Mutual Aid
What is mutual aid? Mutual aid is survival work done by volunteers who are directly impacted and belong to marginalized groups. People participate because of a passion to combat injustice and care for their community. The seminal work of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords to meet people’s basic needs, where the system has failed and without expectations, is what truly grounds SISTA Fire’s mutual aid work. SISTA Fire’s mutual aid work values self-determination for people impacted and/or targeted by political and social conditions. Engagement with mutual aid builds broader political participation, solidarity, and power.
We are all inherently worthy, have dignity, and are interconnected!
