DKCSC
ROADSIDE

We are the Dirty Kid Couchsurfing Coalition. Founded in 2015 by Madre, DKCSC connects dirty kids, houseless folks, travelers, couchsurfers, and the people who care about them. We are a grassroots mutual-aid community: people sharing what they have so somebody else can make it through.

We are here for the people nobody else seems to want. The ones told to move along. The ones whose whole lives fit in a backpack. The ones who have been written off, shut out, or forgotten. Your worth does not depend on an address, a paycheck, sobriety, or how neatly your life fits someone else's expectations. You are a person. You matter. You have something to give, even when you need help.

A little dirt. A little spirit. A lot of love.

Our kind of spirituality lives in a shared meal, a dog curled beside a bedroll, a song around a fire, and somebody asking whether you made it somewhere safe. There is something sacred in keeping each other alive. Call it spirit, solidarity, chosen family, or simply giving a damn. No belief system required. We belong to this Earth, and we can choose to look after one another.

Care is something we do.

A couch when someone can offer one. A ride, a warm meal, a useful resource, a listening ear. Harm reduction that meets people where they are. A reminder to call your mom—or someone who loves you. These ordinary acts are how a scattered community becomes a network.

Everyone has worth, and everyone deserves safety. Caring for people means respecting boundaries, taking harm seriously, and practicing accountability. Mutual aid depends on consent and trust.

In a throwaway society, we choose another way.

Our original website put it plainly: “Dkcsc is all about loving the invisible people in our society.” We believe in a community where we are valued for who we are and not how much we have. We share what we have. No life is disposable, and everyone has something to give.

Our roots include the freegan philosophy: sharing resources, reducing waste, repairing and reusing what we can, and putting usable things back into people's hands. There is enough worth saving—in our belongings, our communities, and each other.

Call Your Mom.

Project Call Your Mom began with a simple act: meeting travelers at gatherings and on the road, and carrying messages back to their families. Our old site remembers two young travelers leaving messages in the Call Your Mom book in Ocala, Florida. A message can open a door to support, connection, and someone knowing you are okay.

Connection should always be your choice. Family can mean a parent, a trusted friend, or the people you have chosen. Nobody owes contact to someone who has hurt them.

A history of showing up.

Our early site documented a network of couches, care packages, fresh socks, pizza, and help with gas, phone cards, and urgent motel stays when resources allowed. Nomad Rescue connected people facing urgent situations with community members who could help. Members also supported traveling free-food kitchens and disaster relief.

That history is the heart of Roadside: people helping people with what they have. For help or offers today, use the DKCSC group and check with its administrators about what is available.

“WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LOVE.”

“WE BELIEVE THAT EVEN ONE LIFE CHANGED CREATES RIPPLES. SAVING ONE LIFE IS WORTH IT.”

“WE BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD A NEW SOCIETY, ONE IN WHICH WE ARE ALL IMPORTANT, CONNECTED… CHERISHED.”

From the original DKCSC About page

Now is the time to tighten the network.

We want fewer people falling through the gaps between towns, between services, between one person who cares and the next. That means staying in touch, sharing reliable information, checking on our people, and connecting what we can offer with what someone nearby needs. The vision is a homeless network reaching across the Earth, built with the people living it.

We may be scattered. We do not have to be alone.