Lowcountry Mutual Aid Fund
Support community care in the wake of Hurricane Ian
Please consider contributing to the Lowcountry Mutual Aid Fund as we support communities impacted by Hurricane Ian in the Charleston area of South Carolina. Your solidarity will directly support neighbors forced to relocate housing, repair hurricane damage, and who are otherwise facing hardship caused by the storm and exacerbated by existing systems of inequality and exclusion.
Why a mutual aid fund?
The Lowcountry Mutual Aid Fund was created in 2020 to facilitate the redistribution of financial support to community members in the greater Charleston area who have been intentionally and systematically excluded from government support systems providing COVID-19 related relief. This includes: undocumented individuals, many mixed status families, and currently incarcerated folks that will not be receiving a stimulus check of their own. The fund also prioritizes communities whose existing hardships were made worse by the pandemic and other ongoing systems of exclusion, including: previously incarcerated folks, single parents, unbanked and/or houseless folks, and individuals who experience housing and employment discrimination due to their identity (eg. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), people with disabilities (apparent and non-apparent), and queer and trans folks).
Who We Are
The fund is organized by a multi-racial and intergenerational grassroots coalition including members from the SC Housing Justice Network, Fresh Future Farm, Charleston Immigrant Coalition, Charleston Democratic Socialists of America, people working to support migrant farmworkers, the SC Indian Affairs Commission, Community First Land Trust and other neighbors.