Capital Area Relief & Liberation
Our people deserve
more than survival.
Food. Housing. Safety. Freedom.
We meet urgent needs and organize for Black liberation—because our communities deserve to thrive.
Thomas Kearney, CARL co-founder, in action with community. Lead photograph: Lazore Photography.
Care is part of the struggle
Meet needs.
Build power.
Get free.
We show up for each other—and organize for a world where survival is not a struggle.
Capital Area Relief & Liberation connects food access, housing support, recovery, mutual aid, and abolitionist organizing across New York communities.
Our work is rooted in lived experience and a commitment to Black liberation. The people closest to the harm belong at the center of the response.
Meet CARL ↗Care in practice
The work is collective.
Food & mutual aid
Community fridge and garden work, food access, and resources shared with dignity.
Housing & safety
Project Oasis and Survivors Circle of Life connect practical support with the work of building stability.
Recovery & liberation
Recovery coaching, harm reduction, youth programs, political education, and abolitionist organizing.
Tools that support the movement
PottyPath funds
Movement Commons.
Practical care at home helps sustain tools for collective care. PottyPath helps fund Movement Commons and its work connecting people, resources, and organizing.
Movement Commons
A shared home for organizing, mutual aid, community connections, and resources.
Sign-in or access approval may be required.
PottyPath
Routine Keeper helps households build consistent dog-care routines, with Safety Plus as an optional upgrade.
PottyPath helps fund Movement Commons.
Stand with us
Bring what you have.
Build what we need.
Time. Skills. Resources. A place to gather. An idea worth organizing around. There is a place for you in this work.