Upcoming Virtual Training!

Mutual Aid Part 1:  Understanding and Grounding
April 30th, 2pm EST 

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Mutual aid structures have grown since COVID-19 and continue to expand as nonprofits struggle to meet rising needs. Rooted in long traditions of collective care, mutual aid is based on solidarity, not charity, and centers reciprocal, community-led support.
This training introduces mutual aid as both a practical model and a political approach to organizing resources. We’ll explore how it meets immediate needs like food access while building relationships, developing leadership, and connecting to broader movement goals.
We’ll also consider key challenges, including sustainability, maintaining political clarity, and how mutual aid can work alongside other strategies like nonprofit services, advocacy, and food systems organizing.

Facilitated by ISED, with featured speaker Antonio Roman-Alcalá of California State University East Bay and the Agroecology Research-Action Collective. 
Antonio is an educator, researcher, writer, musician, and organizer based in Berkeley, California who has worked on sustainable food systems and radical political change for over 20 years. Antonio is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University East Bay teaching Geography and Environmental Studies, while researching movements for social and environmental justice through agroecology and food sovereignty. His previous efforts include founding urban farms, civil society alliances, activist-researcher networks, and documentary filmmaking.
I look forward to seeing you at this training!