Our mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide basic essentials to low-income families and youth in the South Bay area of Los Angeles so that they can do more than survive.
Our vision is to reclaim the South Bay area of LA by serving the Black & Brown communities that are often forgotten here and transforming it into a more autonomous & loving community that centers collective care.
We want to make sure these families are provided with safe spaces, are heard, are uplifted, and supported. We want to be a model of what COMMUNITY LOVING really looks like.
“When small communities organize around a love ethic, every aspect of daily life can be affirming for everyone.”
-bell hooks
What we do
We curate community events that cater to all different groups of people that occupy the so-called "South Bay," specifically those most vulnerable to state violence in cities like Carson, Gardena, & Inglewood.
We collect in-kind & monetary donations specifically needed for the group of people that we are serving at that event such as clothes, toiletries, & more.
We believe that marginalized people deserve & want to do more than just survive.
We started this org because of the state's lack of aid & compassion during the pandemic as well as witnessing the police violence against our Black & POC neighbors. We are fighting for liberation and freedom and that can’t be done without abolishing capitalism and the police. We believe that marginalized people deserve & want to do more than just survive. That is why we provide the basic essentials needed so that they can focus on truly living and healing. When our basic needs are being met without “earning it”, we can reclaim our free will and autonomy over our bodies, our time, our spaces, and our lives.
We value authenticity.
It is important to us that we remain transparent about where your donations go. View our transparency sheets and receipts for every single event since the beginning. This provides exclusive access to how much money we raise and how we spend it. 100% of donations directly benefits low-income and unhoused families and youth in the South Bay.
We believe in the power of mutual aid because we believe in people power.
We are fully powered by our community & our mutual aid network. We are as grassroots as it comes, running out of our co-founders’ garage. Behind the scenes, it is run by a team of unpaid local youth volunteers. We do not rely on the government or corporations. Everything we do comes straight from the community, to the community.
