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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Beyond charity: Greater Manchester’s mutual aid response to coronavirus - The MeteorMutual aid groups have flourished across Greater Manchester during the coronavirus lockdown, helping people get through these worrying times.
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Beyond Mutual Aid: Toward the Poor Organizing the PoorIn the midst of the dual crises of pandemic and poverty, many are turning to mutual aid—but mutual aid may only be a bandaid. Projects of survival, meanwhile, are woven into a political and moral ...
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Local mutual aid group coordinates food sharing locations across Tompkins CountyITHACA, N.Y. –– Mutual Aid Tompkins, a group that has emerged during the COVID-19 crisis as both a community forum and a community resource, has stationed miniature food pantries across the ...
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Music, Prayer and Action: Klee Benally leads mutual aid projects to help Navajo Nation during ...Navajo activist / musician Klee Benally believes that one factor contributing to Native American’s suffering so much in this current pandemic is the long-term colonialism, racism and environmental ...
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The Practice of Mutual Aid & Community Careby Nicole Sara Simpkins, Sarah Jane Keavney, Cara Carlson, Minkara Tezet Photo: Minkara Tezet In mid-March, several community practitioners and elders began sharing concerns about our city’s ...
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Middletown Mutual Aid Collective Formed to Meet Needs of Middletown CommunityWesleyan University's twice-weekly student newspaper since 1868.
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Tucson Food Share giving out free groceriesTucson Food Share is working to give out free groceries throughout town. Food is being bagged up inside Tall Boys on Fourth Avenue, ready to be delivered to homes that need it.
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: Timmy Châu | Black Agenda ReportWe need to understand mutual aid work as part and parcel to the work of all radical organizing. “Policing is a necessarily white supremacist and violent system weaponized by the ruling class to ...
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Hudson Valley Mutual Aid to the RescueAt least a dozen mutual-aid groups in the Hudson Valley are working to meet the medical, economic, and social challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mutual Aid Networks Are Distributing Food With Tech That Works For EveryoneWith millions unemployed due to COVID-19, tech-savvy volunteers are building systems that combine automation with community outreach.
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Mutual Aid Toledo looks to help as many as possible | Toledo City PaperIf you’re in need of help, in need of advice, or if you just want to assist someone else, the members of Mutual Aid Toledo are here.
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Brooklynites Are Organizing Online to Deliver Groceries to At-Risk NeighborsLocal mutual aid groups have organized on Slack and Facebook to get supplies to New Yorkers who aren’t able to go out shopping right now
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Kensington/Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid: "If you need help, ask. If you have something to give, ...KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE - The once vibrant neighborhood filled with chatter and woman walking by wearing shalwar kameez with every color in existence, is now a ghost town. People are grieving ...
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What Are Coronavirus Mutual Aid Groups?How mutual aid groups are organising to help the most vulnerable members of society.
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The Washington Post
Other than tending to her backyard rose garden, 82-year-old Breda Courtney hasn’t been out of her house in Berkeley, Calif., in nearly six weeks, knowing that a trip to the grocery store or pharmacy is a gamble she can’t take.
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Mutual Aid Volunteers Provide Relief to Most Vulnerable CommunitiesApril M. Short: The Chico DSA and other mutual aid groups are operating as open sources for the public and working to offer education and resources to anyone interested in joining the mutual aid ...
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Solidarity, Not Charity - Flatbush United Mutual Aid - BKLYNERNew mutual aid groups, grassroots organizations that operate on the idea that communities can and should care for one another...
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Un llamado a la cooperación - El Diario de YucatánLos ciudadanos se coordinan para entregar despensa More
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Cultivating communities of care - Boulder WeeklyIn this world, there are winners and there are losers. It’s survival of the fittest, and only the strongest survive. By this point in our collective history, we’re all pretty familiar with these ...