Mutual Aid & Generating Care with Aida Manduley

Mutual Aid is an ethos of care that has risen out of multiple communities – including the disability rights movement & immigrant communities- that invites us to consider our interconnected webs of strengths and vulnerabilities, needs and assets. Rather than relying on “charity” models of giving that maintain power imbalances and systems of harm, we can step into modes of giving and receiving care that center mutualism, consent and solidarity.

In this interview with Aida Manduley, LCSW, we examine Mutual Aid as an embodied ethos of erotic justice.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

* Get A Therapist – Aida’s resource list to help you find a compassionate therapist* How To Feel Your Feelings And Why You Should Try

GIVE GENEROUSLY:

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* Third Wave Fund* National Bail Out Fund

MORE ON MUTUAL AID & COMMUNITY CARE

* Mutual Aid Vs. Charity* Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Resources* Find a local Mutual Aid group

About Aida Manduley, LCSW

Aida Manduley, LCSW is an award-winning Latinx activist, facilitator, and presenter known for big earrings and tackling taboos. Their politics are radical, their life is ridiculous, and their penchant for irreverence as intimacy is notorious. Trained as a sexuality educator, social worker, and nonprofit executive, they’re working to make the world a more equitable place and get us all more comfortable with hard conversations. With a focus on liberation and communities marginalized due to race/gender/sexuality, their perspective aims to maximize kindness while retaining both a sense of humor and a sense of justice.

With over a decade of experience and degrees from Brown University and Boston University, Mx. Manduley’s areas of specialization include trauma, anti-carceral justice systems, and the integration of technology for change efforts. They are well-known for their leadership with The Women of Color Sexual Health Network as well as various other national and regional coalitions. They’re currently based in Boston where they have a thriving therapeutic practice at The Meeting Point.