Centering the most vulnerable.
The Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund was created by community members from metro-Atlanta who witnessed the needs of their neighbors during COVID-19.
This health pandemic crippled economies and interrupted markets, causing wide-spread unemployment.
Our concern was not with fixing the economy but instead with meeting the needs of people left with uncertainty and disruption, as it still is.
As a mutual aid fund, our funds are only intended for members of the most vulnerable, displaced and marginalized target-groups who are residing in the prioritized counties of Fulton, Dekalb, Clayton, Douglas, Cobb, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale. Funds are targeted towards Black, Indigenous, and peoples of color.
We will give special consideration within these communities to women / femmes, non-binary and queer folks, the poor and working class, people living with disabilities, and undocumented and refugee members.
Our timebanking scheme is a community-driven initiative designed to foster cooperation and mutual support among its residents.
In times of economic uncertainty and social challenges, this program allows people to exchange services and skills without the need for money, creating a sustainable support system.
Our framework
Mutual aid
A reciprocal system where those that benefit are also feeding back in and supporting others with either services, money, or other value adding measures. These systems can inform how we relate to each other in community and support self determination.
Wealth redistribution
A framework where those with generational privilege and access to resources are encouraged to feed into communities and individuals historically disenfranchised to build long-term equity in those communities.
Building alternative systems
While we’re focusing on raising and distributing money in the short-term, we’re also actively building the infrastructure for a post-capitalist system by creating a time-banking and skill-sharing mechanism to participate.