May 11, 2026
For 25 years, NewStories has been supporting communities that have faced the unimaginable, total loss from disaster—those who don’t want to rebuild the old normal, but are ready to co-create something that affirms life, reciprocity, and interdependence.
They call this approach, Re-Storying Disaster. After...
Apr 1, 2026
On March 4, 2026, the Ithaca Common Council in Ithaca, New York, U.S., voted to non-renew its contract with Flock Safety. Flock, among other things, is a vendor of fixed-location automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems.
You may have seen them pop up in your city or county in the past couple of years, as they...
Nov 22, 2025
On November 20, 2025, we hosted activist, organizer, and writer Dean Spade to lead a Mutual Aid 101 session about navigating conflict.
So many of our mutual aid groups and solidarity economy projects are dealing with burnout, conflict, and the pressure of doing real care work with limited capacity. We currently find...
Nov 12, 2025
When floods, fires, freezes, or other extreme weather rip through our communities, the fallout goes far beyond damaged homes and downed power lines. As we’ve established on The Response Podcast, the climate crisis touches everyone—especially women and gender-diverse people—yet sexual and reproductive health...
Oct 29, 2025
On October 21, 2025 Shareable and the Tool Library Alliance hosted a crossover event of the Mutual Aid 101 Learning Series and Library of Things Co-Lab for "Tool Libraries, Mutual Aid & Community-Led Disaster Response."
A panel of practitioners from tool libraries and mutual aid groups discussed the intersection of...