MUTUAL AID IN PDX:
Mutual Aid groups in the PDX Area (a very incomplete list)
Food Not Bombs: free food to the community, no judgment or preaching
Really Really Free Market: a gathering of leftists in public places to give stuff to people who need it. Anything from clothes and books to narcan and art supplies.
Free Fridges: all over town are comrades willing to stock fridges and pantries facing public sidewalks for anyone in the community to come grab free food and supplies.
Binder Bloc: free binders, fundraising for trans health care, etc.
Heater Bloc: Folks finding ways to build heaters out of cheap materials that are tip-over-safe and good to heat a tent or small room for someone who needs that, and then giving them for free to whoever wants one and freely sharing plans on how to build more.
Laser Bloc: Free stuff from awesome artists to the community: radical earrings, stickers, other things a 3d printer can make, etc. including (sometimes) custom work!
Mending Bloc: A network of people who know how to sew and mend offering their services to repair clothes, sleeping bags, tents, and other things, and teaching people to mend things themselves.
Asset to the Resistance: Radical accountants helping others for free to navigate the tax or grant system.
Pet Bloc: providing free pet food and warm clothing for pets living with folks who may experience homelessness
EWOKS and Portland Street Medicine: People with varying degrees of first responder training learning together and training others on how to safely and effectively deploy IFAK kits and otherwise provide community first aid care directly to the community.
The People’s Store, Matzah Bloc, Free Lunch Collective, and a number of other groups who prefer not to have much presence online are all dedicated to providing material support to folks surviving on the streets of Portland.
Printer Bloc provides printing services for those wanting to publish zines.
There are plenty of other mutual aid groups in Portland to discover! (here’s an outdated list of some)