Black and Indigenous communities practiced mutual aid for generations before anyone wrote it into a book. Caring for your neighbor is the bare minimum, and it is not the same thing as a strategy. In this essay: where the word came from, why so many 2020 mutual aid groups fell apart, and what it takes to build care that lasts. Read the full essay on Substack: https://zuhdae.substack.com/p/mutual-aid-is-just-a-term-white-folks
Crisis response needs longevity, and longevity needs structure.
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Free African Society, Philadelphia, 1787.
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Interdependence keeps us alive long enough to plan.
