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Patrick Dreams of Teaching

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Hey, y'all. My name is Patrick, and I’m asking for help with rent and food until I begin my new job and get paid for the first time. 


I am a Black, queer postgraduate English student at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and I lost my job at the university when the pandemic began. I’ve now secured a new job at a local community service center, but the job has not started yet, and I won’t be paid for at least a month. In the meantime, I’m behind on rent and bills, and desperately need help to bridge the gap. 


The money raised here will cover three months’ rent and utilities, food for three months, and other necessities (medicine, doctor appointments, etc.). 

My new job at the community center will enable me to learn more about the community I want to serve, and provide me the funds I desperately need to survive and continue my education. I’m working hard and trying to make ends meet so I can achieve my ultimate dream of becoming an English professor. In a world where #BlackLivesMatter is not a given, we need more Black teachers, especially queer Black men, to teach and inspire our next generation of thinkers and policymakers. This is my dream - I dream of being a creative writing professor, and inspiring my students to embrace the creator inside each of them. I want to create an environment and relationship with my students that let them express themselves freely, without judgment, the same way I find nonjudgmental comfort in creativity. I long to be in the classroom in this way, but first, I need to have a place to live. Our system has beaten me down, but it has not defeated me. I will find a way to make a difference in the lives of young students and be the role model they badly need, but I need your help to ensure my survival. 


Any amount you can donate, large or small, means the world to me. If you can’t donate, please, share this GoFundMe. I have faith that our community, a community of teachers, writers, students, and changemakers, can help me fight for my future. 


#BlackTeachersMatter

You can also venmo me @patjdee / cashapp at $jpat10 / paypal at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jdp5


With love, 

Patrick D.

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Patrick J. Derilus
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Brooklyn, NY

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