
What is a sliding Scale? | Determining your financial privilege.
A capitalist system determines our financial access and value by race, perceived gender identity, disability/ability, immigration status, and/or primary language among many other systems of imposed hierarchy. There is no exact formula that determines what each of us can afford, because income is not the only determining factor. For example, your relationship to money might also be affected by being a caregiver, your access to generational wealth, and/or costs related to a disability.
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A sliding scale is used to encourage people to pay according to their available resources. Those with greater financial privilege contribute more, allowing those with less access, to pay according to their means. This allows the business to sustain its services while making accessibility as broad as possible.
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This business aims to upend capitalistic frameworks of business by providing alternate methods of payment. Contact us below with the subject "Alternate Payment" to learn more.
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Spirituall Wellfare encourages anyone experiencing financial hardships to submit a request for mutual aid below. Your privacy and safety are our top concern. You, the submitter, are in control of what information is shared publicly.
Select the gallery below to learn which financial tier you fall into.
This image and framework was originally created by Alexis J. Cunningfolk | www.wortsandcunning.com with additions from Britt Hawthorne | www.embracingequity.org

Three bottle filled full, half and low depict where individuals fall into tiers of financial privilege.



Three bottle filled full, half and low depict where individuals fall into tiers of financial privilege.
RESOURCES
Organization | Services | Social Media | Website | Phone # | CA | National |
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LA Tenants Union House | Educating LA tenants on their rights | https://www.instagram.com/latenants/ | https://latenantsunion.org/en/resources/ | Yes | No |
Organization | Services | Social Media | Website | Phone # | CA | National |
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Ending the Game | https://www.instagram.com/endingthegame/ | https://endingthegame.com/ | Yes | |||
Children of the Night | Recovery programs | https://www.childrenofthenight.org/ | true | No | ||
National Human Trafficking Resource Center | Crises Hotline | https://polarisproject.org/responding-to-human-trafficking/ | 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to BeFree | Yes | ||
Cast LA | https://www.instagram.com/castlosangeles/ | http://www.castla.org/ | true | Yes | ||
RCT | Connection to resources and mentorship | https://www.instagram.com/rachelthomaswashere/ | https://linktr.ee/rachelcooperthomas | true | No | |
YAMT | http://www.yamt.org/ | Yes |
Title | Services | Social Media | Website | Phone # | CA | National |
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Share a Meal LA | https://www.instagram.com/shareameal/ | Yes | ||||
Pachamamas | Community fridge | Yes | ||||
LA Community Fridges | Database of community fridges in LA | https://www.instagram.com/_growingroots/ | https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/ | Yes | ||
Growing Roots | Urban farming and produce made accessible for BIPOC in Pomona, CA. | https://www.instagram.com/_growingroots/ | Yes |
Title | Services | Social Media | Website | Phone # | CA | National |
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Title | Service Provided | Social Media | Website | Phone # | CA | National |
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Sanctuary of Hope | Connecting youth (16-25) to housing aid | https://www.instagram.com/sanctuaryofhopela/ | https://thesoh.org/ | true |
Title | Services | Social Media | Website | Phone # | CA | National |
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Cause IQ | Directory of CA Shelters | https://www.causeiq.com/directory/homeless-shelters-list/california-state/ | Yes | No |