No human being deserves to go hungry. No family should have to fear being brutalized by ICE, by their own government, when they leave their homes. Im sorry that I do not have the power to protect all the innocent victims of ICE. But maybe I can do at least this much to help, in the small way that I can. The agents of ICE, and the people supporting their deplorable actions are the true monsters. And remember that No Human Being Is Illegal. 

Allie sent me and I’m a DMV local. Thank you for the work you’re doing in protecting and feeding our neighbors. We love you all 💗

No one should live in a world where they are scared to feed their families.

Because people should have their basic needs fulfilled. 

Mutual aid organization supporting neighbors in Washington DC, Ward 2.

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What is Mutual Aid?

**Mutual aid is “cooperation for the sake of the common good.” It’s getting people to come together to meet each other’s needs, recognizing that as humans, our survival is dependent on one another.**

Mutual Aid is a practice and politics that emphasizes solidarity rather than charity. It means we recognize that our well-being, health and dignity are all bound up in each other. It means that we understand our survival depends on cooperation, not competition. In this particular moment, we see that our health is also dependent on other people’s health, and we can literally save each other’s lives. Rather than disengage and feel powerless, mutual aid allows us to plug in where we can make the most impact — locally.

Mutual aid IS...

- Getting people together in your community to provide material support to each other
- Building relationships with your neighbors based on trust and common interest
- Making decisions by consensus rather than relying on authority and hierarchy
- Sharing things rather than hoarding things
- Treating no one as disposable
- Providing all kinds of support, ranging from food prep to childcare to translation to emotional support, and recognizing the value of all of them
- A political education opportunity, where we build the relationships and analysis to understand why we are in the conditions that we're in
- Preparation for the next disaster (natural or economic). Next time around we'll already have relationships with each other and know who is vulnerable and needs support
- A great jumping off point for other kinds of organizing and movement work

Mutual aid IS NOT...

- Quid pro quo transactions
- Only for disasters or crises
- Charity or a way to "save" people
- A reason for a social safety net not to exist

DC Mutual Aid Network

The DC Mutual Aid Network (DCMA) is a grassroots community-led effort looking to take care of each other and keep our city as safe as possible.

- DCMA is a decentralized, community-led effort, so there is no single group that runs the network.
- There are autonomous groups for Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Wards 7 & 8 are served together by one group.
- The DCMA Network is governed by the ward groups on topics of social media, website, fundraising, etc. The groups also share resources, best practices and offer referrals to other groups.

Ward 2 Efforts

Ward 2 Mutual Aid is part of the larger DCMA Network. Our concrete activities are:

- **Hotline** - Volunteers staff our warmline, where Ward 2 residents can call and request assistance.
- **Groceries** - We provide a grocery bag delivery to ~150 families that request it through our hotline or building captains. The bags include fresh produce, protein, dry goods, and requested household items.
- **Encampment Outreach** - We organize a supply drop to ~120 unhoused neighbors.
- **Building captains** - We organize with local residents to utilize their leadership and relational networks. Building captains check on neighbors, relay needs, and assist with food donations and distribution.
- **Back to school** - We organize with local parents to host a book and clothing swap.
- **Support for high risk/immuno-compromised individuals** - We have been partnering with local public housing buildings to drop off cleaning supplies, masks, and groceries.

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The largest hunger-relief organization in the US. We feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks.

From Seattle to New Rochelle, from Baton Rouge to San Francisco, food banks across the country are doing what they do best – feeding people in need within their communities. The Feeding America network is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States including in disasters and national emergencies. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. You can help.

Feeding America

Founded in 2008, TGF partners with Cambodian villages for sustainable development and community empowerment to improve livelihoods

Founded in 2008 Temple Garden Foundation (TGF) works in partnership with local villages in Cambodia to improve livelihoods through sustainable development and the empowerment of communities. It supports projects that maximize community participation and minimize external support in four interconnected areas: Water & Sanitation, Health, Children's Education, and Income Generation.



**Our Vision:**

Empowered rural communities building a sustainable future.

**Our Mission:**

To work in partnership with communities to provide the resources and support needed to sustainably build livelihoods.



Over the years, TGF has contributed significantly to essential services, fostering a sustainable and self-sufficient environment in the rural area of Chi Kraeng – an area as big as Singapore. By empowering individuals and communities, we are driving sustainable and inclusive development.

Temple Garden Foundation (TGF)

To alleviate hunger in Lincoln County by distributing healthy, nutritious food to our agency network & education empowerment.

