During the Q&A we can share more about what SURJ is up to in regards to mutual aid. Shawn Fisher leads much of that work, and has sxciting updates. We can also send links when we send out the recording

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your breaking up

it is fine on my end. might be your internet

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Yeah, fine on my end too

please put your questions in the chat!!

YES! Pathways for new people to join! So important!

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Will the recording of this presentation be available? Been really fantastic so far, Dean.

@matt the recording will be available and sent out after the call.

Thanks!

How do you think about building mutual aid projects that are sustainable in the face of burnout?

What types of accountability structures have you seen work well?

Q: What model are these groups doing mutual aid work using to access funds to do the work? Would co-op based models be useful to this work? Some of the principles listed sounded very co-op based (i.e. democratic, consensus based...) and then in terms of keeping/sharing capital within community....Also curious - is there a platform that links up all these various goups doing mutual aid projects across the world so we can connect and see the larger eco-system? :)

fantastic presentation!

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Does the mutual aid model work on the global scale? Would, for example, a mutual aid community work when the community members live and work in both Western Europe and Western Africa?

How do we keep our eyes on the prize/vision while doing mutual aid/direct support work? Sometimes it feels like constantly being in survival mode and just trying to keep our heads above water. How do people make space for visioning and building alternatives?

Also, with that, how do we prevent ourselves from getting too “in the weeds” and creating overly complicated or bureaucratic-feeling systems/orgs

Do you recommend any anarchist literature that can help us contextualize mutual aid work and ideas?

@mackenzie Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution by Peter Kropotkin, Black Flags & Windmills by Scott Crow, What is Mutual Aid by sub.media (film), are just a couple places I'd start.

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https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/resources/

What are some of the best examples you've seen of mutual aid projects being able to provide new avenues and support engagement from people who may be new to the movement/organization?

Wow, thank you for saying that about numbness and news.

"We're supposed to be bored and miserable at work, then go out and buy shit" - truer words couldn't describe industrial society

Thank you so much Dean Spade!!!!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much for this!

Yeah, was a killer, Dean!

Awesome presentation! thank you so much.

this was so great, thank you!!!

Awesome! Thank you!!

Thank you so much!

Amazing presentation. Thank you!~!

Can someone type th name of this group

Thank you for the awesome presentation!

We’ll include links to donate when we send the recording

Is it Resistencia?

yes

Resistencia, formerly known as Northwest Detention Center Resistance

nwdcresistance.org/donate ?