This is a disaster for which there are no words. But process it--and help--we must. Please use the comments on this post as a space to share links to writing, links to organizations in need of donations, and words for our fellow She Writers based in Japan.
For starters, please check out this post by She Writer Marie Cooper, "Hearts with the Japanese". Marie mentions Sachiko, a blogger from Japan with family there, who is using her blog Tea Rose Home to implore the public to help in whatever way they can. As Marie writes, "Financial contributions to reputable organizations seem to be the most efficient method of assisting. Even donations as little as $10 are welcome." Read Marie's post for links to charities organizing relief efforts, or see the list below.
She Writer Hollye Dexter has posted a beautiful "Prayer for Japan".
And New York Times writer Marie Mutsuki Mockett wrote a heartwrenching piece yesterday, "Memories Washed Away."
Japan, our prayers are with you.
Relief orgs:
• Cruz Roja Española
• Canpan Fields (a Japanese nonprofit organization)
• Save the Children
• Non-Believers Giving Aid
• NGO Jen
• International Medical Corps
• Association of Medical Doctors in Asia
• Canadian Red Cross
• American Red Cross
• Doctors without Borders
• The Salvation Army
• Oxfam
• Global Living
• Care
• ShelterBox
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Comment by Hannah Kozak on March 17, 2011 at 10:26pm Hi Elizabeth, Please let me know if it doesn't work.
Thanks.
hannah
Hmm. Here try this: http://rantingsfromarecoveringperfectionist.wordpress.com/
Comment by Elizabeth Young on March 17, 2011 at 8:53pm Word Vision is also an excellent aid organization.
Hannah for some reason the blog given won't let me get through! Please check. Many thanks, Elizabeth.
Here's another: Indie Author's Relief Fund
http://eveningfades.blogspot.com/2011/03/indie-authors-relief-fund....
Comment by Hannah Kozak on March 17, 2011 at 2:49pm This blog is a sensitive,heartfelt, compassionate look at one woman's thoughts on the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. She's able to find the gift of gratitude from this tragedy. Send some loving support to someone who's been writing for decades but is a new blogger. It's all about love.
http://rantingsfromarecoveringperfectionist.wordpress.com/2011/03/1...
This article highlights actions by artists and arts organizations to provide relief:
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37230/artists-and-galleries-aroun...
Comment by Suzanne Linn Kamata on March 17, 2011 at 8:19am 
Comment by Diana L Guerrero on March 17, 2011 at 7:23am Comment by Suzanne Linn Kamata on March 16, 2011 at 11:39pm Some foreign language teachers in Japan are putting together an ebook to raise money for the Japan Red Cross. For more details, check out this link:
Comment by Lynn Henriksen on March 16, 2011 at 6:54pm Oh, people of Japan, I feel for you, pray for you. Your ordeal is horrific, but you are strong and resilient, and you have the will to mend and repair and the love of the human family pouring out to you in this time of great need. I hold the souls of your departed in my heart.
Keeping Spirits Alive, Lynn Henriksen
Comment by Mrs. Barbara Jean Fields on March 16, 2011 at 6:42pm I'll check it out.
Barbara Jean Fields
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