Local businesses to support?
Hey community fam,
I'm on the PTO of a Santa Ana school (SAUSD), and looking to make a difference in our community. We, as parents of children, and members of our community, have an obligation to stand up for our community members who can't.
To that end, I'm trying to help by making a list of local businesses our PTO/school can do fundraisers with next year.
As a person who sees the harm ICE, racists, and bigots do to our community, I am explicitly hoping to support businesses who are Latino-owned, Black-owned, LGBTQ+ friendly, anti-ICE (since those are the biggest threats to our community at the moment), etc. Pro-ICE, Pro-Israel, & anti-LGBTQ+ businesses, such as Chik-fil-A, McDonald's, Burger King, and many others, are what I'm trying to help us get away from. The app "No Thanks!" has been a wonderful help for me when grocery shopping, and deciding what businesses to support; but it's not comprehensive, and it's not showing local businesses.
If you know of any local businesses that are staunchly pro-community, please feel free to DM me. I encourage private DMs just because I don't want to make a list here on the internet for bigots & racist jerks to troll those businesses.
Thank you.