We Do NOT Fund Those Who Do Harm. Period. Full Stop.

I’m frustrated.

I know I have words.

Hell, I have fire in these words.

But tonight I’m wondering…

how much power do I really have?

So I’ve been pouring truth into the page.

I name the things they’d rather keep quiet.

And still… ICE is snatching folks in broad daylight.

Still… families are being ripped apart like loose pages in a book no one wants to finish reading.

Sometimes I wonder—

does anyone even hear us?

Do these words shift anything…

besides the weight I’m carrying?

I was sitting here tonight,

watching Jen Psaki on MSNBC talk about the horrors inside these detention centers—

how they’re trying to disappear immigrants,

how they’re yanking people off sidewalks and out of parking lots,

Law-abiding, tax-paying, good people, our friends, folks who have been here for decades, fathers and mothers,

Snatching them from courthouses, churches, schools,

hell they’re even showing up at the damn Home Depot.

And that’s when it hit me—

this isn’t just about ICE.

Or a redress of grievances to the government.

It’s also about everyone who makes space for this violence and looks the other way.

Home Depot is private property.

They know what’s happening.

And they’ve chosen not to stop it.

I want the folks at Home Depot to know:

If they continue to let ICE use their parking lots as hunting grounds,

Then we will take our wallets elsewhere.

We will not fund fear.

We will not reward silence.

We will not bankroll complicity.

So now I’m thinking:

how do we show we’re not okay with what’s happening?

How do we speak in a way they’ll actually hear?

Because there’s one language every corporation understands:

money.

And this—this is one place where we still hold power.

Where we spend.

Where we refuse to spend.

Where we draw the line and say,

“If you won’t protect our neighbors, we won’t fund your profits.”

So no—I may not be able to stop the nefarious actions of ICE by myself.

I may not be able to change policy overnight.

But I can say this:

If +13.14 million of us—those who marched, those who watched, those who stayed home but stood in solidarity—refused to spend a damn dime at any place that let’s this happen on their watch, they’d feel it.

Hell, we’ve just about bankrupted Target in a few months.

That’s a roar.

That’s a movement.

That’s something they can’t ignore.

Because screaming No Kings is powerful and needed—

but screaming

We see you turning a blind eye.

Screaming

Your silence is complicity.

Screaming

If you let this happen in your parking lot,

we’ll make damn sure it doesn’t happen with our dollars—

that’s how you make ’em listen.

No complicity.

No dollars.

No more blind eye.

And if you are like me, maybe you’ve already started boycotting Home Depot.

Maybe Lowe’s and Ace were also already on your list—

since they all helped fund the rise of the very man backing this madness.

But this moment isn’t just about what we stop doing.

It’s also about where we start redirecting our power.

So let’s shift.

Let’s make our dollars speak fluently.

Support local.

Support Black-owned.

Support immigrant-owned and immigrant-aligned.

Because this right here?

This is protest in its most undeniable form.

No permits needed. No streets blocked. No signs.

These are important and have their place.

But money is power—and we wield it through each and every purchase.

We’re speaking in the one language they can’t ignore:

If you fund cruelty, we won’t fund your company.

Not with our coins. Not with our clicks. Not with our presence. Not with that green.

Our dollars are walking.

And they’re walking out.

Let’s make that message loud enough to echo from every register to every boardroom.

And don’t think this can’t work.

We already watched a boycott break the back of Target—

a retail giant brought to its knees just by people quietly closing their wallets.

That’s power.

That’s proof.

And this—this is one way

We. Hold. This. Line.

For the 4th Non-negotiable:

End Ethnic Cleansing by ICE

So I’m asking you—

Don’t just read this. Don’t just nod along. Spread this message like wildfire.

Join the boycott. Make it visible. Make it loud.

Home Depot doesn’t get our dollars while they greenlight raids in their parking lots.

If you’re in ATL and ready to move different—

Here are some local options that might deserve your dollars more:

Georgia Hardware: Local & Community-Minded Spots

1. Pegram & Austin Ace Hardware (South Fulton, GA)

A Black-owned franchise run by Warren Pegram and son Charlston Austin—rooted in community, not corporate politics.

**Some Ace stores may have ties to Trump funding—but others, like Pegram & Austin Ace Hardware in South Fulton, are Black-owned and community-rooted.

This ain’t about boycotting every brand—it’s about being strategic with our dollars.

📍 6385 Old National Hwy, South Fulton, GA

2. Extra Mile Tools (Dawsonville, GA – serves Georgia region)

Family-owned, immigrant-inclusive, focusing on tool rentals, used gear, and top-tier customer service without empire money.

📍 243 E Stowers Rd, Dawsonville, GA

3. Messer Hardware (Bowdon, GA)

Old‑school general store—nuts, bolts, real talk. Not political, just soulful service.

📍 110 Saxon St, Bowdon, GA