We did it!
You did it! 🌈❤️️✨ Some 550 different donors came together and raised more than $70K for Lore’s legal defense. The generosity is truly awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
What this means for Lore: We can start playing a little offense and take the fight to the Trump team. With your support we’ve retained Paul Hetznecker and Marni Snyder, an excellent and collaborative pair of civil rights and criminal defense attorneys. Paul and Marni will fight with us for Lore’s freedom and try her case in court if and when that becomes necessary. Up Against the Law Legal Collective got Paul and Marni on the case immediately and for that we are eternally grateful. Show them some love!
What happens next: We cannot know when or if Lore’s case will proceed because of the current COVID rampage through Philly, its prisons, and its courts. The federal courts are delayed drastically and the US Attorney’s office is ludicrously late in meeting its obligations to us. Everyone is optimistic that we’ll soon have a new US Attorney in Pennsylvania’s Eastern District who feels shame, who recognizes the toxic political stain all over this case, but we’re preparing for every possible outcome.
In the meantime, we are focused on getting Lore out of the COVID-ravaged dungeon at 7th and Arch Streets in downtown Philadelphia. Stay tuned for much more about that soon!
How to help: Lore still needs our support every day to make it through this ordeal. Please keep writing — your messages are her highlight of each day. Please keep gifting — providing reading materials is always helpful to Lore and to the whole unit of women at FDC Philadelphia with whom she shares. And please keep supporting her commissary fund via Venmo and PayPal — these donations go directly to Lore’s food, clothing, and essentials.
This has been a year full of tragedy and loss for so many people. And while some cruel people took advantage of this to inflict pain and consolidate power, others like you have reached out consistently to help and to love. It’s such a beautiful thing ☮️🙏💕 I’m thankful beyond words to you all for giving so much to Lore.