Bronzeville Kenwood Mutual Aid (BKMA) is a grassroots group of neighbors, friends, and families who use solidarity, mutual aid, and exchange principles to address, heal, and acknowledge our communities’ strengths, gifts, and needs. BKMA is based in the Bronzeville and Kenwood neighborhoods of Chicago. We formed as a community mutual aid spoke in the Greater Chicago Mutual Aid and Solidarity Communities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effects of COVID-19 have hit our communities not only as a public health crisis but also as a socioeconomic crisis. We work in our communities to identify our allies and embolden community coalitions and initiatives. This includes everything from direct aid to redirecting wealth to working on issues of food sovereignty and resilience to providing supplies for new mothers, personal protective equipment (PPE), assistance with transportation and translation services, and assistance for people who need support navigating bureaucratic systems. As a grassroots organization, we are 100% self-funded and volunteer-based. 100% of all donations made to BKMA will be used to further our community initiatives and mutual aid practices directly.
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