List of Birmingham Mutual Aid and Liberation Organizations

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This is a List of Birmingham Mutual Aid and Liberation Organizations, including active organizations which promote the voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit in practical and/or political contexts. Many of these projects aim to liberate individuals, communities and ecosystems from systematic oppression.

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Adelante Alabama unites low-wage and immigrant workers and their families in the Birmingham area to defend our rights, promote our dignity, and pursue justice for all. They are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Birmingham. Adelante Website
The Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN) is a grassroots network of farmers, consumers, and agriculture-related organizations, all committed to promoting sustainable agriculture in Alabama. ASAN is a 501(c)(3) state-wide organization based in Birmingham. ASAN Website
The Working Families Party is a progressive grassroots political party building a multiracial movement of working people to transform America. WFP Website
BFT Local 2115 is the Birmingham branch of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) . They are a union of educators and support personnel whose missions are to preserve and protect the rights of its membership; to organize, serve and empower its membership for the purpose of addressing educational issues that promote and support quality education for all students, and with dignity and fair compensation for those who provide it. BFT is a 501(c)(5) nonprofit organization. BFT Website
Alabama Interfaith Power and Light (AIPL)’s goal is to engage all congregations of all faiths in the state of Alabama in the joint fight against the Climate Crisis and to be active voices in the fight for environmental justice. AIPL is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Birmingham. AIPL Website
Be a Blessing Birmingham (BABB) is a Birmingham-based nonprofit organization created to bring awareness to and garner community support to help make things better for the large homeless population. BABB holds monthly hygiene kit and clothing distributions. BABB is a 501(c)(3) organization. Be a Blessing Birmingham Website
The Birmingham Earth Coalition is a grassroots, community-driven environmental justice coalition based in Birmingham. The coalition embraces nature and is focused on building a growing movement for climate and environmental justice. Birmingham Earth Coalition Website
The Birmingham Free Store, located at 2030 Bessemer Road, is a mutual aid community-led project that focuses on anticapitalist ideas. Everything available at the “store” is free, and products available range from produce and food, to clothing, to contraceptive needs. Birmingham Free Store Website
Birmingham Mutual Aid is network of individuals in the greater-Birmingham area who practice a variety of mutual aid acts. These acts are centered around community-building and meeting peoples’ unmet needs, including food box distribution, clothing distribution, errand-running, healthcare and healing. BHMMA Website
BhamStands is a Community Platform in Birmingham. The group provides a platform for those unheard voices, artists, and groups that stand for something great. BhamStands Website
The Black Lives Matter Birmingham chapter is a branch of the national Black Lives Matter movement. It is an organization intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti-Black racism, to spark dialogue among Black people, and to facilitate the types of connections necessary to encourage social action and engagement. BLM Birmingham Facebook Page
This is the Birmingham chapter of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), one of the largest socialist organizations in the country. Their mission is to organize for a more democratic society through education and activism. Birmingham DSA Facebook Group
Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust (DH-SCLT) is a 501(c)(3) community nonprofit organization founded to support permanently affordable low-income home ownership and community-based business development. DH-SCLT Facebook Group
Faith in Action Alabama (Faith in Action) is a multi-faith, multi-racial organization that works to honor God by achieving systemic change to create pathways of opportunity for all Alabamians. Faith in Action is a 501(c)(3) with local congregational hubs in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery. Faith in Action Alabama Website
The mission of Fountain Heights Farms is to improve the quality of life for the current residents of the historic Fountain Heights community of Birmingham, Alabama through long term land stewardship by community-led urban agricultural cooperatives focused on meeting the immediate and basic need for healthy fresh foods, and through culturally responsive community education programs that support and inform urban agricultural initiatives in historically under-served areas of Birmingham, Alabama. FHF Website
Grassroots Coalition of Birmingham is a 501(c)(4) organization based in Birmingham. The organization encourages grassroots involvement and local activism, identifies and cultivates a new leaders who are grassroots oriented and work directly with community members. Grassroots Coalition Birmingham Website
Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (G.A.S.P.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Birmingham. Their mission is to advance healthy air & environmental justice in the greater-Birmingham area through education, advocacy, and organizing. G.A.S.P. Website
Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM) is a multi-faith, multi-racial organization that provides emergency services for people in need and engages the poor and the non-poor in systemic change efforts to build a strong, supportive, engaged community and pursue a more just society for all people. GBM Website
The Magic City Youth Initiative (MCYI) is a grassroots, youth-led effort to increase youth representation and advocacy in local leadership. MCYI is for new & experienced leaders to connect, learn, grow and imagine a better future for Birmingham rooted in equity and social justice. Their mission is to create space for young people to connect, to identify challenges facing young people, to educate, and to build a youth agenda. MCYI Facebook Page
Margins’ goal is to uplift and strengthen Black women and their ability to parent, helping Black parents get ahead and stay ahead, so Black children can grow up safe, secure, housed, and well-fed. Margins Facebook Page
Our Revolution – Birmingham is the Birmingham chapter of Our Revolution, a national progressive political action organization. The organization's mission is to educate voters about issues, get people involved in the political process, and work to organize and elect progressive candidates. Our Revolution Birmingham Facebook Page
This is the Birmingham chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), one of the largest communist organizations in the country. PSL Birmingham is active in a wide range of movements including the labor, anti-war, immigrants' rights, women's rights, and anti-police brutality movements. PSL Birmingham Facebook Page
The purpose of People Against Neighborhood Industrial Contamination (PANIC) is to bring relief from the industrial contamination plaguing Fairmont, Harriman Park, Collegeville and North Birmingham neighborhoods of Birmingham, Alabama. PANIC Facebook Page
People’s Budget Birmingham is a coalition focused on advocating for participatory budgeting, and giving residents a say in how the city spends their taxes! People's Budget Birmingham Website
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union Midsouth. RWDSU Website
Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is an organization in the Southern United States with a chapter in Birmingham. SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South. We build, sustain, and connect a southern regional base of LBGTQ people in order to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns developed in response to the current conditions in our communities. SONG builds this movement through leadership development, intersectional analysis, and organizing. SONG Website
Sunrise Movement is an American youth-led political movement coordinated by Sunrise, a 501 political action organization that advocates political action on climate change. The Sunrise Movement is a national organization with a local hub in Birmingham, Alabama. Sunrise Movement Website
S.W.E.E.T. Alabama is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Birmingham. They are a "just transition" organization focusing on democratic economies and energy independence within Birmingham and the beautiful state of Alabama. Organization Website
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