{"id":5041,"date":"2021-08-13T12:23:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/imprint\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:23:13","slug":"moving-mutual-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/imprint\/moving-mutual-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Mutual Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Lindsey Wright<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m moving soon, and for the first time since I moved out of my parent\u2019s house, I\u2019ll be living in an unfurnished apartment. While I was excited about the apartment I\u2019ll be moving into for other reasons, having to provide my own bed, desk, dresser, etc. was daunting. I had resigned myself to spending the rest of my summer visiting thrift store after thrift store between shifts at work. When my mom offered to post on Facebook asking if anyone had any furniture I could have, I agreed, and the results were fantastic. I was able to get all the furniture I needed for almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m glad I was able to take care of a task that was stressing me out with relative ease. However, this situation has also reminded me of how privileged I am. My white middle-class mom and her white middle-class friends were able to provide for me, but there are many people out there who are also in need of furniture or other, even more, necessary items like food or toiletries. I was able to access what I needed because of the connections I have, or more accurately that my mother has, but what can we do to make needs accessible regardless of connections? This brings me to the topic of mutual aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mutual aid is built around<\/p>

the concept of solidarity, not charity. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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