The movement for mutual aid during disasters isn’t something we invented. But we are trying to act as a swiss-army knife for this growing movement of movements, as it becomes more and more critical for our collective survival. One way we are supporting and uplifting this tactic, and the larger autonomous disaster relief movement, of which we are only a small part, is curating a database of news articles about autonomous, liberatory, mutual aid efforts in the context of disasters.
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Hamline OracleDiscussing the hope of financial aid following mutual aid events on campus.
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Worcester MagazineOn March 13, even before the statewide shutdown of schools, Worcester Public Schools proactively closed for three weeks to protect students and staff during the pandemic and prevent community spread of COVID-19.
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Bklyner“Any nonprofit or government can provide charity, but charity isn’t going to be what makes a difference in the long run,” Ellis said. “The difference is the connections and the community that mutual aid builds around these different activities.”
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The New York TimesStudent-led mutual aid networks have raised tens of thousands of dollars to help peers cover basic costs of living.
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BustleFive practical steps you can take to help vulnerable people in the LGBTQ+ community.
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Creative Loafing TampaThe area has a long history of providing help for each other.
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In These TimesWe have to fundamentally reimagine community if we want to avoid “intensive, uneven suffering followed by species extinction.”
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NY Daily NewsWhat if our elections didn’t stress us out to the point of finishing an entire pint of ice cream in one sitting? What if we relied more on our neighbors and community members than government officials? This new kind of world is possible if we normalize mutual aid practices across the country.
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The IthacanFood pantries on the Ithaca College campus and in Tompkins County work to combat food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Block Club ChicagoHere's how you can volunteer or donate to help residents in need.
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Boise State Public RadioAs more people face financial insecurity, Idahoans are stepping up to help one another directly, sharing everything from money and groceries to skills and services. “Mutual aid” is on the rise.
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City LimitsIt’s been more than seven months since New York started coronavirus lockdown measures, and just as the crisis itself has shifted and evolved over time, so too have the informal networks of volunteers and neighbors working to help one another endure it.
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Nonprofit QuarterlyIn this webinar, mutual aid practitioners in the Twin Cities, Chicago, and Atlanta discuss the past, present, and future of mutual aid. In the midst of COVID-19, mutual aid networks have emerged across the country. But what is mutual aid? And how does it connect with broader movements for economic democracy and a solidarity economy?
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Nonprofit QuarterlyNPQ has covered mutual aid before. As Ed Whitfield, Sohnie Black, Alexandria Jonas, and Marnie Thompson detailed in May, mutual aid is “based on the idea that everyone has needs that should be met and that everyone has something to offer to help meet others’ needs, activates everyone as part of the solution, and thus has potential to get to the scale we need.”
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TruthoutWhen the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a crisis in the U.S. in early 2020, people all over the country started coordinating to deliver groceries and prescriptions to vulnerable people, making and distributing masks and hand sanitizer, and raising money for people who were losing jobs and ineligible for unemployment benefits.
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Eater DallasWhere to donate, volunteer, and help those in need during the novel coronavirus pandemic
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Eater PhiladelphiaWhere to volunteer, find or donate food, and support your community during the coronavirus pandemic
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The Power of Mutual Aid Groups in the Age of COVID-19An interview with Dr. Daniela DomĂnguez on building communities of resilience.
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CT MirrorSummer of Solutions Hartford is a youth leadership nonprofit organization in Hartford run by Black, queer, disabled and nonbinary femmes.
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Desert SunEvery Thursday evening on a small one-acre vegetable farm in the rustic town of Jurupa Valley, Aram Ayra and other volunteers make good on an agreement with the farm’s owner.
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The Daily UWUW Community Aid Fund, a self-described “trust-based, community-funded mutual aid program for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, undocumented, and/or first generation UW students,” challenges this traditional narrative that technology’s capabilities are limited to facilitating rapid communication.
