Tag: cultures of care

Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next)

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Boundaries, Burnout, Burnout – Mitigation, Collaboration – Mutual Aid, Collective Decision-Making, Format – Book, Stress

This book examines mutual aid, a model of collective support and collaboration to meet individual and group needs, usually stemming from recognition that systems in a capitalist society will not and has not met people’s needs. There are three key bedrocks of mutual aid: mutual aid projects work to meet survival needs and build shared…