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How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system.
This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police
The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration.
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene.
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations.
Meet the Collective Offering an Alternative to the ‘Mental Health Industrial Complex’ for Underserved Communities
The Fireweed Collective offers online and in-person healing.
Highlander Research and Education Center Brings Old-School Expertise to Present-Day Issues
Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice.
Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit
How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design.
Activists in Philly Have a Novel Approach to Help De-Oppress Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s AORTA helps organizations restructure for greater equity.
Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.