Resources

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Collective Care

Please see below for a comprehensive list of collective care resources.

Source: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief


General Resources

Resource Librarian: Information on Demand during the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.covidresourcelibrarian.com/


Catalog for Local Mutual Aid Communities Worldwide

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fw6ru83MuRaerWTCyPPjbcwIhXaXIqy_SbE_8bAyB2M/edit#


Community Response to Covid-19: An Online Summit

https://facebook.com/events/s/community-response-to-covid19-/512154053007189/?ti=icl


Coronavirus Resource Kit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rcan4C_e6OBFBI5bUn7MtYK74Ab-WarxyJmDvZUI_YA/mobilebasic


Coronavirus Tech Handbook

https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/home


Five Demands Posters

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16GRhiCB9PRLLoPdQszl5EqB6XyKLLFQQ


Form Letter: A Neighborly Invitation Regarding Coronavirus

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waIh2V3ziWUCXgrBW9O4UaYu8u5oPWx8vvhTcGng_GA/mobilebasic?urp=gmail_link


Free COVID-19 Language Access Response: Request Translation and/or Interpretation

https://www.creatingpuentes.com/free-covid-19-response


Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Skill-Share–Covid-19/Coronavirus Resources

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qntCUGNsuQ__zjQidmv6kN4mFEz7M-fEy1L3RxWAh2g


Keeping Each Other Safe When Virtually Organizing Mutual Aid

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/keeping-each-other-safe-when-virtually-organizing-mutual-aid


Know Your Rights during COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tTWDHkbOtYPNalsN3lEi5yUjZI9qMdhL2IAM_S8bVqE/mobilebasic


Let’s Talk Mutual Aid (zine)

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOGGANS-mutual-aid-zine.pdf


Listings of #covid19mutualaid Initiatives (Crowd-sourced)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9Y46lhZSVIRyE1Qh74Tj5uu91VKs5nhFCUudnFOqOg/htmlview#gid=776187552


Mutual Aid and Organizing: COVID-19 Infection Control for the People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07gEfWoaKOk&feature=youtu.be


Mutual Aid and Survival

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l_xCQmi3NnK0A_1Urnb1W0-Xs53-LMZI


Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: In the News

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/in-the-news/


Mutual Aid Hub

https://www.mutualaidhub.org/


Mutual Aid on Lockdown (podcast series based on this directory!)

https://www.mutualaidlockdown.com/


Mutual Aid Toolkit by Big Door Brigade

http://bigdoorbrigade.com/


Mutual Fire Brigade (zine)

https://www.sproutdistro.com/2019/04/20/new-zine-mutual-fire-brigade/


Open Collective (crowdfunding platform)

https://opencollective.com/create


Practical Advice on COVID-19

https://covid-19.ginkgofoundation.org/?from=weibo


Practical Resources for COVID-19 Challenges

http://awakeningtruth.org/blog/practical-resources-for-a-challenging-time


Self-Organization in Times of Pandemic: How the Masses Are Reconstructing Society

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11lEY843oayL89bV7wDdvzlZ92BOSHOR8/view


Unmasking the Yellow Peril

https://gumroad.com/l/18MRUYP


Useful Mutual Aid Projects in Response to COVID-19: Experiences from Chinese Volunteers in Response to Coronavirus Crisis in Wuhan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kWBo8ff5UNz5ROWH1J1wRLA2N-WnN2JFZXmiO9ji5a8/edit#


What Is Mutual Aid? (video)

https://sub.media/video/what-is-mutual-aid/


You Have Skills: Evaluating What Skills You Can Bring to Radical Organizing

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Skills-zine-3-pdf.pdf


United States Mutual Aid Resources

Illinois Mutual Aid Resources


Chicago Mutual Aid Directory


Illinois / Central Illinois: Central IL Mutual Aid MetaGuide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WdGcHpIJLrdnMqlvO2CNGegV8k1apmKS2iqP9jIUMaU/edit


Illinois / Champaign-Urbana COVID-19 Mutual Aid

https://www.facebook.com/groups/783673498631146/?ref=share


Illinois / Chicago: Chi-Nations Youth Council

http://www.facebook.com/nativeyouth


Illinois / Chicago: COVID-19 Mutual Aid Volunteer Sign-up

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0MK1dnny1BTlzvohuRlnlC6fHqXKqez0hrZJLuZ6F4-qu9w/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2Hv2nPiztvHDf3Np_ncwJh3os4V0-k0xmS6cSLk5uR7w3pysPDar_5OfE


Illinois / Chicago: Edgewater Mutual Aid

https://www.facebook.com/edgewatermutualaid


Illinois / Chicago: Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants: COVID-19 Immigrant Mutual Aid

