When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster like a ...

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Amid the catastrophe of the pandemic, climate emergency and racist state violence, mutual aid has exploded. Ordinary people around the globe, from Seattle to Nigeria, are finding ways to support each ...

When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster ...

“Solidarity, not charity.” At its most basic level, that’s how proponents describe mutual aid. Though historically associated with leftist causes, mutual aid is, at its core, about people helping one ...

“As we all know, fires don’t miraculously stop at the city border, vehicle wrecks don’t discriminate in which jurisdiction they occur, and hazardous materials spills don’t pool just outside the county ...

Things change. A while ago we told the story of neighbors looking out for one another on Dummerston Hill. Agnes Chamberlin wrote about how, in the late 1800s, her father used to visit a neighbor’s ...

In organization theory, mutual aid involves communities engaging in voluntary and reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit. Mutual aid extends beyond charity or advocacy ...

Mutual Morris cofounder Renee Shalhoub drops off school lunches in the foyer of a house for contact-less collection. More than 30 million children rely on US school meal programs across the nation, ...

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Since the start of the pandemic, communities throughout the UK have rallied to help vulnerable and isolated people. Churches, charities, football clubs, mosques, local councillors and groups of ...

For 43 days in 2025, 42 million lower-income families, including children and elderly, wondered where their next meals would come from. The nation’s largest anti-hunger program, Supplemental Nutrition ...