Via Mutual Aid Disaster Relief The following is a report back from our friends at West Street Recovery, who have been organizing through over three years of recovery from Hurricane Harvey and providing ongoing support to the community groups Northeast Action Collective (NAC) and Harvey Forgotten Survivors Caucus. Their reflections
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Inspiration & Support for Disaster Preparation
As we enter hurricane season in the Atlantic and fire season in the West, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is compiling tips for preparing communities to take care of each other in the spirit of mutual aid when disaster strikes. Below is a list we’ve started and are continuing to add
Stronger than the Storms – Dis(ability), Power, and Friendship After Hurricane Florence
“I was scared, I already knew I had Jackie, a 24/7 job. My sister would have never survived in a home. They wouldn’t have given her the care. Plus she was my sister. I was probably 12/13 when I learned to feed her, change her diaper. I wasn’t seeing her
Panama City Landlords Are Finishing What Hurricane Michael Started
A CALL TO ACTION: Hundreds of residents in low income housing projects in Panama City have gotten eviction notices in the days following the category 4 catastrophe of hurricane Michael, which shredded the region into a state of nonrecognition. In short, it looks like a war zone. In an
Solidarity Through The Storms
Greetings, comrades and co-conspirators! To say that we at Mutual Aid Disaster Relief have been busy the past few weeks would be putting it mildly. Between our ongoing recovery efforts in the Carolinas following the fallout of Hurricane Florence to our new struggles in the Florida panhandle in the wake
Dual-Power in a Three-Way Fight: Critical Reflections on Hurricane Michael
On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael swept into the Florida panhandle with a ferocity unlike anything seen in the region’s recorded history. The intensity of the devastation is difficult to overstate, if not impossible. We caught a glimpse of the future this week in the Florida panhandle. And the future