Mutual aid is an organizational model where voluntary, collaborative exchanges of resources and services for common benefit take place amongst community members to overcome social, economic, and political barriers to meeting common needs. This can include physical resources like food, clothing, or medicine, as well as services like breakfast programs or education. These groups are often built for the daily needs of their communities, but mutual aid groups are also found throughout relief efforts.

KMA was started in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with the intention to address the immense financial need in our community and bring people together during a tough time.

KMA started as a mobile distro, visiting camps and handing out items that people needed to get through the winter. It eventually evolved into handing things out in Ashuelot Park, and after multiple sweeps by the city in the parks kicked out the unhoused population there, we moved to downtown.