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When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster ...

A Prospect Heights do-gooder has launched a volunteer support network for local seniors and other people in need of a helping hand, saying she wanted to channel goodwill in the neighborhood toward ...

Fawzia Syed never planned to create a network to help hungry New Yorkers. The Long Island resident and nonprofit worker, and a friend, Misha Khan, had volunteered with People in Need, a Brooklyn-based ...

I arrived in Minneapolis in July of 2020 to find buildings turned to rubble, people grieving, and a community rebuilding. During my first volunteer shift at Phillips Community Free Store, which was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Since March, thousands of strangers in a Denver Facebook group have worked together to find an apartment for a mom and her 18-month-old who were homeless, ...

This policy codifies existing university practice that has been mandated by state and federal regulations since 1961. The University at Buffalo (UB, university) is committed to maintaining cooperative ...

Over the last week, watching protests spread across the country demanding justice for George Floyd, Lydia Mason felt powerless sitting at home in Brooklyn. She’s been an activist with Black Lives ...

When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster like a ...

“Solidarity, not charity.” At its most basic level, that’s how proponents describe mutual aid. Though historically associated with leftist causes, mutual aid is, at its core, about people helping one ...