Hey Brandi Love!!

Majadi Baruti. Birmingham Alabama He Him His..... Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust

Click on ENGLISH to go to the Spanish channel

literally everyone has been lol

Stl must be behind I wish more people were talking about it

are you doing a facebook live on this one? Just wanted to know if I can share :)

And is it being recorded?

(I attempted to start something locally, but it hasn't taken off)

I think I responded a bunch of times by accident, sorry bout that haha

lots of folks doing “mutual aid” in silos, not as connected as I’m dreaming we can be

We're trying to build one at our university rn

but we have help from other projects

yes to “mutual aid” in silos

^ also seeing silos

+1 Kifu re: silos

yep

YES

yuuuuuuuuup!!!!!!

Most def

: ))

y e s

Like the sultry, Je Naé!

yesssssssssssssssss

absolutely

mmmmmm jazz

yess

<3

Come on sultry voice!

I’ve literally been playing the piano this whole time :)

jazzzzzzzzzz <3

Sultry voice while playing piano yessss

Thank you for this!

"What is created out of chaos." Just look at us now.

We’re live on Facebook y’all. Feel free to share from our page.

just today.

Can you drop the name of the poem/poet in the chat?

thank you so much

Thank you <3

There It Is by Jayne Cortez

I needed that a bit

Stanzas 1 + 2, 5+6

Jeuji, she or they…

Sorry I came on late—internet issues

All good! Welcome!

Is the last call available somewhere for those of us that missed it?

fixed the SPANISH channel for SPANISH now !!!

@Ryan, yes it is! It’s on our Facebook page and if you email me (ash-lee@highlandercenter.org) I can forward you the zoom recording.

I will after this, thanks!

Perfect! No thanks needed. Glad to share it! <3

is it possible to get the recording from last week's call?

http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CRO415vvFx-XM39gspoTAuwh3Bm4RGgHTOROri-woSPqaWJ0AupOWQgS9GDk9Y61g_ZGgheekYAqU2RZzuTX1yIwODxinKZ1H7-_0TLvEh7BNQTMwxYNxEKcmF52GtRhdBFGxQ-Mh7SW7C1LYeqP_jFi9bgcRgOu3vJh-WDbRoLQQvYpbzZXwiBCsN6W1Z6rK8mwJ34jrsI6J16i4bKADAp-mXVCW1QdxC53-T-YUBk2RwuliF8Js5jjxTE4Rj-4EA1n-GWogmufFAF2c92yYlIPy0vlDKURo5c-429fcJ5Kw8t6Hoj3faYo4H290Tt4JUCkyKz8F8gLq8T2gmxsicXctuZORNyl37ncDGwQyeJgp8NXZiM6rwvLVsXGzM0YuDLPwqqh4NhTnOFsm8fyLpISdjeIDPdiaAMocxPslfw=&c=zyKfERp7zP34dbko49kQMzhB7ti_kwj1abWo2SsOjEW2G7VSk_Uqqw==&ch=9_yOIjiQ94cG1ql9S7HzBLh86a5eB7Ks7y2AAvbSkK7FPr_f0LWCGQ==

Hi everyone, there was an ask about if the chat is recorded - only the chat box with EVERYONE is recorded.

oops sorry, pasted that from my email

@Ray, all good! That’s it :-)

the links went out in a highlander email - 3/27/20

Thanks for posting!

that’s a silver lining isn’t it

If you also want the graphic notes, just email me (ash-lee@highlandercenter.org) and we can forward the followup email from the first call

thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-QfMn1DE6ymhKZMpXN1LQvD6Sy_HSnnCK6gTO7ZLFrE/edit

truth.

Love this: "Then ask them what they need from you to be in their pod, or let them know what you can offer. (Mutual aid is mutual.)"

