In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020 file photo, Laura Porras, right, prepares bags of fresh vegetables as Justin Ruiz, 17, left, and Porras' niece Ana Karen Porras, 14, help in the vestibule at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The effort, which started two months earlier, is coordinated by the Brooklyn Immigrant Community Support mutual aid group who saw a need for emergency food aid for undocumented immigrants, who couldn't apply for or receive government assistance in the wake of shutdowns caused by concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus. AP Photo/Kathy Willens

The Rise Of Mutual Aid Groups During The Pandemic

By J. Carlisle Larsen

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Monday, January 11, 2021, 3:30pm
Monday, January 11, 2021, 5:30pm

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As the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the U.S. economy, there was a rise in the number of mutual aid groups established to meet the needs of people struggling in their communities. We talk to the founders of two Wisconsin-based mutual aid groups. And we speak with an expert about the role these organizations could play throughout the rest of the pandemic and beyond.

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