community
ORGANIZING IS HOW WE SURVIVE; go help out!! email (subject "COMMUNITY") to add an active mutual aid effort, fundraiser, etc. to list!
| unions |
| mutual aid efforts |
| remote efforts |
| give money |
| give... code? |
unions
tenant unions: nyc-noise.com/tenants.
worker unions: nyc-noise.com/unions.
mutual aid (in-person)
great if you can give time, cook food, drive, donate, or translate –– will keep adding info, including REGULAR VOLUNTEER DAYS + donation info when i can find it... last checked dec '24
• bikes for migrants // bushwick, bk
"A group of us are mobilizing to repair and provide bicycles to asylum seekers." looking for used bikes, mechanics, translators (esp. french speakers), & cash! donate via venmo; to volunteer (or for more info), text our pal paul at 646-543-9274 or dm club a; to donate a bike, fill out form at tinyurl.com/bikes4migrants.
• bushwick ayuda mutua (BAM) // bushwick, bk
"Bushwick Ayuda Mutua (BAM) is a network of neighbors supporting neighbors"; volunteer; more asap
• club A kitchen // bushwick, bk (MAP)
WEDS & SAT 12pm-3pm stop by bushwick city farm to help club A, a mutual aid collective distributing food & other much-needed items!! updates on insta // donate via open collective
• collective focus // bed-stuy / bushwick, bk (MAP)
• crown heights mutual aid // crown heights, bk
• ev neighbors who care // east village, mnhtn
• feed the people bed-stuy // herbert von king, bk (MAP)
SAT 3pm, more info asap
• floyd bennett field neighbors // marine park, bk (MAP)
SAT 10am-1pm "mutual aid volunteer collective dedicated to assisting recently arrived migrant families entering our Brooklyn community & living in tents at Floyd Bennett Field."
• food fight bk // bushwick / e. wburg, bk (MAP)
WEDS & SUN 7pm-9pm "distribute material needs to migrants facing constant state repression" (around corner from jefferson men's shelter, scott ave btwn flushing ave & jefferson st.); updates on insta, ISO translators, cooks, drivers // donate via paypal / venmo, dm to zelle
• les food not bombs // tompkins square, mnhtn (MAP)
SUN 4:30pm, more info asap
• mass mutual aid // kensington/flatbush, bk (MAP)
SAT 5pm, more info asap
• rain or shine diaper distro // bushwick / bed-stuy (MAP)
MON day give diapers & wipes to families in broolyn (from the living gallery, check-ins early & distro 1pm); check 'em out on insta, sign up to volunteer or donate money / supplies here
• wsp mutual aid // washington square park, mnhtn (MAP)
FRI 5pm-8pm, more info asap
• woodbine // ridgewood, queens (MAP)
MON & WEDS a.m. food distro, volunteer to help &/or drive for pickups! they also have weekly dinners, a seed library, events, & way more, check out site or insta
remote efforts (2024)
• prison library support network (nyc insta)
"an information-based collective founded to support incarcerated people & the library workers who serve them"; they have regular (& great!!) volunteer orientation meetings so u can learn to find prison mail policies, handle confidential info, evaluate info, & do all the other stuff needed to answer incarcerated ppl's research questions!
give money (2024)
• SUPPORT DIY SPACES! :D double dutch • the laundromat • the living gallery (donate via venmo @cal-fish or zelle (631-377-1998) w/ note “winter fundraiser") • sunview luncheonette (withfriends to get stuff in ~print~ for a few bucks a month, or venmo) // ...can't remember what else i've seen lately, plz send
• rent refusers sweep defense: get survival supplies to the street! venmo @sweepdefensenyc
• brandon & cecilia lopez: totaled car!!
gofundme // i told b-lo to make the goal more than $4k (just maintaining a car is expensive af in this town!!!) but he said they don't wanna be "greedy" pfffft!! they have a lil bb & play upright bass & a boatload of electronics, respectively; help them buy a new boat!!
• rachael uhlir (& austin sley julian): legal $$s!!
gofundme // the legal system's fucked; a person can sue you for speaking about their violence, & even if you "win" you can end up w/ hella legal fees :/ sucks v much!! & in this case affects both our pals rachael & austin, aka sunk heaven, aka married to rachael!!
coding skillz (forev)
• nyc noise github: poke around!! :D
last year greg technology led a big recurse project to rebuild ENTIRE SITE & made it way better AND easier to maintain (while keeping the look of Made Forev Ago lolol) bc he's a hero :'') he now has a Real Job & 100 new projects so it would rule if there were more code-y hands in the mix along w/ him & o.g. site bestie paul & new site pal kirill... check out overview (python, django, render) & look thru issues for some basics (need page-specific "social share" images) & more ambitious ideas (daily map!!!), & lmk if you wanna help!!!