Mark your calendars for our next Solidarity Summit! Where we come together in our locations if we can, and join each other via zoom to share learning, tools, and camaraderie.

We're starting early by making a little kit to help you host your own local gathering if you like. Let us know if you want to join in!

Also let us know if you want to offer or request a session. 

Besides our regular learning and sharing sessions, we'll also have some fun zoom karaoke, once again hosted by the wonderful Marilyn Lamer.

Email info@mutualaidnetwork.org if you want to be more involved in organizing or suggesting.

March 18-19 we hosted our quarterly Solidarity Summit where we came together across our locations and shared knowledge, inspiration, skills and more.

The theme was Deep and Wide - we enjoyed the opportunity to both expand and deepen our networks.

Saturday - focus on current partners and local work. Catch up on recent progress, update action maps, solidify networks and plans and how we can showcase everything the next day when we'll invite more of the public.

Saturday March 18, 8-10am CDT/UTC-5: Neighborocracy learning session. Recording here. Learn from Joseph Rathinam how Neighborocracy has been a tool to organize enormous numbers of neighborhoods in India to solve difficult problems and build beautiful solutions, block by block. Learn how UK partners aim to adapt it to their context, and dream about how these frameworks could support your own mutual aid work.

Saturday March 18, 10am-12 CDT/UTC-5: Solidarity Summit Action Map Part II. Recording here. Build on the Action Map we started at our previous solidarity summit, and move listings and connections into real-world exchange networks.

Local sites are encouraged to host your own get-togethers later on Saturday, and invite newcomers to the Sunday meetups. In Madison we connected an art opening with a casual party, celebrating our collaborations.

Sunday March 19 10am-12 CDT/UTC-5 Solidarity Action Map Part III - building with newcomers Recording here- we presented what's happening for newcomers to see, and invited them to add themselves into the mix at our Action Map.

Sunday March 19 12-2pm CDT/UTC-5 Solidarity Economy Principles session - This was external to the summit, a discussion by partner organizations about the Solidarity Economy Principles and how to apply them to our work.

Sunday March 19 2-4pm CDT/UTC-5 We hosted an open-space session where people were invited to go deep into specific issues, plans, or dreams.  We had a small group deep discussion here which we didn't record.

Hello friends! We're pleased to share the December 2022 Solidarity Summit Notes and Recording. Thanks to those who joined us!

Theme: The HUMAN Family

On zoom, Saturday December 17 at 2-4pmCST we hosted our quarterly Solidarity Summit and annual general member meeting. HUMANs overview and action-mapping session, and a 15-minute Board election.

The recording is here. The Action Map is here - please feel free to continue to add to it.

What's action mapping? We invited people from around the world to share their exciting mutual aid projects where we'll document them and then see how we can quickly ignite mutually beneficial lines of support for each other.

The Board election - The slate was adopted unanimously. Welcome to our awesome 2022-23 Board!

• Mid-term
  • Stephanie Rearick, Gorazd Norcic
• Up for re-election - Sybille Saint Girons (France), Tim Jones (Madison), Delonte Wilkins (DC), Kurt Roskopf (Milwaukee) , Anneleise Hall (NZ), Kate Macdonald (Hull UK), Rebecca Kemble (Madison)
• New candidates
  • Emily Gollmer (Madison WI), Krissy Gilmore (Tampa FL)

Theme: The HUMAN Family

On zoom, Saturday December 17 at 2-4pmCST Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks (HUMANs) host our quarterly Solidarity Summit and annual general member meeting. We'll have a fun overview and action-mapping session, and a 15-minute Board election. Join us! Time zone converter: https://savvytime.com/converter/cst

What's action mapping? We're inviting people from around the world to share their exciting mutual aid projects where we'll document them and then see how we can quickly ignite mutually beneficial lines of support for each other. Add yourself to the interactive map here.

Want to run for the Board? Get in touch! Email info@mutualaidnetwork.org.

From 4-5pm CST - Zoom Karaoke party! Marilyn will join us from Oahu HI to host a zoom karaoke party that will be fun for all of us. Madisonians feel free to join us at the Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson) for a hybrid live/zoom if you like.

Bonus for people in Madison Wisconsin - 5-6pm CST will be a local in-person party, just for fun. The first in our monthly fun time series :)

Once again, your zoom link.

zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7433558070?pwd=NThPTUxxaDZEU2RLZVgvU2wwU1JIUT…

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