Food Share of Lincoln County is one of 21 regional food banks in the Oregon Food Bank network.  Food Share of Lincoln County distributes food to its network of  local emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, produce drops, senior food box home delivery and other assistance agencies in addition to facilitating cooking classes and farmers' market tours..

Food Share of Lincoln County

New Hope Community Ministries is a faith-based NPO serving low-income residents in Haledon & Prospect Park, NJ. All are welcome.

**New Hope Community Ministries** is a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering low-income families in Haledon and Prospect Park, NJ. We believe in holistic transformation—providing **food security, financial assistance, education, and supportive community programs** that equip individuals to thrive.

Through our **Food Pantry and The Harvest buying club**, we address food insecurity by offering nutritious options at no cost or reduced prices. Our **financial assistance programs** help families navigate crises, while **education and mentoring initiatives** provide essential skills for long-term success. We also foster **community connections** through support groups, case management, and resource navigation.

With your support, we can continue **feeding families, stabilizing households, and empowering individuals** to build a brighter future. Every donation fuels real change—providing food, resources, and hope to those who need it most. **Join us in making a lasting impact!**

New Hope Community Ministries

Anabel’s Grocery provides nutritious, affordable food for all Cornell students through a student-run grocery store and educational programs that create a fun and empowering...

Anabel’s Grocery provides nutritious, affordable food for all Cornell students through a student-run grocery store and educational programs that create a fun and empowering community around quality food, food choices, wellness and positive social change. Our store is located right on Cornell’s campus, eliminating the need for transportation and greatly reducing the time required to shop. Because of our subsidy fund, we are able to buy fresh and nutritions food, much of it from local vendors, at low cost to our shoppers. On average, we save our shoppers 20% on their grocery bill. We are also the only venue on campus accepting SNAP EBT.  Anabel’s helps students stretch their food budgets and prioritizes a healthy diet by focusing on fresh produce, whole grains, legumes, nuts, herbs and spices.

**The problem**

Food on campus is expensive, and the Cornell campus lacks a full-scale grocery store. For many students, a lack of time, transportation, money, or knowledge prevents them from accessing nutritionally adequate food. In a 2019 survey of Cornell undergraduate students, 17% reported having to skip meals frequently due to financial constraints. For Hispanic students this number jumped to  28.2%  and for Black students to 34%. 
  
The same survey showed that a lack of transportation and a lack of time to shop and prepare food are also significant barriers to eating well for Cornell students. Thirty percent of students said that they frequently did not eat as much as they needed because of a lack of transportation to an area grocery store. This number rose to almost 38% for Black students and 35% for Hispanic students. 
  
Twenty-nine percent of students surveyed said they frequently ate less than the needed because of the lack of time to shop for food and almost 37% said they were frequently hindered by a lack of time to prepare food. These numbers are significantly higher for Black and Hispanic students: 41% of Black students and 35% of Hispanic students responded that they ate less than they wanted to because they lacked time to shop at area grocery stores: 48% of Black students and 44% of Hispanic students surveyed said they ate less then they want to because of lack of time to prepare food.
 
**Our approach**

Our approach to addressing the problems of food insecurity and the associated stigma is to operate a student run grocery store on campus with low-cost, nutritious food for all Cornell students.  Yet, Anabel’s is far more than a grocery store 
  
We hope to increase nutritional literacy and cooking skills through easy to make, nutritious and inexpensive recipes, and programming events such as cooking classes, community dinners, and guest lecturers. To make cooking more accessible, we have established a pot and pan rental system, since access to adequate kitchenware is a barrier for many students. We also collaborate with like-minded student organizations to tackle the systemic forces that give rise to food insecurity, and racial inequities in the campus food system. For example, we have established an Anti-racism Action Fund, from the sale of produce donated to us by the Dilmun Hill student farm and the Cornell Hydroponics Club. This fund supports anti-racist student actions on campus and is distributed by Cornell4BlackLives. 
  
By design, Anabel’s has a somewhat unorthodox organizational structure, one that is lateral rather than hierarchical. We don’t have supervisors,  managers or directors.  Anyone can take the initiative to make decisions and effect change. In fact, we want everyone to have agency in decision-making and taking action because Anabel’s then benefits from the good ideas, passion, interests, and skills that each and every one of you bring to the organization. That said, we do have structure, policies and defined roles that are consistent from semester to semester. And although everyone has agency to make decisions, our organization isn’t completely flat. Those with more experience naturally take on roles with more responsibility.  We have four committees (Org Strategy, Operations & HR; Purchasing, Sales & Product Promotion; Collaboration & Education) that meet weekly and are facilitated by a committee coordinator. These committees largely govern themselves, determining their goals for the semester and who will take which roles. While committee roles are defined, they can change depending on the talents and interests of members and the evolving needs of the organization. The committee coordinators meet weekly to ensure effective communication and coordination between committees.
 
