Thank you for supporting grassroots organizing across Massachusetts!
Between April 2020-September 2021, the Mass Redistribution Fund raised $900,000 for grassroots-led COVID relief efforts across the state.
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Resources for MRF Recipient Groups
Capacity-Building Opportunities
for MRF Grantees in 2021
NEW!!! Our collaborator the Language Justice Cooperative is offering an Advanced Training Series for Community-Based Interpreters! Sign Up Here for the April
2-part workshop, or to express interest in
future sessions.
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Fundamentals of Simultaneous Interpretation on Zoom (Thurs April 22 and Tues April 27, 2021, 5:30-7:30pm EST)
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Working With Event Organizers & Participants (2021, date TBD)
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Interpreting With More Than 2 Languages (2021, date TBD)
Toolkits, Guides, Videos and more
Supporting Grassroots Mutual Aid Organizing
and Disaster Relief Efforts
Legal & Regulatory Compliance
Legal Issues in Mutual Aid Operations: A Preliminary Guide (40 pages; PDF)
from Hofstra University
IRS Website page on Disaster Relief Resources for Charities and Contributors
IRS Publication 3833: Disaster Relief - Providing Assistance Through Charitable Organizations (25 pages; PDF)
IRS Guide for Exempt Organizations (Tax Exempt & Government Entitites)
Micro-Training: Mutual Aid and the Law (30 min. YouTube video)
from Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), May 21, 2020
Popular/Political Education & Cultural/Arts Organizing
United for A Fair Economy's (UFE) popular education materials (training guides, charts and infographics about the economy and history of inequality)
"Relatos de La Pandemia" short videos by Papel Machete (Spanish)
Cultural Organizing and Building Mutual Aid Centers in Puerto Rico (76 min. webcast/YouTube video)
Dey Hernandez & Greg Jobin-Leeds interview Jorge Díaz + Sugeily Rodríguez of AgitArte/Papel Machete/ Casa Taller
Mutual Aid Model
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Website resource aggregation page (includes guides, videos, primers, tools and more)
"Mutual Aid: Building Communities of Care During Crisis and Beyond" Podcast with Mariame Kaba, Klee Benally (Diné), Dean Spade, Kali Akuno
Safety & Security
Keeping Each Other Safe When Virtually Organizing Mutual Aid from Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Community Safety Program from Vision Change Win
Get In Formation: A Community Safety Toolkit (39 pages; PDF)
Resources for navigating multiple pandemics - from Vision Change Win
Michael Loadenthal's Digital Security Resource Folder
Zines, articles and other resources on digital security for activists, security culture, threat modeling, counter-surveillance and more