Description
Abolitionist Sanctuary is working diligently to support Black families in Altadena who are affected by the Eaton Canyon wildfires.
Your urgent support is needed to provide cash-assistance and gift cards for immediate assistance.
Giving will allow a family the mental relief to focus on material provisions and emotional healing to cope and rebuild.
All donations are 100-percent tax deductible. Our EIN is: 86-2003530.
All funds received for the Mutual Aid Relief Fund for Black Families Affected by Eaton Canyon Wildfires will go to families in need. We will keep appropriate accounting for transparency, trust, and integrity.
Thank you for your generosity and care.
What is Mutual Aid:
According to Dean Spade, mutual aid moves toward the goals of building “a society organized by collective self-determination where there are wide range of options beyond ‘sink or swim.”[i] Black communities have always participated in mutual aid—from borrowing sugar, to bartering services, to the church fish-fry for the building fund. When systems motivated by greed and individual gain fail, it is the mutuality of the community that sustains those who are most vulnerable and provides for their needs. As we support the historic Black community of Altadena, it is critical that we rely on each other to protect, provide, preserve, and prosper our residences, businesses, religious institutions, land, cultural landmarks, and legacy.
Altadena is not for sale and we must save it! Altadena will rebuild. Like the Phoenix, a mythical bird that rises from the ash, Altadena will rise in glory again. We are all we need to get there. Give today!
[i] Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) (London ; New York: Verso, 2020), 36.
