Perspective:
“It is actually quite a bit of a side-step from our usual mission,” Baum said. “However, as we’ve seen with this pandemic, everybody has had to make really drastic changes in their life ... and for PopMob, what we normally do isn’t feasible. We are very active about being anti-fascist and encouraging people to be everyday anti-fascists, and a big part of anti-fascism is community defense and supporting your community. This was a way to provide supplies to communities who had no other way of getting them.” <sniP> The effort has been community funded, with donations pouring in from GoFundMe or directly through the Rosehip Medic Collective website. As of Thursday morning, the GoFundMe had raised just over $9,000. Oregon expects $2.45 billion in federal coronavirus relief, including direct money for Portland, Multnomah, Washington counties