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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The Response Film - ShareableThe award-winning Film from Shareable, "How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People," explores mutual aid centers that emerged in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: La Resistencia | Black Agenda ReportPublic pressure works. Some local entities are not willing to work with ICE anymore. “Our goal is not just to put money on their commissary, but for them to be free.”
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Mutual aid: “When the system fails, the people show up”Across the US, mutual aid initiatives provide basic goods and services while building community, resilience and collective power that could outlast the pandemic.
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NYC Immigrant Communities Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual AidWe look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities the hardest, even as the numbers of daily deaths ...
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Mutual aid is an old idea whose time has comeMany people are volunteering to help their neighbours during the pandemic, says Anne Bennett
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How mutual aid volunteers are helping vulnerable communities in the coronavirus ageAcross the nation, people who are able to are volunteering to offer free delivery of food and household supplies to the most vulnerable members of their communities. Volunteers all over are sewing ...
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Civil Society and the Coronavirus: Dynamism Despite DisruptionThe coronavirus is catalyzing new forms of civic activism. International supporters of civil society should step up their efforts to bolster these local responses.
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With Online Spreadsheets, Mutual Aid Networks Are Keeping People Fed During CoronavirusAcross the internet, home cooks are finding ways to provide meals for others
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Caring New Yorkers increasingly lend a helping hand to neighbors in need as war against coronavirus ...While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps New Yorkers separated by face masks and social distancing and self-quarantine, a growing number of city residents are connecting through local mutual aid groups now ...
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How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the CoronavirusTheir efforts highlight the deep history of organizing and radical mutual support in the sex worker community.
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Need money? Exasperated by the pace of government help? Person-to-person mutual aid funds fill a ...Individuals and communities are raising money to give directly to those struggling because of COVID-19.
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TGNC Mutual Aid Fund Offers Relief to Transgender Community - Big Easy MagazineNote: This article was originally published on the Tulane Hullabaloo. In light of financial crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus, the Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Crisis Funding Circle ...
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Local mutual aid group provides community support during COVID-19Christina Griffin-Jones is a volunteer with We All We Got SD, which provides mutual aid during the COVID-19 pandemic to people in San Diego County
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Mutual aid volunteers offering to help neighborsSince the COVID-19 pandemic first started impacting Utah communities, we have seen many of our neighbors suffering from great need.
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‘Great love and care’Community members in Bluff have banded together to help their most vulnerable members during the coronavirus pandemic, spending over $10,000 a week to provide supplies to those isolated, and sometimes
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DIY relief effort delivers for Wind RiverA young couple mobilizes an effort on the Wind River Reservation to deliver goods to 300 families whose members are vulnerable to COVID-19.
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How to Get Mutual Aid to Those Most In NeedThe deep digital divide means organizers must step away from their screens to reach low-income residents.
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Bed-Stuy Strong: Scaling Mutual Aid During COVID-19 | Civic HallHow smart product management and tech savvy helped a mutual-aid group in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, quickly scale to thousands of volunteers.
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New mutual aid campaign launches for emergency food reliefThe campaign by Cville Community Cares is called #50forFood.
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How to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a timeThousands of volunteers in "mutual aid" groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.
