Mutual Aid Fund Roundtable Series

Out in the Open hosted a community-wide Mutual Aid Fund Roundtable in the winter 2022 where organizers of five organizations shared their learnings, experiences, and reflections on opening and running mutual aid funds within their communities. Below is a five part video series breaking the roundtable into a five part series with each question that was asked throughout the roundtable. You can watch them in order, one at a time, all at once, or which ever question you’re most interested in! Videos are between 15 minutes and 30 minutes long each.

For us, our mutual aid fund has been a place of continuous learning and experimentation. In opening our own Rural QTBIPOC/LGBTQ+ Mutual Aid Fund in the summer of 2020 we were inspired and learned from the mutual aid funds other groups and organizations were starting at the same time. We know we have a lot to learn from each other, and hope by sharing our experiences others building mutual aid funds and doing mutual aid work will find these reflections helpful in their process, and that we can all learn in building deeper mutual aid projects in our communities.

Organizations who shared their experiences and knowledge include The Root Social Justice Center, Migrant Justice, The Pioneer Valley Workers Center, the Trans Asylum Support Seekers Network, and ourselves, Out in the Open.