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The Dispatch
This monthly newsletter is a roundup of ways to contribute to LA’s mutual aid and community care-based efforts in the form of TIME, MONEY and/or ITEMS. It also shares what resources each group offers.
Produce in the Park
Every Thursday, folks gather at Saint James Park near USC for Produce in the 🥦Produce in the Park🌳 is a free, open-to-all food distribution that begins at NOON on THURSDAYS at Saint James Park (near USC). The produce (provided by Food Forward) goes directly to people who come through the line at the park and the rest gets bagged and divvied up before being taken by volunteers to several LA Community Fridges. Everybody is welcome to come to the park to grab produce, to help out or even better, BOTH! We always need people to help cull (sort) produce, take produce to a fridge + a handful of other roles explained in detail below. Spanish speakers are especially needed at the park.
Sign up here (using computer browser) OR Text (707) 789-1015 your name and role or fridge you’d like to claim.
Open Art Supply
We’re collecting art supplies in good condition to distribute to people who don’t have easy access to the supplies and tools they need to experiment, to play and simply create something. We believe everybody has the right to engage in the life-giving practice of making art.
Hygiene Hello!
Every 3-4 months we get together and build hygiene kits to be distributed to unhoused people all over LA. Before buying anything, we try to source products from companies, online groups, other mutual aid groups and individuals who do collections or decide to make purchases! If you want to participate or have supplies to donate, please reach out to info@mututalaidla.com
Reading Group
The Reading Group meets weekly over Zoom to discuss the current book we are reading. We are currently reading:
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Mutual Aid LA Network 