REFUGEE, MIGRANT + HOUSELESS PEOPLES MUTUAL AID SUPPORT
Doing More with your Trip-MUTUAL AID:
Like Fungi, lichens and in reality, humans and all life on this planet, there is an exchange, and ancient one, that is supportive, obligatory, communal, and life giving. We need each other. Nothing survives on its own and we want to give support to those who are in Greece not because they had any choice to be.
We get to explore and travel freely. We are allowed to pick our own experiences and return to our homes with the feelings of freedom, relaxation and security. However, there are people who came to Greece not for holiday but in order to survive and reach family in other countries. Millions of climate and war refugees have traveled by land and sea to flee their homes and ended up, for lack of a better word, stuck in Greece because the EU has closed borders, and politicians play games with peoples lives. Services are long processes, housing, schools, camps and centers are beyond capacity and often unavailable. Refugee camps are often outdoor, open air prisons,a living hell and a crime to humanity upon themselves. We have partnered with locals who are on the ground, organizing with other citizens and orgs to supply people in squats, camps, families and refugees with the care and support that is needed. Below is a list of items that are welcomed. If you are interested in joining on the ground efforts, please get in touch and I can give you suggestions.
We chose to engage with people and autonomous groups within local and refugee communities who are self organizing versus working with NGOs and large non profits. We do this because we see the result of direct action versus bureaucratic red tape that goes along with nonprofits and NGOs.
Smugtown Mushrooms will match and give up to $50 off your registration and invest those dollars to one of these orgs if you show us (a screenshot or proof of donation) that you donated up to $50 to one of these orgs listed below
List of groups we support + nonprofits doing really incredible work
