Great piece! I just want to thank you in general for the education you provide on IG that liberated me from performative activism and pointed me to mutual aid. I'm eagerly awaiting your zine because I'm encountering some obstacles in scaling it up and making it truly effective.
“Community isn’t a gathering of people who come together to “organize” but a collective of kin who are dependent on each other for survival”
Your words are a balm and much needed to help us heal and move on a little more each time in to this expansive space of collective liberation.
Thank you, Ayesha, and congratulations on your projects and continuing studies too, no wonder you’re so tired!
From your Disorderland podcast to this blog, your words are so powerful, I remember them often in times of dissociation; your words have been a crucial part of lifting the veils of oppressive capitalist colonialist patriarchy to a liberated and collective freer mind-set.
This was such an important and timely read, and I'm also really looking forward to the zine you mentioned towards the end. It can feel really daunting to start a mutual aid effort, especially when you're literally starting from scratch in an area that doesn't have really any efforts like that so far. I look forward to reading more about your experiences!!
This is sooooo important! In all the times I’ve been homeless or close to it, I was tilted back into stability because of things like this. Kind people who are really watching and willing to step into the unknown are the backbone of mutual aid. Thank you for raising this truth, pull the thread where you are will unravel the empire AND it will knit our hearts together. I will rest with my babies a little better now knowing that this is what’s going on out there. :)
Thank you for your work. “The most powerful, sustainable impact any of us can have on this world is when we act local and think global.” This was a conclusion I had come to a while back, but one that I’ve struggled to act on. You’ve provided a missing piece for me as a “middle class organizer” with the main message of this article. I’m looking forward to integrating this into some ideas that had been marinating but felt incomplete.
exactly what I needed to read today, thank you 💖
Great piece! I just want to thank you in general for the education you provide on IG that liberated me from performative activism and pointed me to mutual aid. I'm eagerly awaiting your zine because I'm encountering some obstacles in scaling it up and making it truly effective.
i really needed this bc it made me feel that i’m not alone and that the struggle to organize as a community is real and shared.
“Community isn’t a gathering of people who come together to “organize” but a collective of kin who are dependent on each other for survival”
Your words are a balm and much needed to help us heal and move on a little more each time in to this expansive space of collective liberation.
Thank you, Ayesha, and congratulations on your projects and continuing studies too, no wonder you’re so tired!
From your Disorderland podcast to this blog, your words are so powerful, I remember them often in times of dissociation; your words have been a crucial part of lifting the veils of oppressive capitalist colonialist patriarchy to a liberated and collective freer mind-set.
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Thank you for your kindness Jo 💕
This was such an important and timely read, and I'm also really looking forward to the zine you mentioned towards the end. It can feel really daunting to start a mutual aid effort, especially when you're literally starting from scratch in an area that doesn't have really any efforts like that so far. I look forward to reading more about your experiences!!
This is beautiful and on point. Thank you so much for this.
This is sooooo important! In all the times I’ve been homeless or close to it, I was tilted back into stability because of things like this. Kind people who are really watching and willing to step into the unknown are the backbone of mutual aid. Thank you for raising this truth, pull the thread where you are will unravel the empire AND it will knit our hearts together. I will rest with my babies a little better now knowing that this is what’s going on out there. :)
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Thank you for your clarity and naming. Fresh water.
Thank you for your work. “The most powerful, sustainable impact any of us can have on this world is when we act local and think global.” This was a conclusion I had come to a while back, but one that I’ve struggled to act on. You’ve provided a missing piece for me as a “middle class organizer” with the main message of this article. I’m looking forward to integrating this into some ideas that had been marinating but felt incomplete.
This was everything I needed to begin to make necessary changes.
One of the best substacks out there by far
thank you for writing this, it was so necessary (and also amazingly put together !!)
The timeliness of your words, Dr. Khan! And the thrilling colors of those vegetables alone are the lift we all need...
Thank you so much for this. Brilliant.
I appreciated this and everything contained within it, so so much.