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What is mutual aid?

A voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit. Mutual aid projects are a form of political participation in which people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing political conditions. Mutual aid has been a factor in the very evolution of our species, it is the human impulse to survive.

What is Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network?

Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network is a grassroots group of community members in so-called Grays Harbor County, WA engaged in political direct action. We are not a Non-Profit 501c3, a business, or a club. We are normal people who try to organize the vast potential of our community to build the world we want to see, without asking for permission.

Our goal is to create mutual aid projects that meet the needs of the communities and identify affiliate groups in need of amplification, assistance, or support. We also work directly with the community to find needs, gaps in services, and resources in need of distribution. Our main projects are currently centered in food sovereignty and advocacy for the unhoused but we hope to see many diverse projects evolving out of this work. We also network outside the region through affiliated organizations who provide both resources and inspiration for this project.

There are multiple ways to get involved in mutual aid in your area. We invite anyone to come out to one of our actions and either receive assistance or give some. To stay up to date with our public actions follow us here and on Mastodon, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or look through our current projects to learn more.

Other mutual aid related groups are encouraged to reach out to us for amplification, assistance, or support. We are always interested in forming relationships with those wanting to get involved as co-organizers and help us grow the current projects and start new ones.

If you or someone you know is in need of aid or have resources to donate please contact us so we can try to set you up with volunteers who can help you or visit the donate section of this site. 

DONATION SITES

View a list of our local donation drop-offs or review our running needs list.
GET INVOLVED

Find out how to get started with our local mutual aid network.

 

 

WAYS TO DONATE

Discover the various ways you can help.

 

 

Get Involved

“Practicing mutual aid is the surest means for giving each other and to all the greatest safety, the best guarantee of existence and progress, bodily, intellectual and moral.” ― Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

There are many ways to get involved in our mutual aid projects. Besides donating and telling your friends about us you can choose to volunteer at an action, form your own group and become an affiliate of our network, or join our group as a co-organizer. The first step in all of these choices is typically to show up at an event and introduce yourself. This way we can have a conversation about how you would like to get involved and point you in the right direction or provide you with the resources to do your own mutual aid project, whether you want to be affiliated with us or not. From here we can start to build a relationship with you and get a better feel for how you can best contribute to our current projects, or start your own based on your interests, skills, and passions.

Current Projects

“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
Projects Underway:
Upcoming Project ideas:

 

Monetary Donations

“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.” ― Eduardo Galeano

We are now using Hack Club as a fiscal host to accept tax deductible donations. For tax-deductible donations please email us for a receipt.

Hack Club

CashApp  –  $crmutualaidnet

Venmo  –  @crmutualaidnet

Paypal  –  crmutualaidnet@riseup.net

Liberapay  –  @crmutualaidnet

Donate using Liberapay

There are so many ways to donate your time, resources, and labor to the struggle for liberation. From donating directly to another individual in need, to giving your labor to a project. Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network has multiple donation sites throughout the community where items can be dropped for redistribution through our network and affiliates. We maintain a list of needs gathered from observation and conversation with our local communities. We also accept monetary donations for supplies and redistribution. We strive for maximum transparency of how we use these funds, although there are certain instances where specific personal information will not be released when redistributing money to vulnerable populations.

Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network is a bottom-up, people powered, all volunteer network supporting impacted communities, especially those most marginalized, during crises. We act without bureaucracy or red tape and our flexible approach is able to make every dollar stretch to make the most positive impact in responding to the self-determined needs of disaster survivors. The principle of “solidarity, not charity” means that actions are based on the stated needs of the people themselves, working cooperatively rather than administering from above. Please consider donating generously in order to bring effective disaster relief based on the principles of solidarity, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action to even more communities impacted by disaster.

Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network is fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation (d.b.a. Hack Club), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN:81-2908499).