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Solidarity, not charity – meeting needs together while we build power.

The Mutual Aid Working Group helps our neighbors survive the crises created by capitalism and austerity. We organize material support and care networks so working-class people in Savannah can meet each other’s needs directly, without gatekeepers or means-testing. Mutual aid is not a service or a side project – it’s how we keep each other alive and connected while we fight for the world we deserve.

at a glance

Focus: building durable networks of care, solidarity, and material support so our people can weather crisis, repression, and everyday poverty.

Who we organize with: DSA members, low-income and working-class neighbors, disabled and chronically ill comrades, unhoused folks, and anyone committed to solidarity over charity.

Current priorities: neighborhood-based support networks, rapid response for members in crisis, and mutual aid projects that strengthen our fights in Housing Justice, Migrant Rights, Labor, and other campaigns.

what we fight for

Our neighbors are facing rising costs, unsafe working and living conditions, criminalization, and climate disasters – with social services that are underfunded, hostile, or impossible to access. Mutual aid is how we refuse to leave each other alone in that crisis. The Mutual Aid Working Group fights for a city where people have what they need, not because they qualify on paper, but because we take care of one another.

BASIC NEEDS WITHOUT GATEKEEPERS – Sharing food, supplies, transportation, and small financial support so people can survive now, without paperwork, policing, or humiliation.

COMMUNITY CARE, NOT ISOLATION – Building networks where people check on each other, share skills, and support disabled, sick, and unhoused neighbors instead of leaving them at the mercy of the carceral “safety net.”

SOLIDARITY THAT BUILDS POWER – Grounding every mutual aid project in organizing, connecting people to campaigns, tenants’ unions, and workers’ struggles so support turns into collective power, not just one-off charity.

RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF DISASTER – Preparing together for storms, heat waves, and other crises so working-class communities aren’t abandoned when the state fails us – again.

what we do

What the group works on will change as our neighbors’ needs and our chapter’s capacity change. In general, the Mutual Aid Working Group focuses on projects where material support and organizing move together.

Week community sharing event

Every Saturday, 1–3 PM • Waters & 37th, Savannah

Each week, the Mutual Aid Working Group hosts a community sharing event on the corner of Waters Avenue and 37th Street. Neighbors can stop by to donate, grab some food or something they need, or just hang out in community with others. No questions asked, no means testing, no cops – just mutual support and

We connect with neighbors at events, clinics, canvasses, and online, listening for what people actually need and what they can offer. We try to make every mutual aid project a doorway into deeper organizing – inviting people to meetings, campaigns, and leadership, not just a one-time transaction.

Depending on capacity, this can look like rides, groceries, small emergency funds, supply drives, or helping someone move out of an unsafe situation. We prioritize those most impacted by poverty, policing, disability, and discrimination, and we make decisions collectively and transparently.

We design mutual aid that strengthens other chapter fights – sharing food or supplies at tenant meetings, supporting workers on strike, backing Migrant Rights and Housing Justice actions, or helping comrades stay afloat so they can stay in the struggle. Mutual aid is a tool for building strong, rooted campaigns.

We host skill-shares and internal trainings on topics like burnout and boundaries, collective care, direct support basics, and how to plug into ongoing projects. We also support members in forming smaller care networks and pods so chapter work doesn’t rely on a few people burning themselves out.

how to get involved

The Mutual Aid Working Group is open to Savannah DSA members who want to [short purpose: defend tenants, support migrants, build worker power, etc.].

Talk to us at the next General Meeting during announcements or breakouts.

Use the contact form on this site and mention “Mutual Aid Working Group” in your message.

If you are directly affected and looking for support, you can reach out the same way, and we will follow up as quickly as we can.

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