Shaker Mutual Aid is (yep, you guessed it!) a mutual aid network. Mutual aid networks allow for community action in the form of fundraising and sharing resources. Shaker Mutual is a mutual aid network of organizers, community leaders, and everyday people coming together to distribute resources and provide financial solidarity, offer emotional support, and connect people to their neighbors. 

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With mutual aid comes the understanding that oppression and inequity are perpetuated systemically (yes, even in Shaker Heights). To combat these forces, we must help one another meet our basic needs.  Be active by taking responsibility for caring for one another and for changing political conditions, not just through symbolic acts! 

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With Shaker Mutual Aid, we are imagining a world that does not rely on capitalism and instead builds survivable social relations. 

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Participating in Shaker Mutual Aid is completely voluntary and is a way to change existing social relations right now. It is important to note, that mutual aid is not charity. Implicit in charity is a power dynamic between poor and wealthy people that we are attempting to disrupt.