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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Chef, activist Jocelyn Jackson on importance of care and mutual aid among POC during the pandemicJocelyn Jackson is the founder of JustUs Kitchen, a project that provides healing food experiences for Black women and femmes, and co-founder of the People’s Kitchen Collective. She talks about ...
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Turn Mutual Aid Into Meaningful Work | Dissent MagazineCommunity care as formal employment seems necessary in the face of a disaster-prone future. It could also feel a lot better than any large-scale employment on the table now.
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How to start a mutual aid network in a pandemic - ShareableDrawing from existing knowledge instead of reinventing the wheel, this article is a guide to starting or increasing the capacity of a mutual aid network.
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Mutual Aid Groups Band Together To Help Those In Need During PandemicSome marginalized communities, like those experiencing homelessness, often benefit the most from community support.
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Mutual aid groups band together to help those in need during COVID-19Groups around Arizona are coming together to provide mutual aid, and help people with food, rent and care packages during COVID-19.
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Behind America’s Mutual Aid Boom Lies A Long History Of Government NeglectThe tradition of mutual aid is as old as the country itself because social inequity is baked into the system.
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Mutual Aid, for and by Undocumented ImmigrantsImmigrant advocacy groups are creating mutual aid funds to support the undocumented community, who are otherwise locked out of federal benefit programs.
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Why Today’s Social Revolutions Include Kale, Medical Care, and Help With RentWhen I needed to donate a box of vegetables recently, I called a nonprofit in my neighborhood in Queens, New York, that organizes low-wage immigrant workers.
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Mutual aid organization strives to strengthen the Princeton community ·A group of Princeton community members gathered for a virtual meeting in early March to discuss the predicted impact of the pandemic on their town and how they could help. They envisioned an ...
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The UK's mutual aid groups are making plans for a new post-lockdown future | The CanaryMutual aid coming out of lockdown
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CrimethInc. : Finding the Thread that Binds Us : Three Mutual Aid Networks in New York CityHow three mutual aid networks in New York City—Woodbine, Take Back the Bronx, and Milk Crate Gardens—are modeling a more interconnected way of living.
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Enough 14 -- Its time to revolt! - -The resilience and fragility of #MutualAid: #ArgentinaComparing mutual aid initiatives in Argentina and the United States. A further contribution to mutual aid and anarchist politics…
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As pandemic and economic crises wear on, Hyde Park mutual aid project expandsAs the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt in Chicago and beyond, a neighborhood mutual aid project has expanded to meet the needs of people in Hyde
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Op-ed: We Can Build a Better Food System Through Mutual Aid | Civil EatsImagine if food producers and movements worked together to secure the basic needs of those fighting for a better world for everyone.
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New York family creates mutual aid network to help hundreds of neighbors through COVID-19 crisisIn what was at one point the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, one New York family decided to help their neighbors in need. A few posters around the neighborhood turned into an almost 1,000-person ...
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The ARTnews Accord: Gonzalo Casals and Caroline Woolard Talk About Rebuilding Through Mutual Aid, ...New York’s newly appointed Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner joins an artist in conversation.
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Enough 14 -- Its time to revolt! - -Anarchist Responses to a #Pandemic – The #COVID19 Crisis as a ...The core elements of anarchist thought, illustrating how each can be found in the praxis of grassroots responses to COVID-19.
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Faith-based mutual aid flourishes amid protests, virusMany volunteers and organizers say their efforts are driven both by the understanding that existing welfare systems are broken, and that it’s their duty as people of faith to step in. In ...
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The People’s Bodega Is the Mobile Mutual-Aid Site Serving Sustenance to New York and L.A. Protests“I want to give marginalized voices a Ricola and a water and help them yell something that needs to be said.”
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Mutual aid comes to Four CornersThe Four Corners Mutual Aid Network, a local group that sprang up this spring in the Four Corners, is spearheading efforts to help individuals and...
