WMA receives no money from any state or municipal government. We support our actions through grants from private foundations aligned with our values and from individual donations. DONATE NOW!
Transparency, accountability, consensus
Waterbury Mutual Aid aims to build relationships with and among neighbors based on trust and common interest. We connect communities with available resources whenever and however we can. In 2021, we are focusing exclusively on food support.
All flourishing is mutual: individual well-being is collective well-being.
Who is Waterbury Mutual Aid? Who make decisions?
Waterbury Mutual Aid has no defined membership, no hierarchy and no leaders. People influence decisions by showing up and doing the work. When core participants (the people who show up every single time) make decisions, they are by consensus. Send an email if you think you can show up and do the work.
But we prefer that decisions get made by those in the communities where we work. So we are constantly asking–through telephone interviews, surveys and community meetings–what these communities want and need.
Who decides? The People decide.
Why have I never heard of WMA?
Waterbury Mutual Aid formed in March, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe economic crisis it created. In the poorest communities, like Waterbury, the scale of need far exceeds the capacity of the traditional support structures municipal and state governments, major nonprofits, etc. WMA began organizing to deliver groceries directly to Waterbury families, making our first deliveries on April 11.
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