**Our Team**

Our team is made up of about 40 students from across years, majors, and colleges. All members of our team are currently or have taken AEM 3385, a social entrepreneurship practicum focused on Anabel’s Grocery. Everyone in this course is helping to run Anabel’s. After taking the course, some students continue with Anabel’s to coordinate one of our committees and staff the store.
 
**Contact information** 

[anabelgrocery@gmail.com](mailto:anabelgrocery@gmail.com) 
   

Anabel’s Grocery

We provide emergency food and necessities to those in our community who need immediate assistance. We operate our main pantry in Kalispell and four satellite pantries around the Flathead Valley.

At Flathead Food Bank, our mission is simple but powerful: *to eliminate hunger in the Flathead Valley by providing access to nutritious food and supporting long-term solutions to food insecurity.*

Every day, we work to make that mission a reality through programs that meet people where they are—whether that’s in our Kalispell pantry, at one of our rural mobile pantry stops, or through partnerships with schools, senior centers, and local organizations. We distribute millions of pounds of food each year, including fresh produce, milk, eggs, and meat, to thousands of families across our region.

But we don’t stop at emergency food assistance. We believe in building dignity and hope. We offer client-choice shopping so families can select the food that fits their needs, and we focus on healthy options to support long-term wellness. We’re also committed to reducing food waste by rescuing surplus items from grocery stores and farms and getting them into the hands of those who need them most.

Flathead Food Bank

Organized volunteers providing outreach to unhoused folks with urgent relief: warmth, food, humanity, and  connection to services.

Town Bizness exists to bring the necessities of a dignified human life to the unhoused population of Oakland and Berkeley, CA. 
These necessities include good food, reliable shelter, clothing, toiletries, bedding, and basic creature comforts such as safe propane stoves and heaters, radios, and more, depending on each client’s needs. 

We also assist with housing, and keeping folks connected to service providers by supplying telephones and monthly service. 

The majority of folks we serve were born where they now live in tents, and once had property ownership in their families here in the bay area, but no longer do. Most are seniors, and many of them are now sick and/or disabled. 

Town Bizness

At the heart of our Garden Council are 47 community gardens, each nurturing an ecosystem of health, connection, and resilience. 

With more than 2,000 members spanning diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Community Garden Council is a dynamic force for positive change in Los Angeles. From Watts to Pasadena, Santa Monica to East Los Angeles, our 47 community gardens serve as vital hubs of activity and collaboration, offering access to fresh food, opportunities for education and engagement, organizing smart environmental and community-oriented policy and advocacy, and a shared space for neighbors to connect and thrive.

Join us as we cultivate a healthier, greener, and more resilient city for all. Together, we can sow the seeds of change and cultivate a brighter future, one garden at a time.

Los Angeles Community Garden Council

Delivering unconditional cash directly to the world's poorest households via secure mobile transfers. 

Since 2009, GiveDirectly has delivered more than $580 million in unconditional cash transfers to families in need. These one-time cash transfers allow recipients to invest in what they need most and have been shown to improve their earnings, children’s school attendance, health, nutrition, and mental well-being.
 
GiveDirectly uses government data to target villages where most or all residents are living in extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as earning under $2.15/day. In-country GiveDirectly staff enroll one member of each household in the entire village to receive a one-time transfer of about $1,000 USD sent in two installments using mobile money. Recipients can then withdraw the mobile funds as cash with local agents and use the funds to invest in what they need – whether it’s on starting a business, education, making their home safer/sturdier, healthcare, or livestock.
 
GiveDirectly uses rigorous experimental research (randomized controlled trials) to measure the impact of their unconditional cash programs and answer public policy questions, generating evidence on key design and implementation questions across varied contexts. You can find over 300 studies on the positive impacts of cash transfers in GiveDirectly’s Cash Research Explorer.

GiveDirectly

“To feed, support, and offer shelter and aid to those in need”.

Blanchet (pronounced Blan-shāy) House is a nonprofit social services organization located in Old Town Portland. We make a difference, one relationship at a time, through food, clothing, and supportive housing programs. We serve anyone who comes to our doors without judgment because we believe everyone deserves dignity, hope, and community. 

Blanchet House and Farm

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