This event is proudly sponsored and supported by a generous contribution from the Urban League of Kansas City!
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 Programs.
HOW TO DONATE:
VENMO: @kcdefender
CASHAPP: $KCDefender
WEBSITE: Kansascitydefender.com/support-us
All donations go directly to Black families for groceries and toys on Christmas Eve.
1 More Thing: The history of our Grocery Buyouts tells a deeper story about our commitment to revolutionary community journalism.
- Our first pop-up two years ago was located at Wild Woody’s Food Center on 31st Street, in a predominantly Black, divested neighborhood.
- Our second, at Sunfresh on 31st & Prospect, was chosen less than a month after we’d broken the story of a white serial killer kidnapping and murdering Black women in that same area just months before (in 2022).
- In other words, these are deliberate choices that connect our mutual aid work to the broader struggle for Black liberation and community survival.
Shoot our Community Programs Lead, Nina Kerrs, an email if you have any questions, nina@kansascitydefender.com
