VOLUNTEER

As the former epicenter of Hurricane Sandy and the current epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, Rockaway has learned firsthand how such crises exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and inequalities on the peninsula and the critical importance of mutual aid in surviving such emergencies. Mutual aid facilitates a reciprocal exchange of resources and is part of the long-term work of mending the damage caused by systems of oppression and in envisioning new structures.