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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Mutual Aid Organizing Is Growing in Capitol Hill"We got music, we got love, we got people, and we got peace."
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Uprisings Are Driving a Surge in Mutual Aid in Minneapolis and BeyondNeighbors are coming together to build strategies for keeping each other safe without the police.
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Bed-Stuy Strong: How to Start a 3,000-Member Neighborhood Mutual Aid Network | Autostraddle"Nobody may come to help us in time; we are all we’ve got. We need to organize, quickly, online, and geographically."
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Mutual aid grows in popularity during protests and pandemicDozens of new groups have popped up around the country just in the last few months.
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Mutual Aid Groups Band Together to Feed Communities Through CrisisDuring nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, community groups are distributing food to protesters and underserved communities
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COVID-19 Mutual Aid Group Grows Crops, Distributes to Food Insecure Neighbors Mutual Aid Growers ...Mutual Aid Growers's Giulia Gouge describes how the project came together and their mission during the pandemic
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Mutual aid is sweeping the world. Here’s how we make this anarchist way of organising lastMutual aid initiatives have rapidly spread during the coronavirus pandemic. But as the crisis is only likely to change and not abate, can community-led action stay the course? Argentina may well have ...
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We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peaceTo move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants.
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Rockaway Mutual Aid | The WaveWhen the COVID-19 crisis struck, paralyzing New York City and forcing a nationwide quarantine, Rockaway resident Jennifer Krol could not help but think of the many vulnerable people all around her who
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Propaganda and Mutual Aid in the time of COVID-19A double sentiment is overwhelming: intense connectivity on one hand and dislocation on the other.
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Finding Strength and Resilience Through Mutual AidAs unemployment rates rise and essential services become harder to access both economically and physically, mutual aid groups around the world continue to reaffirm their roles as agents of change, ...
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Noam Chomsky: Mutual Aid Is Rising -- and It's Key to Our SurvivalReports from around the world suggest self-organizing communities keep people safe in the age of COVID.
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Where Coronavirus Help on Facebook Is ‘Inherently Political’Three young organizers in the Detroit area started a group for people to offer face masks, emergency cash or help navigating unemployment. They see it as part of a larger vision.
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Neighbors unite to form 19th Ward Mutual AidPlease note: The Beverly Review is providing this article for free due to a generous grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
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In South Brooklyn, volunteers step in to help low-income residents struggling during pandemicYoung leaders in New York City's South Brooklyn are leading the volunteer effort because they say the government is not doing enough to help the most vulnerable.
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Jackson Heights' COVID Care Neighbor Network: A multi-purpose resource center run by neighbors ...Right in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbors are working together to support each other through the COVID Care Neighbor Network.
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Mutual Aid in Queens Amidst COVID-19 - CounterPunch.orgCOVID-19 has taken the lives of over 90,000 in the US alone, and has infected more than 1.5 million. The heart of this crisis is strongly beating in New York City, with 191,650 cases and 20,887 ...
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After distributing nearly $22,000 in aid, Duke Mutual Aid members look to restructureAfter distributing nearly $22,000 in aid to members of the Duke community, the students behind Duke Mutual Aid are currently restructuring their model, according to sophomore Lily Levin, one of the ...
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Emancipatory mutual aid: from education to liberationA New Orleans radical mutual aid group organizes with and within communities to help transform the conditions that created the crisis in the first place.
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St. Louis Mutual Aid helping people connect through community supportST. LOUIS – The late Fred Rogers used to say that when he was a boy and saw scary things in the news his mother would say “look for the helpers, you will always find people who are help…
