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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Can a Neighborhood Become a Network?The mutual-aid networks that have defined the COVID-19 pandemic are looking to the long term.
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Mutual aid hub launches in Germantow with free food and diapersMutual aid has a long history among oppressed groups, and is embraced by many modern Indigenous societies.
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These are the Utahns making sure protesters are safe — and not spreading coronavirusOn most recent evenings, those passing through downtown Salt Lake City are likely to see hundreds marching against police brutality. Those who don’t see them might hear the group’s chants ...
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A Filmmaker Turns to Organizing Through Mutual Aid | KQEDAroMa launched themselves into organizing the same way they approach art: wholeheartedly.
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Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid in LGBTQ+ Drug-Using CommunitiesMutual aid has been under the spotlight during the pandemic. It should not be forgotten this Pride Month that the model has deep LGBTQ+ roots.
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Creating a hyperlocal infrastructure of care: COVID-19 Mutual Aid GroupsCOVID-19 mutual aid groups revolve around caring for neighbours as a hyperlocal infrastructure. This can have a powerful impact on political mobilisation.
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Mutual Morris Offers Relief, Support During COVID-19 PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has devastated communities across the United States. Mutual Morris wants to help.
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Seattle volunteers look out for Black Lives Matter demonstratorsAs protests continue, mutual aid networks have sprouted up to provide food, medical assistance and rides home.
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A Mutual Aid Network Blooms in Bay RidgeIn organizational theory, mutual aid means the exchange of services or resources in which both parties benefit. Mutual aid…
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New to mutual aid? Welcome to 'helping' for the long haul. | City PagesMinneapolis City Pages is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Minneapolis.
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Friends in NeedMutual aid societies offer a model of cooperation for helping the vulnerable.
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Sharing, mutual aid, and sustainability transitions - ShareableThe post-COVID-19 period marks a time for sustainability transitions toward new systems of consumption & production organized around relationships & solidarity.
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Brazilians in Favelas Form Mutual Aid Systems to Survive the PandemicMore than 400 people have been appointed “street presidents” to carry out the duties President Jair Bolsonaro has left gaping.
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During the Pandemic, Vermont's Mutual Aid Groups Lend a HandBy the third week of each month, Rebecca Campbell's bank account is usually overdrawn. She lives in a subsidized apartment next to Momo's Market in...
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Food, medics, free rides home: Seattle protests see rush of volunteer supportWith a long history in citizen activism, ‘mutual aid’ helps sustain local demonstrations.
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How An ‘Activist Spanglish Bookstore’ Became a Source of Aid in the Pandemic“Real talk, thousands of people were dying and millions were already living week to week ... you can’t be shook by the information,” Herron tells Remezcla. “You have to address it.”
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5 Organizations Aiding Disaster Relief EffortsDisasters like hurricanes and earthquakes can devastate communities. Rebuilding after these events strike can take a great deal of time, effort, and funding. That's why organizations like the ...
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Norwalk Mutual Aid seeks food drive hostsThe neighborhood food drives will be held June 13 and June 27.
