The New Yorker: What mutual aid can do during a pandemic The network has mounted multiple other civic and organizing initiatives, from bringing free Wi-Fi to public areas to vaccine access outreach to abolitionist support of incarcerated New Yorkers. In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I founded the mutual aid network Bed-Stuy Strong, a group of ordinary people organized around the belief that every person deserves to have their survival needs met.īed-Stuy Strong raised and redistributed $1.2M dollars in grassroots donations and supported 28,000+ fellow Brooklynites with a week or more of groceries or other survival needs during the pandemic. It’s not something I do professionally, but I’ve been lucky to organize from time to time with some of the best and smartest people I know on mutual aid, climate, and immigration.
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