Mutual Aid
GENERAL RESOURCES
Mutual Aid groups have exploded in number since the beginning of the Pandemic. Please note that some of these resources may be out of date.
General Mutual Aid Resources
General Resources
General Organizing Tools
- Tech tools for Mutual Aid: www.coronadonors.org
- https://mutualaid.world/
- Working with volunteers
- Movement Lab has some excellent tools for how to self-organize, which are located here.
- This Medium article has lots of resources.
- Collective Care is our Best Weapon Against Covid-19
Mutual aid how-to starter pack
- What is mutual aid?Big Door Brigade Resource Site
- Big Door Brigade: Mutual Aid Toolbox
- Pod Mapping for Mutual Aid (Rebel Sidney Black)
- Neighborhood Pods How-To
- Neighborhood Door-Knock (or drop-off) how-to
- Mutual Aid: How to Build a Network in Your Neighborhood
- Safety Practices for Mutual Aid Projects
- How to Form Your own Mutual Aid Group
Mutual Aid by Bioregion
East Bay
Oakland
- East Bay Collective and Omni Commons have been supporting the distribution of supplies to house-less populations.
- Oakland Mutual Aid
- The Village, Oakland
- Housing & dignity for all in Oakland
- Supporting houseless by taking donations, sealed nonperishable foods, hand sanitizer, etc
- West Oakland Punks With Lunch: Oakland based nonprofit, non religious, DIY organization that hands out lunches, harm reduction supplies, and more to our neighbors in West Oakland. Works largely with houseless community. Instagram.
- People’s Breakfast Oakland: Free Breakfast and community outreach program in Oakland.
Berkeley:
Contra Costa County
- Contra Costa County Mutual Aid: A volunteer community helping to support the more vulnerable members of our community in Danville, Pleasanton, and San Ramon through the coronavirus pandemic. This is a group tailored to help coordinate mutual aid for elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions (errands, emotional support). Aid request.
Sonoma County
- Mask Sonoma: Emergency supply & coordination of N95 masks to houseless and underserved in times of air quality crisis. All volunteer.
San Francisco
- SF Community Support: We are a grassroots effort coordinating safe actions to meet the most pressing needs in our neighborhoods. Facebook.
- Bay Area Senior/Disability/Worker Mutual Aid: Senior and Disability Action, Bay Resistance, and a variety of community organizations and labor unions are working to identify and meet the needs of seniors, people with disabilities and health conditions, and workers who are at risk in this moment.
South Bay, Santa Cruz & Monterey
Central California
- Davis and Sacramento Mutual Aid Hub: Collection of resources in the Davis and Sacramento area. Comprised of a variety of groups and initiatives.
- Fresno Mutual Aid: Central Valley, it is time to come together as a community and support one another.
Northern California
- Cooperation Humboldt: Working with numerous other community organizations and one local government (the Wiyot Tribe), so far, in a coalition to coordinate our responses and form a cohesive front.
- Pandemic Solidarity Support: Chico mutual aid coordination.
- North Valley Mutual Aid: Mutual Aid organization in Chico, California. Spread sheet.
Specific Requests
Disability Justice and Collective Care
- Disability Justice Culture Club – doing incredible working to organize the disability community
- How to take care of your immunocompromised, disabled and chronically ill friends in the time of COVID-19
- Half Assed Disabled Prepper Tips for Preparing for a Coronavirus Quarantine
- Healing Justice Podcast: Coronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice Lens
- Kelly Hayes: Movement Memos Podcast on Mutual Aid: What to do when the world’s on fire ft. Vanamali Hermans
- Creaky Joints: “The Cripples Will Save You: A Critical Coronavirus Message from a Disability Activist (also a ton of other coronavirus resources on this page, especially for disabled and/or chronically ill folks!)
- Bay Area Senior/Disability/Worker Mutual Aid: In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, communities most affected are coming together to support each other. Senior and Disability Action, Bay Resistance, and a variety of community organizations and labor unions are working to identify and meet the needs of seniors, people with disabilities and health conditions, and workers who are at risk in this moment.
Resources for People Without Housing
- POOR Magazine (Bay Area): collecting supplies and distributing around the Bay Area for people without housing
Resources for Service Workers and Health Workers
Resources for Artists
Resources for Small Businesses / Cooperatives
- Essential COVID-19 / Financial Crisis Fundraising Advice – compilation from around the sector of articles, opinions, and resources in the wake of the new coronavirus and its financial implications.
- Raising Funds in Tough Times
- Ask An Expert – Got a specific question? Our very own Fundraising Coach, Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, is standing by to answer them.
Other Funds for Groups and Individuals Experiencing Financial Hardships
- Help to pay people’s bills here
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN): Bay Area organization that works with working-class Asian immigrants and refugees Fundraising for an “emergency community stabilization fund” to distribute basic needs to members impacted by COVID-19 pandemic and associated xenophobia
- Donate here and read more here
