Baltimore Mutual Aid Fair – Saturday, May 2nd

April 23rd, 2026 by Ellie Walsh

Empathy Project Provides Free Goods & Services to Neighbors in Need!

Date:  Saturday, May 2, 2025

Time:  1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Location:  29th Street Community Center, 300 E 29th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

Cost:  Free and open to the public!

Tables of giveaway items, including food, clothing, toiletries, housewares, etc.  DJ Ryan the lion from Magic 95.9. Information, skill share, and resource tables.

The Baltimore Ethical Society (BES) will sponsor a “Mutual Aid Fair” to provide free essential goods and services to community members on May 2nd. The event, enabled by a grant from the American Humanist Association’s Empathy Project, will be from 1:00 to 4:00. at the 29th Street Community Center (300 East 29th St.). The event promotes the idea that “Mutual aid is an act of love”.

BES is joining humanists nationwide responding to “a crisis of cruelty plaguing the country. ” The project is a response to the current administration’s actions that threaten our neighbors’ safety and diminish our collective humanity.  The goal is to demonstrate the power of embracing empathy (the ability to understand and share the feelings of others) to aid us in combatting hardships where the system has failed.

At the fair attendees will have access to free food, housewares, toiletries, clothing and community resources.  Popular DJ, Ryan da Lion will be providing music to liven up the day. Many local organizations are participating in the fair, including, 29th Street Community Center, Baltimore Abolition Movement, Baltimore Furniture Bank, LetsBMore, Housing Our Neighbors, PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation), Joy Baltimore, Cooperative Community Development Inc, We Stand for All, So What Else, Samaritan Kitchen,  Standing Strong Mentoring Program, Acupuncture Detox Specialist Collective Baltimore, the Ujiama People’s Progress Party, ICE Watch and Baltimore DSA.

This Empathy Project is hosted by the Baltimore Ethical Society. (BES). Our main hostess, Raven Lane is our public relations chair. Raven has over ten years experience of organizing giveaways. BES is a humanist congregation that believes in the worth and dignity of each individual and is committed to working together to create a more just, humane, and peaceful world. It’s tenet that we bring out the best in ourselves by bringing out the best in others expresses the power of empathy.  The Society holds regular Sunday morning meetings which feature a variety of speakers and engages in numerous “ethical action” projects in the community. Anyone interested in learning more about BES can visit us at bmorethical.org.

Contact Information:

Raven Lane: Phone Number – (443-297-2676), Email- publicrelations@bmorethical.org