Our vision is a future where communities stand together to defend knowledge, uplift one another, and ensure that learning and opportunity are within everyone’s reach.

Alliance Defending Literacy

We began in 2023 as a housing co-op fundraiser for marginalized people in need and grew into a grassroots organization that supports community-led projects for essential needs.

We believe that all forms of literacy—especially personal and media literacy—are essential for people to achieve true liberty. When people understand the nature of the world around them, they are better equipped to advocate for themselves and others.

What sets us apart is our emphasis on autonomy. We help people who are actively working toward stability by giving them tools, information, and access. We believe that empowering individuals strengthens entire communities—and literacy is the foundation of that empowerment. Our work ranges from mutual aid and housing co-ops, to gift economy initiatives, and mutual aid projects.

Our beliefs

Literacy is a human right

A society that does not cultivate reading and comprehension denies its people the opportunity to think freely and shape their own futures. Every person has the inherent right to understand the world around them.

Equity over Equality

We believe fairness means more than treating everyone the same—it means ensuring every person has access to the tools they need to thrive. We proudly center and uplift differently-abled and marginalized individuals in all we do

Everyone has a purpose

We want to foster a society of people that values differences in interests and skills.

The artist, the worker, and the manager all have valuable things to add to society, whether or not it makes them a profit.

Technology & Nature can co-exist

Rejecting technology hinders growth, and rejecting nature limits wisdom. Though technology has been used to damage the planet, it can just as powerfully be used to restore it.

Housing First

All of us are inhabitants of the Earth. As such, we must take care of the Earth and each other.

Everyone deserves a safe place to live regardless of circumstance. In order to solve poverty and addiction, we need to give housing first.

To have a strong collective, you must empower your members

Collectivism thrives when you help each person improve their skills.

Both the arm and the head are parts of the body that serve a function. One is to think, and one is to act. You don’t strengthen the body by asking the arm to strategize, nor the mind to lift weights.

Our Accomplishments

25 Successful Relocation trips

Transporting marginalized people from unsafe cities or states to somewhere they are accepted.
Distributed 1,000+ Fidget Toys

to neurodiverse and marginalized people in need.
Spent $4,000+ for Food Assistance

We have supported organizations and individuals that feed people in need, whether they are housed or unhoused.
Distributed 2,000+ Pieces of Clothing & Makeup

We source our clothing from donations and local thrift stores to reduce the impact of fast fashion.