The Kansas City Defender’s Annual Christmas Eve Grocery Buyout Returns

The Kansas City Defender is launching our most ambitious Grocery Buyout yet this Christmas Eve. Following the tremendous success of our Black August Buyout – which raised an astounding $7,500 in just 12 hours – we’re returning for our final Mutual Aid event of the year, where we hope to distribute $10,000 direct cash to Black families! When: December 24th (Christmas Eve)Where: We don’t announce the location beforehand ABOUT THE PROGRAM & WHY NOW We are not, and never have been simply a news outlet like CNN or the New York Times. We are a Black radical community organization dedicated to collectively raising the Power and Consciousness of Black people, and using creative ways to show love and support for our community. Our Buyouts are radical interventions aimed at restoring dignity, impacting our people’s material conditions, fostering love and hope, and even if only for one batch of groceries or toys, alleviating the crushing weight of capitalism and poverty.  More important to us than anything, is building relationships and trust with everyday people and letting folks know we are a Community Platform in service to The People. This is why we continue to pilot a variety of Innovative Community Survival...