Principles of Mutual Aid: Solidarity not Charity, Liberation not Recuperation, Autonomy and Power, Political Action through Meeting Each Other, Para Todos Todo, Para Nosotros Nada - Everything for Everyone, Nothing for Us, Lead by asking (Zapatista’s framing)

also accessible technology

I drew about this too!

dream

concerns raised by folks about disease transmission via door-knocking - in durham we've been brainstorming creative ways to connect with folks without door knocking or leaving flyers on door steps. would be interested to hear other ways folks are connecting to folks that don't involve door-knocking

Media Justice organization Freepress.net has created this Rona Call Phone Tree model -- https://drive.google.com/open?id=14ML7LBwgbyNwetUv7bswpHQp-MrnxrvH

thank you for sharing your experience with this, giving voice to where I am at as well. gratitude

Erin thanks for that resource! We’ll make sure that it gets added to the resource list!

Thank you for sharing the PTSD aspect, I never considered that playing a role in how things have felt

If folks have questions, be sure to drop them in the chat! <3

Question: have you seen mutual aid projects use sociocracy for organizing?

Question: what platforms are people using to collect donations for mutual aid funds?

too many

We can’t scheme health insurance, but folks in Richmond VA have been organizing pop up clinics to help people with health conditions they can’t get medical attention for either because all non emergency doctors appointments have been canceled or because they never had access to doctors in the first place

and the FEES

the abortion fund collective i am involved with struggles with the financial aspect of the work. how can we do mutual aid without using our own personal accounts? ideas for fiscal sponsorship collab? :)

What is sociocracy?

Also, people have been using Chuffed for social justice organizing

Is money an absolute necessity or does asking what goods and services can be shared work just as well

I was wondering if anyone here has worked with the National Bail Out Collective, which I was thinking would be a good model for some of the financial redistribution we're figuring out...

*Chuffed for social justice fundraising

Highlander is the National Bail Out Collective’s fiscal sponsor and a member of the Advisory Committee. Agree about the model for redistribution, @Grace

question: how can/should we redistribute these hoarded resources? I am not 100% sure how we are able to do that

Thanks for this. Gotta head to another mtg.

Appreciate you Harold! Thanks for hopping on <#

**<3

Wondering how folks on this call are approaching mutual aid organizing projects with a disability justice frame/lens

You all are awesome. This is great. I have to dip but my comrade is staying on. Thank you very much for your work and commitment to building collective strength.

https://www.sociocracyforall.org/what-is-sociocracy/ @eva this is a good place for an overview

state/corporate surveillance and tools used by mutual aid projects - building community care infrastructures atop of data capitalism platforms. Thoughts about these tensions? - for example, how form before function idea of mutual aid connects to threat modeling and digital protection practices?

Do folks have thoughts about preparing for what’s coming after this pandemic phase? For example, I imagine some people may feel hesitant to donate $ knowing that they may not have work / the economy is going to be in recession

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pdfo4JKV6QLUbhtIqtQgMB2qGropcfIzNhawdR1xfNE/edit

https://bostonpewg.org/2020/04/02/zoom-safety-for-organizers-and-everyone-else/

more on solidarity economy: https://ussen.org/

On surveillance: Use encrypted Jotforms, not Google forms to start with

THANK THANK THANK YOU!. FOR ALL THE SPACE HOLDERS. I’ve got to hop off and look for the f/u email.

Another on zoom security: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpowerlabs.io%2Fhow-to-setup-a-zoom-meeting-to-reduce-risk-from-trolls-and-opponents-disrupting-your-meeting%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1j_QKaV6kaAoF_MMUC5qOSKTddS_p4RU8ODNNWLPr5V7IPdJkvIsElW7A&h=AT0GzpfukArJ-5f3ucN1DyId3HiQ82ZY2RN0WczmU16d-eA4Q3oVjcxoYNefM2WaFk3njcDrxfQOKFHBv0HO09fkbVCEbRTOhccOx465XcETj1RfPgibbb7jRfc2uBmyYKfqgg

https://powerlabs.io/how-to-setup-a-zoom-meeting-to-reduce-risk-from-trolls-and-opponents-disrupting-your-meeting?fbclid=IwAR1j_QKaV6kaAoF_MMUC5qOSKTddS_p4RU8ODNNWLPr5V7IPdJkvIsElW7A

Do the guidelines have anything specifically for food preparation?

