Dear Friends and Family, I've started working at Apogee Journal as an Editorial Assistant! I am so proud and excited to support the amazing work that Apogee has done and continues to do. I want to recognize that I wouldn't be here without your support in my own journey. So I'm looking towards the community of family and friends to ask for your support in my next endeavor. I've joined at a pivotal time for the journal since we're currently fundraising and we have already raised 36% of our goal. I’m writing to ask if you would be willing to contribute to our fundraiser this year? My personal goal is to raise $500 from my network of family and friends. Please use my fundraising page to help me reach this goal! Your donation will support publishing groundbreaking works such as the new Solidarity Series where we feature voices from the Palestinian diaspora, the forthcoming Freedom Meridian series of art and writing by incarcerated writers in collaboration with incarcerated editors, and building an honorarium structure that recognizes the labor that makes this journal possible. Thank you for supporting me, everyone at Apogee, and artists all over that are fighting for artistic liberation! It means the world to me and the entire Apogee team. With love and gratitude, Shreeya