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Ward 5 Mutual Aid

Volunteer collective helping neighbors in need during COVID-19 and beyond.

Contributors


Ward 5 Mutual Aid is all of us

Our contributors 462

Thank you for supporting Ward 5 Mutual Aid.

Alexandra Sha...

Admin

$4,800 USD

Aysha Keisler

Core Contributor

$1,200 USD

Rae Gaines

Core Contributor

$460 USD

Slammer M

Core Contributor

Rabia Ali

Core Contributor

Matt Gerken

Core Contributor

Nina C.

Core Contributor

Sharell Jarvis

Core Contributor

Lark

Admin

Greater Washi...

$25,000 USD

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

+$3.43USD
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+$1.61USD
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Balance transfer
-$1.61USD
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Today’s balance

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Total raised

$241,512.24 USD

Total disbursed

$241,512.24 USD

Estimated annual budget

$11,238.45 USD

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News from Ward 5 Mutual Aid

Updates on our activities and progress.

Together, We Can Rebuild: Resume Your Monthly Support!

Hello Friends & Neighbors! We invite you to resume a monthly donation to Ward 5 Mutual Aid (W5MA)! On March 15t...
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Published on July 16, 2024 by Karen Dickerson

Your Support Matters: Empowering Our Community Through Mutual Aid

Dear friends and supporters of Ward 5 Mutual Aid, We hope this message finds you well. Ward 5 Mutual Aid wishes to convey our utmost admiration for the immeasurable impact your continued support has on our community through Mutual Aid. Mutu...
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Published on May 2, 2024 by Karen Dickerson

Urgent Message: New Donation Process! Please Read!

Dear valued supporters of Ward 5 Mutual Aid, We are grateful for your continuous support in helping us serve the community during these difficult times. As we navigate challenges, your unwavering support has been the beacon guiding our effo...
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Published on April 3, 2024 by Karen Dickerson

Conversations

Let’s get the discussion going! This is a space for the community to converse, ask questions, say thank you, and get things done together.

Displaced mother and son from apartment fire

Published on March 8, 2021 by Emmalynn Sharf

Last Friday March 5, 2021 my son and I are homeless due to another tenant in our apartment building having a fire. Now, our stuff is damaged ny smoke. I am trying to get what I can but not over do it as we are homeless and living with a fri...

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Contact Information

Published on December 17, 2020 by selene lara

Hello guys, would please let me know what is the phone number that people can call to ask for help in Ward 5? I have a client who's daughter is in coma since Thanksgiving and she is been taking care of her 5 grandchildren. Thank you.

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About


The Ward 5 DC Mutual Aid Group is an informal group of individuals coming together as neighbors in Ward 5, connecting people in need with people who want to help during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. We are not an organization, representatives of any organization, or at all affiliated with the DC government. We do our best to fulfill requests made by neighbors and match them with nearby volunteers who are willing and able to help.

If you would like to volunteer with us, please take a moment to fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoHwezDrIhbEhQsSr_QbgSbOyq2ZJtsNCsYkNc5Y33C4n2Sw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1rbnFNT-wfkZHIBXCGnEZXvHQ9XCiygm0YpjVBRHw5yeqwi3FzXdRHbug

If you need assistance and would like to submit a request please email us at [email protected] or call our warm-line at (202) 643-7030.

"Mutual aid is a term to describe people giving each other needed material support, trying to resist the control dynamics, hierarchies, and system-affirming, oppressive arrangements of charity and social services. Mutual aid projects are a form of political participation in which people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing political conditions, not just through symbolic acts or putting pressure on their representatives in government, but by actually building new social relations that are more survivable." (https://bigdoorbrigade.com/what-is-mutual-aid/)

Our team

Aysha Keisler

Core Contributor

Rae Gaines

Core Contributor

Slammer M

Core Contributor

Rabia Ali

Core Contributor

Matt Gerken

Core Contributor

Nina C.

Core Contributor

Sharell Jarvis

Core Contributor

Lark

Admin