Currently, our major initiatives include:
Detention Support – we have set up a commissary fund to get funds as fast as possible to people who have been moved to detention centers around the country, enabling them to keep in touch with their loved ones. In addition, we reach out to networks across the country to make every effort to get visitors in to see neighbors. Since May 2025 we have been supporting neighbors that have been kidnapped by ICE by providing commissary funds and supporting their relatives and children.
Pro se Support and Case Work – our team meets with a wide range of people on a weekly basis to help them sort through their situation and the decisions they face–whether preparing for court dates, accompaniment, planning guardianship, or making decisions about next steps in the process.
Mental Health – to address the trauma children, youth, and all neighbors experience at courts we offer mental health support to them or connect them to mental health providers who offer free of cost service. We also provide emotional support to children, youth and all neighbors who have been deported.
Queer Community – we support our queer community with their unique needs including legal, medical and mental health.
History
In the summer of 2022, when individuals and families were being bussed in from Texas through Penn Station, Port Authority, and airports, mutual aid organizers reached out to Judson and established the Radical Hope Mutual Aid Center to meet the concrete needs of our newest New Yorkers.
What started with basics: food, clothing, shelter has grown and evolved, building community and expanding mutual aid efforts to respond to the ever changing conditions we face. In 2024, Mi Tlalli was founded to continue the mutual aid work of the community. In 2025, the main focus of the community has shifted to rapid response and direct support for undocumented/asylum seeking neighbors and their families.