As a continuation of Mutual Aid for Climate Justice 101, and in response to Lab members requests, this tipsheet answers the question “how do mutual aid networks work?”

• Learn about organizational structures, and an example from mutual aid group Water Drop LA
• Map organizing networks to fit your own mutual aid work
• Review the foundational values behind mutual aid organizing

Check out the full recording of the Mutual Aid for Climate Justice 201 training.

These resources will help advocates remain emotionally resilient in the face of climate disaster and an uncertain future. Resources such as a recording, workbook, and model are included.

Resources to advocate for an end to energy utility shutoffs.

A shared crowdsourced resource for stopping data centers, to support community members and organizers to launch a data center site fight, or join ongoing efforts.

Explore how communities can take care of each other’s needs equitably during a changing climate future.

This tipsheet gives a definition of mutual aid, shares examples of mutual aid for the climate crisis, and shares resources for finding your own local mutual aid networks.

Climate coalition work is still hard, so we want to help you out. Join the Climate Advocacy Lab as we premiere the Second Edition of the Blueprint for a Multiracial, Cross-Class Climate Movement Report and Workbook.

Power mapping supports organizers in understanding the stakeholders within their campaign. This resource offers step by step instructions and tips for power mapping your campaign.

This curriculum is intended to be a starting point for training(s) you may be delivering to your community in moments of rapid response. This curriculum was developed with love and adapted from years of direct action training in and out of the Ruckus Community. During a training, provide a rapid overview to participants of what to do to prepare for mass action. Pay attention to verbal and nonverbal communication. Prepare an action pack. Protect your data. This guide provides many specific steps to use during a training and during action preparation and planning.

Know your role before, during, and after social movement actions. Roles might include activist/organizer/coordinator/campaigner, fundraiser, researcher, scout, artist, etc. During an action, people might be: risking arrest, directing supporting, liaising with police, peacekeeping, talking to or reaching out to media, etc. This guide describes all these types of roles and actions. After an action, some roles that might be needed include lawyer, documentarian, fundraiser, letter writer, etc.