Cassandra’s Children was born of an idea spawned during the first few weeks of the mental and emotional shock and awe following the Inauguration of POTUS 47 in January of 2025. The belief held that it was up to white women to fix the mess our demographic created, and to do so by creating a network of support and education to help people in marginalized communities survive and thrive in the chaos we imagined the future held.

But it’s the tail end of July of 2026; what’s happening with Cassandra’s Children now? Where are the support networks, and the educational resources we promised almost a year and a half ago?

​Please give a moment to be real here for a second: we are all humans caught up in the same dumpster fire that is our current reality. Living and working during the fascist takeover of our 250-year-old democracy isn’t just a political abstraction; it’s a daily slog that takes a very real—sometimes extraordinary—toll on our collective mental health, finances, and time.

​We at Cassandra’s Children aren’t immune to the weight of it all, despite our best intentions. We deal with the same burnout, financial anxiety, and the exhaustion that comes from trying to survive in these increasingly unstable times, while simultaneously building something meaningful in a landscape designed to favor the few and punish the many.

​Where We Stand

​While we are doing the best we can, we need to acknowledge our human limitations. These past 17 months have taken a mighty toll on all of us at Cassandra’s Children. Like everyone else dealing with the constant terrors we see in the news, we have been overwhelmed, overstimulated, and unable to do anything more than simply try to survive these dystopian times. And like so many of our fellow Americans, living with the direct consequences of the current regime.

Due to not fully considering how we at Cassandra’s Children would react to the constant spate of dreadful headlines and unconstitutional actions of this Administration when we created this non-profit, we are moving far, far more slowly than we’d like.  We had visions of sprinting, but our current realities often demanded a crawl.

But we are not giving up. Not now. Not ever.

We Are ​Still Moving Forward

​While our pace may be frustrating (to all of us!) our dedication to our mission is firm. As we navigate the same daily obstacles as everyone in the US, we are slowed, but not stopped. Bowed, but not broken. We choose to prioritize slow, but steady, growth over overwhelmed and ineffectual burnout—ensuring that as we move, we do so with our integrity, health, and emotional wellbeing intact.

​Thank you for standing by us as we navigate this messy, all-too-human journey. Together we’re deep in the trenches, but we continue to look up for that sliver of blue overhead.

In Solidarity

Tracey Ferraro
Executive Director
Cassandra’s Children