I'm from Connecticut and we just had a local young man charged with setting fire to a Bronx army recruiting office. Anywho-all the solidarity emails going around direct people to "Kansas Mutual Aid." And the only action is to send them money. Who are they? I can find no information on them. And the only references are the same: the address where to send money.
The Kansas Mutual Aid Legal Collective does legal defense work for anarchists and other activists. They can be reached at 913-775-1399 or kansasmutualaid@hotmail.com. The Solidarity Center is connected to the AFL-CIO. There are several "ARISE"'s. There's Arise for social justice, a low-income rights, anti-oppression membership organization in western Massachusetts started in 1985 by 4 women. There's also Arise Bookstore in Minneapolis, MN.