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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'We are a community who has each other’s back': Albuquerque organization helps New ...An Albuquerque organization is working to help New Mexicans through these trying times.
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Mutual aid and solidarity against Covid-19: Interviews with political organizers (III) - Komun ...The world is currently experiencing an extraordinary crisis as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, people on the ground have been organizing themselves in solidarity with each ...
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Mutual Aid Southeast Ohio helps those in Athens region with pandemic needsThe group focuses on connecting those with needs and those with the ability to help.
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KTOOCommunity organizing has blossomed around the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Mutual aid networks” are volunteer-led, grassroots efforts to connect people with resources that might be more difficult to access during social isolation.
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Amid a global pandemic, kindness prevails over fear through mutual aid fundsCOVID-19 has plunged the world into darkness in a matter of weeks. Unemployment claims are at a record high in the US, and millions of jobs are expected to be lost as the outbreak continues to unfold ...
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Wheaton mutual aid group helping those most hurt by economic falloutVolunteers are bringing groceries and reassurance to people bearing the brunt of the coronavirus economic crisis.
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'Solidarity Not Charity': How L.A.'s 'Mutual Aid' Groups Are Creating ...Throughout the Southland, volunteers are determining where help is needed—and then they're organizing
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As ICE travel bans target international students, communities resist through care – ScalawagOne graduate student at Duke University recounts her experience of nearly being stranded after Trump’s surprise travel ban, and the rapid communal generosity that brought her home.
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City LimitsAn RN in Queens and her husband fell sick with the virus, then worried how they would obtain food and snacks for their eleven-year-old daughter. A formerly incarcerated man and advocate struggled to afford caring for his kids; his jobs were all on hold and their mother had been hospitalized.
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Tucsonans take care of each other through mutual aid effortsTucson mutual aid groups and neighbors have organized on their own during the coronavirus pandemic to help support others. Here are three examples of the ways Tucsonans are taking care
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Mutual aid as radical hope | The Stanford DailyWhat’s particularly unique and cruel about the COVID-19 dystopia, however, is how much of it has emerged from the very conditions that allow many of us in the Global North to live comfortable…
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Mutual aid groups deliver food and meds to vulnerable BrooklynitesNeighbors have been running errands, mailing letters and picking up groceries and prescriptions for people at high risk.
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Coronavirus In Ohio: Mutual Aid Network Emerges To Help Neighbors In NeedInside her apartment in North Linden, Nancy Vesey sits in a chair while her four kids play upstairs. All are under the age of 10. Although no one in her
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Denton mutual aid coalition provides support for those affected by COVID-19As of March 31, there are over 200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Denton County. Due to the growing number of cases, a coalition of organizations and individuals has come together and formed Aid ...
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Mutual aid and solidarity against Covid-19: Interviews with political organizers (II) - Komun ...The world is currently experiencing an extraordinary crisis as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, people on the ground have been organizing themselves in solidarity with each ...
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief | Black Agenda ReportThe system is a disaster and the victims can best determine their own needs -- only the people save the people. “Mutual aid builds power from below, more effectively than any other means.”
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How to build mutual aid that will last after the Coronavirus pandemicThe coronavirus pandemic is inspiring works of wonder, writes Nathan Schneider, but will volunteers and activists have the energy to keep going after the worst has passed?
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Fed Up With Their Government, Brits Are Taking the Coronavirus Response Into Their Own HandsA different kind of anarchy in the U.K.
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Mutual aid and solidarity against Covid-19: Interviews with political organizers (I) - Komun AcademyThe world is currently experiencing an extraordinary crisis as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, people on the ground have been organizing themselves in solidarity with each ...
