Fashion Forward: Repurposing Materials for First Responders
How a local fashion designer transformed their resources into a PPE task force. This week, Mutual Aid NYC is pleased to share the story of local Brooklyn designer, Anthony Galante, who transformed his business into a massive COVID-19 relief effort. Anthony’s story is a great example of how people can tap into available resources to […]
From Union Organizing to the City Hall Encampment
A Conversation with Vocal-NY’s Tatiana Hill Tatiana Hill is a dynamic organizer who has been at the forefront of the movement for Black lives, most notably leading the NYC city hall encampment alongside her fellow organizers at Vocal-NY. She has long been engaged in grassroots organizing and mutual aid work. At the Communications Workers of […]
Mutual Aid in New York District 31
A conversation with Chris Nickell, who has helped to jump-start mutual aid efforts from Marble Hill to Chelsea Chris Nickell has known about mutual aid since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. Mutual aid efforts were essential to the recovery of communities in PR, where Nickell’s spouse has family. Now, as Deputy Chief of […]
How the NYC Budget Fails Us
Mutual aid is as important in this moment as it ever was. Defund the NYPD & Occupy City Hall Last week the New York City Council passed the 2021 fiscal year budget and failed to cut the NYPD budget by at least $1 billion, despite demands from New Yorkers. Instead, Mayor de Blasio allocated $5.22 billion […]
Roots, Reach and Reparations
A Conversation with Kensington-Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid This week, we’re excited to bring you an interview with Aamnah Khan of Kensington-Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid in Brooklyn. She talked to us about strategic fundraising, the cash grants that her group offers, and spreading the word to members of her community in more than 12 different languages. […]
Juneteenth, Defund, Reparations
A history of Juneteenth, Calls to Defund, and Reparations! What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth, sometimes known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or Jubilee Day, celebrates the end of chattel slavery in this country. On June 19, 1865 – two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation – Union soldiers in Galveston, Texas announced that the […]
The History of Mutual Aid + Ways to Keep Showing Up
MANYC Community, This week, we are looking at the history of mutual aid to understand how we got to where we are today, as well as how to exist and thrive together in and beyond COVID-19. For many, this is the first time engaging in “mutual aid” efforts, but oppressed communities have relied on mutual aid for […]
Urgent: Black-led Calls to Action
Dear MANYC Community: Here are some urgent calls to action we are hearing from Black leadership across NYC. We share this info in the spirit of self-determination, and we encourage you to follow your conscience as you decide how you want to engage. Remember: There are many ways to be in the struggle beyond the streets, […]
We share power, we do not hoard it
Our work at Mutual Aid NYC is guided by a set of principles. Today, we share them with you — and ask you to help us stay true to these values.
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