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When Formal Systems Stop Working, Neighbors Turn to Each Other in What Many Call 'Mutual Aid'
Grassroots groups and volunteers in Brooklyn stock community fridges and run resource hubs to address unmet needs left by formal systems, aiding hundreds weekly.
- In mid-November, neighbors in Brooklyn, New York organized mutual aid using community fridges and resource hubs, with activity documented on Nov. 15 and Nov. 18 at the Collective Focus Resource Hub.
- Interest in neighborhood-led aid has been growing, with volunteers and residents showing rising engagement in local, grassroots initiatives during mid-November activity.
- Volunteer Kashish Ali prepared groceries before restocking a One Love Community Fridge, while a person loaded food trolleys for redistribution on Nov. 15.
- Residents take food directly from community fridges, providing immediate assistance to neighbors while Collective Focus Resource Hub strengthens local support networks in Brooklyn.
- Photographers Adam Gray, Associated Press and Thalia Beaty, Associated Press documented volunteers including Kashish Ali and Yoly Nuñez, giving visibility to Brooklyn, New York grassroots efforts.
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When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
Organizers say interest in volunteer local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs, often called "mutual aid," has been growing.
·Helena, United States
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When Formal Systems Stop Working, Neighbors Turn To Each Other In An Older Concept Called ‘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 it off at community fridges in Atlanta, where she’s from, and now in New York, where she lives. Ali, who is 32 and a first generation Pakistani immigrant, estimated that her friends and family have trusted her with thousands of dollars over the pas…
·Raleigh, United States
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