2020 saw the popularization of mutual aid into the mainstream. It’s a beautiful way to live in connection – acknowledging our interdependencies and taking care of our neighbors while allowing others to care for us. At the same time, it is a time-consuming, exhausting way to live long-term. Why do we have to do mutual aid? More importantly, which communities have relied on mutual aid for survival long before COVID? Which systems are threatened when we the people facilitate care for ourselves? Who benefits? What might a coordinated, sustainable solution look like? Join us to take a close look at mutual aid and examine how COVID has thrown in some new twists.
Panelists
Gloria Berry
Activist and Local Politician
Mark Molnar
Volunteer & Community Support Services Director, Shanti
Cigdem Slankard
Filmmaker and Assistant Professor, Cleveland State University
Ronald Sundstrom (Moderator)
SFUFF Humanities Advisor, Professor of Philosophy University of San Francisco
Films
Dreamhood
USA | 2020 | 70 mins. | Directed by Cigdem Slankard
DreamHood examines life in the International Village neighborhood in Cleveland, OH and captures the transformation of a community as a neighborhood is revitalized and a community continues to grow in terms of size and diversity.