Monica Trinidad

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On International Sex Worker Rights Day, we honor sex worker leadership everywhere. The Sex Worker Giving Circle at Third Wave Fund has opened our 2026 grant cycle!

Apply by April 2 for 2-year grants of $35K/year. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/swgc2026 #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay #SWGivingCircle

Meme of Bad Bunny stage diving during the Super Bowl that has text over him saying, “RESOURCING QTBIPOC GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING TODAY” and text on the hands catching him that says, “ABUNDANT FUTURES FOR QUEER AND TRANS CHILDREN.” The TWF logo is in the bottom right.

Photo of Bad Bunny performing with a text box on top of it that says, “Queer Grassroots Organizations to Support in Puerto Rico Today 🇵🇷” below are bullet points that list out, “La Sombrilla Cuir, Colectivo Ilé, EspicyNipples, Micelio Abolicionista, Taller Lumpen, La Tejedora.” The TWF logo is in the bottom right.

While the timeline debates Bad Bunny, queer & trans organizers in Puerto Rico are building power amidst ongoing colonial violence. Meet our grantee partners centering Black & Indigenous queer/trans people through decolonial justice. ¡QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBRE! 🇵🇷💥

Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization

Looking for a gorgeous customizable poster for today’s/this weekend’s actions?
Check out downloadable and fillable versions of @monicatrinidad.bsky.social’s gorgeous art in @interruptcrim’s Block It! Don’t Build It! Don’t Fill It! Don’t Fuel It! toolkit: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it

We're going to win because their side has no good art and they know it.

If you are in Minneapolis, OR Portland, Maine, OR another city being targeted by ICE, and you would like FREE posters shipped to you to give out, send your shipping address to assistant@mollycrabapple.com

Thanks to a generous supporter, I now have a ton of posters and don't need to ration.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Post in the Hand Embroidery Group: I don't know what else to do. [Photo of a stitched canvas with the words FUCK ICE]

Post in the Hand Embroidery Group: Let us RESIST this regime with stitches today. [Photo of stitched canvas with words Resist]

Post in the Hand Embroidery Group: [Stitched quote from Anne Frank: "What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again."]

The crafters are up in arms.

Glad to hear you got to practice!

plugging this by @monicatrinidad.bsky.social

watched yesterday and it motivated me to get my frustration out on paper. good reminder that everything needs practice, including art for social change!
which i tend to be more hesitant to make because of fear i'll fumble it, but that's how you learn

Art is not enough – and you still need to make it YouTube video by Monica Trinidad

New video from Justseeds artist Monica Trinidad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVI...

I hate that it's dark at 5 pm.

If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it

Off-white background with a photo of Chi Nwosu in the center, with a yellow border. At the top is black text that reads, “Meet our first Artist-in-Residence: Chi Nwosu.” Surrounding their photo are images of their artwork. The Third Wave Fund logo is in the bottom right.

Thrilled to introduce Chi Nwosu, our inaugural #ArtistinResidence! Chi (them/they) is a Black, nonbinary, queer Nigerian artist whose work invites us to imagine collective liberation, shaped by kinship & histories of international resistance.

Read the full Q&A:
www.thirdwavefund.org/blog/meet-ou...

An image of a hand holding the sticker, as well as two other TWF stickers. At the top it says, “All monthly donors can get this sticker set,” and at the bottom it says, “Join us or give twice this month.”

Art by Chi Nwosu featuring plants and animals from many of the places TWF’s team and grantee partners are from, with a crashing ocean wave enveloping them. Blue text at the top says, “Deepen your solidarity,” and below the illustrations it says, “let resources flow.” The TWF logo is in the bottom middle.

🌊 Resistance is only natural! We’re channeling $3.7M+ to QTBIPOC-led movements in 2025.

Become a new monthly donor & receive a set of gorgeous stickers by #ArtistinResidence Chi Nwosu! Let resources flow to sustain the fight for gender justice: bit.ly/donatetwf2025

Obama Center Housing Ordinance Passes City Council After 2-Year Delay And Overhaul Alderpeople on Thursday approved an ordinance to fund homeownership programs and reserve city-owned land for income-based housing in three South Side neighborhoods near the future Obama Presidential C...

City Council just backed a plan to set aside city-owned land for affordable housing and fund homeownership programs near the future Obama Center.

The ordinance passed within a day, after an initial draft — focused solely on South Shore — stalled for 2 years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/o...

The FINAL #MobilizePowerFund deadline of the year is 10.7.25!

MPF provides rapid response funding for:
• Urgent direct action
• Community mobilizing
• Healing justice work

Open to youth-led/intergenerational groups across the U.S. (No 501c3 required!)
www.thirdwavefund.org/mobilize-pow...

How to make art for social change YouTube video by Monica Trinidad

Just saw this video from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social

Super inspiring and encouraging, with lots of pieces of advice, both big and small, from Monica and others

(Monica created the cover art for "We Do This 'Til We Free Us")

Highly recommend giving it a watch

youtu.be/jwBmLCaHKUw?...

It was a beautiful night last night with Amos Kennedy, Chi Nwosu and @monicatrinidad.bsky.social
Thanks as always to our amazing hosts and friends @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
If you weren’t able to make it you can still pick up copies of the book and prints from them!

Overflowing bookstore of rad folks here tonight to hear Amos Kennedy, @monicatrinidad.bsky.social & Chi Nwosu talk about art & activism!

Dream event! Join us next Friday, March 28th at 7 pm for a celebration of Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr's new book CITIZEN PRINTER ❤️‍🔥 Amos will be joined by Chicago legends @monicatrinidad.bsky.social & Chi Nwosu to talk about the role of the artist in social movements.
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/45845

New from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social on our free high-resolution downloads page! justseeds.org/graphic/be-l...