Activated Villages

Overview

Appalachian Community Meals and Mutual Aid is an IRL organizing effort to reorient folks with the concept of mutual aid by exemplifying collaboration vs. competition, abundance vs. scarcity and community vs. hyper-individualism.

Project Details

• Founder: Amanda Smith/Moneyless Society and Humanist Mutual Aid
• Start Date: November 2022
• Location: Berea, KY
• Contact: Facebook

Links:

• Website: https://moneylesssociety.com/our-work/
• Richmond Register News Coverage: https://www.richmondregister.com/news/appalachian-community-meals-in-berea-free-food-for-everyone/article_ae20ceee-b169-11ed-89eb-878bccd140bc.html

Project Description

Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid is helping folks relearn how to live as a community through the lens of mutual aid. By serving free, nutritional and preference-diverse meals, we bring otherwise strangers of the same town together to share a table and get to know their neighbors, fostering a space for relationships and resource sharing to abound. A.C.M. is building a robust network of non-institutional resources and access points to form a Mutual Aid Resource Center that will prioritize the most marginalized while still managing to serve the community as a whole.

Key Features

• • • – no barriers to access resources and support
    • – agitates, educates and organizes effective action
    • – builds community resilience
    • – empowers individuals in vulnerable positions to self-advocate in the workplace, rental market, personal life, etc.

Project Needs

• • • – volunteers, both local and abroad
    • – resources (occasionally posted on the A.C.M. Facebook page)
    • – donations/funding (all finances are kept ready to share, as we firmly believe in transparent practices)

If you feel inclined to give, please be sure to leave a note on your PayPal transaction for funding allocation. “ACM” Thank you!