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The Response

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...


Sep 30, 2025

In this episode of The Response, we hear from Jordan Seaberry, co-director of the US Dept of Arts and Culture (USDAC). In addition to being a working artist and a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, he has built a career as a grassroots organizer and legislative advocate, helping to pass multiple criminal...


Jul 10, 2025

The Response is back after a two-month hiatus. For today’s show, we resumed our interview format and welcomed two of the seven co-founders of Survival Bloc, Daisy Carter and Aracely Jimenez-Hudis.

Survival Bloc is a BIPOC-led network of leaders, movement organizations, and grassroots groups building power and...