Articles for Mutual Aid

In a world of great need there are more ways to donate money than ever. How should you give?
3 weeks ago

In a world of great need there are more ways to donate money than ever. How should you give?

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — Millions displaced by global conflicts. “It’s really: what is the right type of support that either an organization or a community or an individual needs?” said Bloomerang Chief Customer Officer Todd Baylis, who co-founded a platform that helps nonprofits fundraise online. But if you want to ensure a particular person can take care of themselves, he said, …

Support Giving Money Online Help Need Nonprofits
Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms
5 months, 1 week ago

Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where several dozen seniors had lost power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. “I kind of want to be ‘Houston Normal’ for a while.” It’s difficult to make people whole when shocks come frequently, West Street Recovery co-Director Ben Hirsch …

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UC Irvine protest: Newport Beach mayor claps back at Irvine mayor’s tweet over ‘violent scenario’
7 months, 1 week ago

UC Irvine protest: Newport Beach mayor claps back at Irvine mayor’s tweet over ‘violent scenario’

LA Times  

Scores of law enforcement personnel from various agencies descended on UC Irvine on Wednesday to move hundreds of demonstrators protesting the treatment of Palestinians and the UC system’s investments in Israeli interests. After his city’s police department responded to a request for mutual aid at the Orange County campus Wednesday, Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill took umbrage at a social …

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UCLA sought extra police but canceled requests in days before protest camp was attacked
7 months, 3 weeks ago

UCLA sought extra police but canceled requests in days before protest camp was attacked

LA Times  

Five days before pro-Israeli counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, the university Police Department asked other campuses for additional police, according to the head of the UC police officers union. But the requests — which would have provided UCLA with more police officers as they dealt with the camp and a dueling area erected by pro-Israeli activists — were …

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More than anything, the key to feeling OK is belonging
1 year, 5 months ago

More than anything, the key to feeling OK is belonging

LA Times  

This story was originally published in Group Therapy, a weekly newsletter answering questions sent by readers about what’s been weighing on their hearts and minds. “When you’re online you can interact with hundreds, thousands, even millions of people all at once, but it’s a shallow response.” Some have also argued that the cultural centrality of the nuclear family since the …

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Some mountain residents still snowbound. ‘They must have forgotten about me’
1 year, 8 months ago

Some mountain residents still snowbound. ‘They must have forgotten about me’

LA Times  

The snow is melting in the San Bernardino Mountains after eight to 12 feet of powder fell in back-to-back winter storms last month. “I want the world to know that we’re in this for the long haul, and probably for the next disaster,” Johnson said of Operation Mountain Strong, “because we’ve learned so much through this.” Johnson and other volunteers …

Food Help Johnson Residents Need Mountains Operation
Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida
3 years, 3 months ago

Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida

Associated Press  

The day after Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana, Delaney Nolan spent hours biking around New Orleans, handing out money to people who needed to pay for supplies or for the hotel rooms where they’d taken shelter. “It’s built on communications with a lot of neighbors and existing relationships, from personally knowing what people need.” Established philanthropic groups are joining to support …

Rescue Disaster Volunteers Hurricane Houston Help Group
How activists are mobilizing on Instagram to fight anti-Asian racism after Atlanta
3 years, 9 months ago

How activists are mobilizing on Instagram to fight anti-Asian racism after Atlanta

LA Times  

On Tuesday night, the cycle began again: Instagram lit up with news, emotions, art and infographics in a collective cathartic reaction to violence. The group emphasizes solidarity; on March 10 they joined forces with the Chinatown Community for Equitable Development and Ktown4BlackLives, among others, for an event called Build Collective Power — renamed from Stop Asian Hate. “The #StopAsianHate hashtag …

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Mutual aid networks find roots in communities of color
3 years, 11 months ago

Mutual aid networks find roots in communities of color

Associated Press  

Amid the unfolding disaster of COVID-19 have been moments of generosity, whether it’s people pulling together support for college students who’ve been tossed out of dorms, or collecting money to help restaurant workers, street vendors and movie theater employees pay for their medicine, groceries and rent. Back then, it counted only 50 mutual aid groups but by May, the number …

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