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Mutual Aid Groups in Illinois

Browse 16 mutual aid groups and community organizations in Illinois.

Believers Bail Out

Community led bail fund freeing Muslims from pre-trial and immigration incarceration

Autonomous, Chicago-based, sanctuary house for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, people released from detention, and peer supporters

Chicago Abortion Fund

Mutual aid organization providing financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care

Chicago Torture Justice Center

Center for survivors of police torture in Chicago

Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Statewide network fostering mutual aid and community power through domestic violence prevention and survivor support

Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments

Coalition working to end permanent punishments and support formerly incarcerated individuals through advocacy, mutual aid, and community organizing

Illinois Single Payer Coalition

Grassroots coalition focused on healthcare justice organizing across Illinois through advocacy campaigns

Lift the Ban Coalition

Grassroots coalition fostering mutual aid and housing justice through organizing to end the state ban on rent control

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO)

Grassroots organization building power through community organizing, mutual aid, and advocacy

Logan Square Mutual Aid

Here to make helping one another easy in response to inequity and pandemic

Refugee Community Connection

All-volunteer Chicago based mutual aid organization that seeks to ease the transition of newly arrived neighbors

Scuttle Chicago

Grassroots collective coordinating mutual aid and community support initiatives

Tenants United Chicago

Build neighborhood justice and grassroots democracy by developing autonomous tenants unions

The Love Fridge

Mutual aid group working to ensure every Chicagoan has access to fresh food by maintaining free community fridges

Transgender Justice Law Project

Provides free, life and gender-affirming legal services to everyone on the gender spectrum

Warehouse Workers For Justice

Building power with warehouse workers to win safe, secure, high-paying jobs

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