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uMgAz7kGMll0e1mEoLKjwnfL-rR7eO3JHm1ELZb7fRw/edit#gid=0


Illinois / Chicago: Logan Square Mutual Aid

https://www.logansquaremutualaid.org/


Illinois / Chicago: Mutual Aid COVID-19 Support Request

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelaHe7IlGXJcn7IcrBKn9pTYx_lW4kPktkR9MCLzjOijBrUQ/viewform


Illinois / Chicago: 73.5 Neighborhood Resource Pool

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfF1NPewbkuQSQynD1cFad0zgTPhhervhMH-VBRNRqhW-T33w/viewform


Illinois / Coles County: Coles County | Illinois COVID-19 Community Support

https://www.facebook.com/groups/coronaviruscommunitysupport/?ref=share


Illinois / McLean County: McLean County IL COVID-19 Mutual Aid

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qcFp_1tRfAtds1lI5KIxM4qaS4kHYcBlnrOqO4EMDMU/viewform?edit_requested=true


Illinois / Rockford and Northern Illinois: 815 Mutual Aid Network

https://www.facebook.com/815mutualaid/

https://twitter.com/mutualaid815


Illinois / Springfield: Springfield Families Helping Families

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpringfieldHelp/?ref=share


Health and Wellness

All We Have Is Each Other: A Guide to Creating Fabric Masks

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1DAkx_mR2eSs64sGLtBBJ9Hi0oaeuHUVa


Black Patients’ Guide to COVID-19

https://theblackresponse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Black-Patients-Guide-to-Covid-19-UPDATED.pdf


CODIY Emergency Handwashing Station

http://www.indigenousaction.org/diy-emergency-handwashing-station-instructions-zine/


COVID Grief Network

https://www.covidgriefnetwork.org/


COVID Med Supply

https://covidmedsupply.org/


Great Radical, Boil Roots: A Kitchen Witch’s Guide to Wellness in the Time of COVID-19

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fPaNqc7acJuxOZLDWqDNHkgrZcLkAFX-2hwZKPVDAhk/mobilebasic


Half-Assed Disabled Prepper Tips for Preparing for a Coronavirus Quarantine

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rIdpKgXeBHbmM3KpB5NfjEBue8YN1MbXhQ7zTOLmSyo/preview


Herbalista Free Clinic: COVID-19 Community Care Guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYdxRirBkv9ZnhLqKFxjkQKPcm4wQ-LLgpPH9p94NT0/edit


Herbal Unity Coronavirus Handout

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HKpGpzZUDrhKMVHk6dfQpdg9E28oQC9IqQq_tID6IhI/mobilebasic


Immune and Respiratory Herbs: A Resource For Tribal Communities during COVID-19

https://squaxinisland.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID19_Herbal_Resource.pdf


Mad Maps for the Pandemic

http://www.deanspade.net/2020/04/03/mad-maps-for-the-pandemic/


Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Navigating Trauma

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Navigating-Trauma-7.pdf


Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Medic Group–COVID Info: When Every Community Is Ground Zero: Pulling Each Other Through a Pandemic

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/when-every-community-is-ground-zero-pulling-each-other-through-a-pandemic/


Mutual Aid Mourning and Healing Support Signup for Death Midwives/Doulas, Social Workers, Therapists, and Healers

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UrZhfw6m9gz7ELp4f-I0ah9EQQmfCp2wNuHSA5ThpxQ/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbclid=IwAR1W-83PMmLPI5whLu0PYukz8TVBWUCwzuFkWb1xrul613_W0qaz6IhMZYo


#NoBodyIsDisposable Know Your Rights Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Triage Protocols

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1td5Uq2R_ivBLzPzamnq41T89nLD1UetHzS-9tGr1fsk/edit


People’s Protective Equipment

https://www.peoplesprotectiveequipment.com/


https://linktr.ee/peoplesprotectiveequipment


Safety Practices for Mutual Aid Food and Supply Distribution during the Coronavirus Pandemic (zine, English and Spanish versions)

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-SupplyDistro-MASafetyPracticesZine-WEB.pdf


https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-AM-PracticasSegueras-Espanol-WEB.pdf


Transformative Mutual Aid Practices (T-Maps)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/526539541385651/?ref=share


Urgent Appeal for COVID-19 Herbal Solidarity with Refugees

https://gogetfunding.com/urgent-appeal-for-covid-19-herbal-solidarity-with-refugees/


What Does a COVID-19 Doula Do? (zine)

https://www.onearchives.org/what-does-a-covid19-doula-do-zine/


Rent and Anticapitalist Strikes

Prisoner Support / Prison Strikes