Wildfire Funds and Organizations

The range of the fires in Los Angeles has left few unscathed who lived or worked in their path. Liberty Hill strives to ensure collective care and justice, and that no community is overlooked or alone in the relief and recovery process. Because disasters can aggravate systemic injustices that have long persisted, we are supporting our communities to pursue equity, sustainability, and self-determination in the aftermath. Liberty Hill will work for all voices to be amplified in the re-building process. Our many years of funding community organizing for racial justice, housing justice, environmental justice, youth justice, and economic justice focuses our lens on emerging issues, such as:

• Preserving the generational wealth of Altadena's Black, immigrant and families of color, and ensuring their political voice
• Advocating for affordable housing, rent control, and tenant rights in the affected neighborhoods
• Environmental health and economic recovery for outdoor and informal workers
• Ensuring the just treatment of incarcerated workers on fire crews and the safety of incarcerated youth jailed in proximity

For Altadena, which is part of unincorporated LA County, community organizing can create channels to state and local leaders. For low-income renters, tenant organizing groups can help them access FEMA assistance, advocate for affordable housing, and be able to go home again. Advocates for system-impacted folks can save lives and protect the wellbeing of incarcerated youth and fire crews. Mutual aid networks and advocacy for environmental health & justice, access to PPE, worker opportunities, and the solidarity economy are key components of equity in this emergency.