Important to look to members of the sick community who have years of lived experience on safety practices for sterilizing/ cleaning / decontaminating / social distancing - learn from those folks' knowledge

Highlander’s economics and governance resources: bit.ly/MappingOurFutures

Also, if there are any Python/Django programmers out there, Knoxville comrades are looking for folks to help them code and release an open source, encrypted/privacy-focused call center platform for establishing helplines working with vulnerable/targeted/criminalized people and keeping them safe

this is a list of basic questions to ask- preliminary to then help guidance to resources. I'm sure there are some that are missing-but I've been trying. We have to ask the right questions <3 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HJ0fotGoFVqe7NF7453D3W-4JRmrMcUoRipoVCEfXqA/edit?usp=sharing

ray kelley — Mutual Aid Worcester has about 4,000 folks on the FB page and over 600 volunteers, tons of templates and autonomous working groups. We are in rapid response mode now responding to immediate needs but our intention is to set up systems that will last beyond COVID. Lots of entry points for solidarity economy initiatives.

Could you briefly describe your political or other motivations, for working with this kind of project? Why are you interested in autonomous, solidarity-based disaster relief?How do you handle conflict? Could you describe an experience where you had to navigate a difficult intrapersonal issue, focusing on the process and reconciliation or lack of it?Could you give us three people and their contact info that we could reach out to as references/vouches for you?

some Knoxville mutual aid resources https://linktr.ee/firstaidcollectiveknox

thanks jeuji!

thank you!

Thanks Shawn

Thanks

💛💛💛👏

thank you all so so much!

THANK YOU

SO HELPFUL

Yes! Thank you, Shawn!

that was amazing, thank you shawn!

So helpful. Thank you.

Shawn, that was amazing! Thank you. Loved the resources shared by you and other comrades, here in the chat. YES!!!

So far we've been...epurposing campaign signs / painting over and putting in public spots. stapling flyers on telephone poles. connecting to folks who know folks and getting connected through folks who already have relationships...still trying to think of more things

*repurposing

I'd be interested in hearing stories of folks who successfully organized mutual aid/changed culture in neighborhood communities that don't have a recent cultural history of collectivity/that are really steeped in individualist approaches?

@Shawn -yeah totally, that is a way to reach some folks

it's important to also maintain safe distance as well when we're outside.

I’ve gotta hop off and onto another call! So much appreciation for ya’ll holding space and everything you do <3 i’ll be watching the rest later on fb ;)

Check out @disabilityjusticecultureclub on IG

@Ray - thank you.

<3 to everyone

i have to hop off so i can get some stuff done. thanks for doing all of this and teaching us!!!

also @mia.mingus, @disability_visibility :)

and @healthjusticecommons

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

🙌

!!

for funding, have folks tried to fold established systems towards collective economies e.g. social impact bonds, interest free loans with debt forgiveness built in? asking to see if there is an appetite to engage gov and other structures who are begging to open up and look at alternatives in some places. Maybe it can be framed in their terms like economic resilience / diversity? New to thinking about this so thank you for holding this space.

Thank you!!!!

thanks everyone!!!

Thank you!!

I’d like to share resources and discuss challenges with others engaged in mutual aid at this time

yes pls liza779@gmail.com

sorry couldn't see poll 😂💛

I'm interested in the idea of a collective resource (eg. website) for coordinating dealing with funding issues. It dovetails a bit with a project a friend has been thinking about or wants to start getting organized for helping organize cam workers and provide web hosting that is secure & not exploitative

Ash can you repeat the date of the next call?

Ohhh I thought I missed it haha

Y’all are amazing, thank you!

Thank you so much! Hopping off for (another) Zoom. Always appreciate y’all. Shouting you out, Shawn and Community Safety Team🙌🏾

Elizabeth@highlandercenter.org

Solidarity + Community Care = Mutual Aid (Los Angeles & Beyond) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQqafexsWDoZe4WckG8T7D5D-hvOgTy52TwHeTtMHjv83rjA/viewform

Thanks everyone!

thank you organizers so very much 💐

Goodnight everybody!

Goodnight !