Hey friends,
Communities and movement families in Louisiana and across the Gulf experienced yet another hurricane this past weekend— Hurricane Ida. More than a million people, including the entire city of Bvlbancha(1) being left with no power.
Hurricane Ida hit on the 16th anniversary of when Hurricane Katrina ravaged Bvlbancha, another reminder of how the Gulf Coast is constantly hit hardest by “natural disasters” that we all know are actually emboldened by human greed. Louisiana is losing football fields worth of land every single day and is now a city that has been forced to evacuate during a COVID surge and with hospitals already at or beyond capacity.
Sometimes, climate justice means giving as generously as you can. Folks in Louisiana need all the support our community can offer, so we’ve compiled a list of mutual aid groups that are rounding up resources for folks on the ground.
Support any way you can whether it’s sharing these out with your networks far and wide or donating to local mutual aid groups.
Dany Sigwalt, Executive Director at Power Shift Network
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>> Houma Nation is one of several Indigenous communities in the continental US hardest hit by the hurricane in addition to quickly losing land to the disappearing coastline. We’ve worked closely with folks from the Houma Nation for PS21, and encourage you to give as generously as you can to help them recover from this disaster.
Donate Here
>> 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.
More Info Here
Donate Here
>> Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Relief is a group led by and for disabled people to ensure inclusive disaster relief practices and are working hard right now to support folks impacted by Hurricane Ida.
More Info Here
Donate Here
>> The Disability and Disaster Hotline provides disaster relief support specifically for disabled people, and provides multilingual and accessible information. It can be reached through calling (800) 626-4959 or for the deaf and/or hard of hearing, videophone calls can be organized upon emailed request to [email protected].
>> Southern Solidarity is a grassroots, community-based group of volunteers in solidarity with the unhoused in their quest toward liberation. They are distributing food to unhoused relatives in Bvlbancha during and after the hurricane.
Donate Here
>> Another Gulf is Possible is distributing donations directly to Indigenous, Black, and brown frontline folks impacted by Hurricane Ida and groups who currently don’t have online donations capacity, as well as directly to individual families impacted by the storm.
Donate Here
We also encourage you to consider giving directly to folks in need. Here’s a link to a twitter thread of folks requesting mutual aid support.
1 The Choctaw name for so-called New Orleans, which has been a vibrant city long before colonists survived
