Having recognized and experienced the lag in response times and capabilities due to a lack of critical communications after disasters, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief has been developing and building out alternative communications knowledge and capacity. We have committed to learning together how to build our own autonomous communications infrastructure for impacted communities' long-term communication resiliency.
In May (2025), Mutual Aid Disaster Relief hosted our first radio and comms skills convergence. This 3-day training and skill share's goal was to network our shared projects, increase our knowledgebase, and develop new strategies for surviving the coming climate chaos together -- connected by comms!
This ongoing funding campaign is to support critical communications infrastructure development and implementation costs, as well as community training, in impacted communities including mesh networks, ham radio, and other communications infrastructure. We are building resilience, not just after an immediate crisis, but before.
With love and solidarity!
