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What is Mutual Aid?

The concept

Mutual aid is the understanding that we live in an unjust society that divides us from ourselves and one another, and that it is often better to take our lives into our own hands and solve our problems because we are all in this together.

Mutual aid is building relationships with your neighbors based on trust and common interest; 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

Mutual aid is not transactional, only for disasters/crises, charity, or a way to “save” people.

What is St Louis Mutual Aid?

The collective

We are a network of people who believe in a decentralized form of community support and solidarity where individuals and groups can come together to assist one another without relying on traditional hierarchies or formal institutions.

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