! Link in bio 💕 . #resisterhoodla #resisterhood #volunteer #voyagela #volunteering #losangeles #la #community #love #getinvolved #volunteers #dtla #endhomelessness #studiocity https://www.instagram.com/p/BnUXEZwHv28/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2yl69j039ttz

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TONIGHT! Come out and party with us and @resisterhoodla in support of @sheis_powerful. Pro-Tip: buy tickets from the link in our bio now and save $5 . . . #sheispowerful #nastywomenportraits #nastywomen #nastywoman #resisterhoodla #resist #resistance #musestudios #muse #party #premiere #la #hollywood #studiocity #dance (at MUSE, Studio City)

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#FBF

Hello Nasties!

Last week we had the absolute honor to partner with two other amazing women lead organizations, ResisterhoodLA and She Is... 

ResisterhoodLA is a volunteer organization that offers community service opportunities every month. In August they produced a PSA for She Is, a truly inspiring org that uses dance to empower young women who were victims of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and sexual assault. Last week we all got together to throw a party to support She Is. 

We love being able to support these organizations but to keep doing what we do we need support from you. You know what that means, donate, donate, donate! 

And, as always, #StayNasty

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#fbf to last week when we snapped some #nastywomenportraits at the @resisterhoodla and @sheis_powerful. Both orgs do amazing work and we’re so happy to have had the opportunity to work with them. ❤️❤️❤️ . . . #nastywomen #feminist #feminism #charity #nonprofit #fundraiser #photobooth #dslrbooth #women #dance #portrait #❤️ #😍 (at MUSE, Studio City)

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THURSDAY! We’re partying with @resisterhoodla to support @sheis_powerful. Link in bio! . . . #sheispowerful #nastywomenportraits #nastywomen #nastywoman #feminist #feminism #dance #party #thursday #danceheals #la #studiocity #musestudio (at MUSE, Studio City)

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It's 2018!

Hello Nasties!

We're just rolling through 2018 and realized that we haven't talked to you in a MINUTE. We won't take up too much of your time but we wanted to fill you in on all the things we have going on.

We went to the Women's March

We partnered with our BFFs @ResisterhoodLA for a booth at the Women's March in Downtown Los Angeles. We had an amazing time taking your protest portraits and being endlessly inspired by the strength of women. Check out the photos here!

We're on Amazon Smile

When you shop through Amazon be sure to use this link - 0.5% of eligible purchases automatically goes to us so that we can keep up all the nasty work we're doing.

We're Hiring!

Nasty Women Portraits is growing and ready to bring on some new team members. If you're a college student looking to support a feminist nonprofit for college credit we'd love to have you as our social media intern. If you're a driven, passionate, intersectional badass we're dying to have you on our board. Check out the job descriptions below:

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN

For College Credit | You can’t topple the patriarchy offline

Nasty Women Portraits is looking to add a Social Media intern to our team. If you love a good hashtag we would love to have you! Our Social Media Intern would work directly with the rest of the Nasty team to create content and campaigns for all social media platforms. They will help develop strategies for how best to use social media as a marketing tool.

Responsibilities and Duties

Work with the Nasty Women Portraits to create and implement campaigns

Develop content calendars on a weekly and monthly basis

Monitor analytics with social media team to identify and execute viable ideas

Create engaging blog and social media content with our core mission of intersectionality and inclusivity in mind

Assist in the general distribution of press releases and media alerts

Provide support to our marketing team at live and online events

Qualifications and Skills

Must be pursuing degree - internship is for credit only

Strong writing and communication skills

Strong understanding of social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc)

Photoshop skills a plus

Must be self-motivated and have a good attitude (we know that feels like a given but we gotta say it)

All qualified candidates are welcome to apply

  BOARD MEMBER

Do you want to be a part of building a new feminist nonprofit? Nasty Women Portraits is looking to grow it’s board. We’re looking for passionate and diverse individuals to help guide our organization forward. An ideal candidate cares deeply about women’s rights, bettering the lives of marginalized groups, and has innovative ideas about how to serve the mission of Nasty Women Portraits. No prior nonprofit or board member experience required (but is definitely a bonus)

Responsibilities and Duties

Care

Ensure all our activities and programs serve our mission

Advocate for our mission

Shape and adapt mission as appropriate

Ensure Resources

Help create and maintain fundraising programs.

Enhance Nasty Women Portraits public standing

Create and maintain relationships with other organizations

Build partnership opportunities

Provide Oversight

Monitor and strengthen programs

Ensure legal and ethical integrity

Protect assets and provide financial oversight

Continue establishing a space where all voices are heard

Loyalty

In decision making processes put the interests of the organization before personal and professional interests. 

Obedience

Comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws; adhere to the organization’s bylaws; and remain the guardians of the mission. 

Qualifications and Skills

No prior nonprofit experience required, but is a bonus

Must have a commitment to the mission of Nasty Women Portraits

Must be passionate, compassionate, self-motivated, inclusive, and flexible

Must have strong connection to your community

Must be willing to smash the patriarchy

Note - per Cali law - a Board Member is a volunteer position.

 Send applications to hello@nastywomenportraits.com

As always,

#StayNasty

 PS: Don't forget to DONATE! You really didn't think you'd get through a whole nonprofit newsletter without us asking for money, silly.

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Spent the morning with the inspirational owner of Catch 21 restaurant in Skid Row and visited @dlanc_official Check ‘em out. Where it’s at! Had powerful conversations. Met with another new friend recommended by @resisterhoodla More to come! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOYH3Jg5Dq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vjw8wr0c1lze

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Some of our #SidewalkFamily ❤️representing at Drag Bingo at @hamburgermarysweho with our friends of @resisterhoodla raising funds and awareness for reproductive equity for foster youth and girls who become pregnant while they are wards of the state. Thank you for including us @braidsoffury #TheSidewalkProject Thanks for donations: @indeclineofficial @thefyoupoint #gratitude #happinessgrowsasitsshared #intersectionality #intersectionalfeminism Photos: @bigjohnkrishack ✊🏻❤️🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8mzFAA4fv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qqgdz3hn4hp5

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Support our friends of @resisterhoodla at Drag Bingo Dec 2! ✊🏻🔥They are raising funds and awareness for this fundraiser for reproductive equity for foster youth and girls who become pregnant while they are wards of the state. They need to have equity over their bodies and their choices as it impacts where and what they can do with their lives for the rest of their lives. We believe not only is this an important issue in and of itself, it is also part of a long term big picture intersectional conversation about trauma and the houseless community. We support @resisterhoodla in their important work. A few members of the #SidewalkFamily are attending. Please join this party for a vital cause! Please repost! @staceysrad @romanticrock @indeclineofficial @thefyoupoint @bigjohnkrishack @nikkinefarious @braidsoffury @somasnakeoil https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqv3llXAQaj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vtej8vzf99rf