Today many are buying gifts or donations for the holiday season.

Right now, small businesses & food aids across the country REALLY need our help.

Let’s help & commit to shopping small this year wherever we can.

Comment w/ links for your favorite from small biz & orgs below:

Here are a bunch of small businesses from #ShopSmallAstoria in my community, and they ship nationwide. They range from bookshops to zero-waste gifts for friends and family

On the Bronx side, I @thelitbar - an Afro-Latina run bookstore founded as the ONLY bookshop in the Bronx.

If you are planning on gifting new books this year, please order them from an independent bookstore! http://Thelitbar.Com 

Please consider making contributions (or doing so in a loved ones’ name as a gift) to mutual aid funds, legal aid orgs, and grassroots community groups this season.

It will help with food need, eviction defense, etc.

Put an org you love on your wish list to encourage support!

Another great gift as well is to support local journalism.

Gift a subscription (digital or physical) to a local newspaper or magazine for a reader in your life.

It’s a great way to support our democracy and independent/local journalism while gifting to others

And lastly, if you’ve combed through all these other options - our Team AOC shop is in the process of restocking for the holiday season.

https://shop.ocasiocortez.com 

All items are made in the USA and create living wage, dignified union jobs for people across the country