Best for: Anyone who is interested in building community and addressing challenges while working outside the traditional methods. In a nutshell: Author Spade discusses the concept of mutual aid and how it differs from the concepts of non-profit and charity work, and offers tips for successful solidarity work. Worth quoting: (There is a lot, but the below paragraph I think helped me to shift what changing the world means to me.) “Solidarity is what builds and connects large-scale movements. In the context of professionalized nonprofit […]
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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade