Finance & Commerce

Mutual aid groups grow as communities face economic strain

When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their ...
KQED

A Filmmaker Turns to Organizing Through Mutual Aid

Before the past month, AroMa, a 22-year-old artist from Oakland, didn’t self-identify as an activist or an organizer. “Recently my friends and I have been like, ‘What was your life before you were a ...
SFGate

When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'

NEW YORK (AP) — “Times are tough. We take care of us." In early November, Kashish Ali posted those words to her Instagram story as part of a yearslong practice she's had to fundraise for food and drop ...
ZNetwork on MSN

Mutual aid in motion: One participant’s story

I am a daughter of refugees, a Southeast Asian woman, and a mom raising two girls in an increasingly hostile world. When ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to one another in what many call ‘mutual aid’

In early November, Kashish Ali posted those words to her Instagram story as part of a yearslong practice she’s had to fundraise for food and drop it off at community fridges in Atlanta, where she’s ...