Mission & Vision
Mutual Aid Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is building a more ecologically just world and dismantling systemic social and environmental injustices through wildlife rehabilitation and community education.
By honoring the principles of intersectional environmentalism—a framework recognizing that:
- environmental harms and social harms are intrinsically interconnected,
- environmental issues disproportionately affect marginalized communities,
- advocacy for the environment has to include humans and advocacy for humans has to consider the ecosystem,
- the traditional conservation movement in the US has historically ignored or denied the above;
— MAWR aspires to create resilient ecosystems where animals and humans thrive collectively.
Our vision is simple yet transformative: A world where humans value wildlife and each other on a systemic level, led by local community who are most impacted, and bound by a shared responsibility.
MAWR’s unique approach combines direct wildlife rehab, education and movement-building to expand traditional conservation frameworks and broaden the impact of the concept of reciprocity in rural Finger Lakes, NY
Founder & Coordinator: Nat Smith, LVT, CWR (they/them)
Bio Coming Soon
Short Film about MAWR by Food For the Spirit and the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes