Mutual Aid & Community in the Face of Climate Disaster

Helping our friends & colleagues in the Gulf Coast...

Hey there Green New Dealmakers,

Our hearts are with all of those in Louisiana, Mississippi, and across the country dealing with the fallout of climate disasters right now. We’re passing along a list of organizations doing mutual aid and local disaster relief efforts on the ground in response to the destruction caused by Hurricane Ida’s landfall in the Gulf.

Our friends, colleagues, and fellow activists and their communities have a long road to recovery ahead of them along the Gulf Coast, but our movement can and will be there to support them—in whatever way they need. For now, and for awhile, that’s going to be by donating resources (money and mutual aid) to those who are on the ground.

A good place to start is the community of St. James, in the heart of Cancer Alley…

Louisiana Bucket Brigade @labucketbrigade

Support #IDA recovery: so many people in Cancer Alley have lost swaths of their roofs - their homes desperately need to be tarped. Donate to RISE St. James (bit.ly/DonateRISE) & Inclusive Louisiana (bit.ly/DonateINCLUSIVE) so this can begin immediately in their communities

bit.lyDonate to Inclusive Louisiana!Join with Inclusive Louisiana to protect ALL residents of St. James Parish

DONATE TO RISE ST. JAMES HERE

DONATE TO INCLUSIVE LOUISIANA HERE

Jane "NET zero is NOT zero" Patton @soopajane

Y'all outside of Louisiana trying to figure out how to help? @WaterWorksNOLA is doing systemic mutual aid writ large. @ineedja_kadeeja is constantly sharing a stream of Venmos and CashApps of people in need. Give there or to local churches or organizers. Never to Red Cross.

Another place that our friends and fellow activists on the ground consistently recommended we support was the mutual aid efforts of the local group, Imagine Water Works…

Imagine Water Works @WaterWorksNOLA

We are on the ground and may lose power and internet. In the meantime, please share our fundraiser. This fund will support recovery efforts *led by locals* in the wake of #HurricaneIda, as well as essential preparation for the rest of the season:

donorbox.orgDonate to Hurricane Ida Relief & Recovery | Imagine Water Works (Powered by Donorbox)The Mutual Aid Response Network is a group of Louisiana residents, led by Imagine Water Works, that activates during floods, storms, and other natural and manmade disasters. All donations to this fund will support relief and recovery efforts in th...

DONATE TO IMAGINE WATER WORKS MUTUAL AID NETWORK HERE

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Ida hit Houma, Louisiana—home to a large Indigenous population—really hard…

Josh Morgerman @iCyclone

If you want to know what a small city looks like the day after a direct hit from the inner core of a Cat-4 #hurricane, here you go: Houma #Louisiana the day after #IDA.

Indigenous Environmental Network is working with Another Gulf to bring mutual aid to Indigenous and Bayou communities in and around Houma...

Indigenous Environmental Network @IENearth

#HurricaneIda is going to be BAD! We are partnering w/ @AnotherGulf_ to help provide mutual aid to the Indigenous and Bayou communities who will be directly affected by this storm. Go to AnotherGulf.Com/Ida to donate and/or share resource information!

anothergulf.comJust Ida RecoveryFRONTLINE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION PAGE PARA ESTE PAGINA EN ESPAÑOL, CLIC AQUI This webpage will be updated to serve as a central information source for frontline-to-frontline direct resource & su…

DONATE TO ANOTHER GULF’S MUTUAL AID NETWORK HERE

Another Gulf Is Possible @AnotherGulf_

Donate to Another Gulf is Possible Collaborative's Mutual Aid Fund secure.actblue.com/donate/another… We distribute donations to vulnerable families & communities impacted by #HurricaneIda. AGIP has 2 #JustRecovery vehicles to provide mutual aid for essential needs, repairs, & supplies.

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The amazing organizers and activists at the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy (GCCLP) are also coordinating and supporting mutual aid efforts in communities across the Gulf…

Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP) @GCCLP

We're working with communities to assess the immediate and long-term impacts of Hurricane Ida. Stand with those impacted by the storm: loom.ly/kDnmAYU.

GCCLP’s fund is controlled directly by frontline groups on the ground…

michael 🦐🌻 @lilprole93

If you’re looking to put your money in the hands of frontline Louisiana & Mississippi communities directly hit by #Ida, donate to the #GulfSouth4GND Community Controlled Fund. Directly managed & run by frontline orgs in the Gulf: southernmovement.secure.force.com/donations/dn8n…

DONATE TO THE GCCLP COMMUNITY DISASTER RELIEF FUND HERE

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Andy Horowitz @andydhorowitz

It’s a huge relief that the levees didn’t break around New Orleans. But Ida’s lesson isn’t the city’s hurricane protection is good enough. It’s that investments in infrastructure save lives. We need to do a lot more.

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The destruction from Hurricane Ida is devastating. Our thoughts are with those in danger and with first responders saving lives. But let's be clear. If we do not act boldly to combat climate change, what we see today will become the norm as the planet becomes more uninhabitable.

Virginia Hanusik @virginiahanusik

i spent this spring photographing the site that one of the most powerful hurricanes in modern history made landfall yesterday. there will be many devastating visuals to come, but I wanted to share these images of the beauty of Grand Isle, Louisiana.

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We’ll share more resources to support folks on the ground as we get them.