Mutual Aid LA Network Dispatch

By Mutual Aid LA Network

The Mutual Aid LA Network Dispatch is a roundup of ways to contribute to Los Angeles mutual aid efforts in the form of time, money and/or items as well as what resources each group offers.... more

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The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

Mutual Aid LA Network Dispatch episodes:

June 01, 2026 2026- Spring Cleaning Special
This is an audio version of our March Spring Cleaning Edition, so visit dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/36-march/ to read that month’s Dispatch with clickable links.
Suggested Organizations:
Aetna Street Solidarity - www.instagram.com/aetnastreetsolidarity
The People’s Free Boutique by Quirk - www.instagram.com/thepeoplesfreeboutique
Project Ropa - www.instagram.com/projectropa
Trans Wellness Center LA - https://mytranswellness.org/
Chrysalis - https://www.changelives.org/
Art Time Presents - www.instagram.com/arttimepresents
Remainders Creative Reuse - https://remainderspas.org
Suay Sew Shop - suayla.com/pages/community-dye-bath
Echo Park Repair Fair - www.instagram.com/echoparkrepairfair
LA County Library Fixit Clinic - https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/15883798
LA County Hazardous Household Waste and E-Waste - https://cleanla.lacounty.gov/hhw/electronic-waste/ | tiny.cc/SAFECenters
Music Attributions:
Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
Maude by Colorcast is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
"Late Night Radio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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12min
May 04, 2026 37: May 2026 - May Day Special
Visit https://mutualaidla.org/projects/dispatch/ to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links.
"A General Inquiry" Substack - tiny.cc/GeneralInquiry
Suggested Organizations:
Los Angeles Tenants Union (LATU) - https://www.instagram.com/latenants/
All Power Books - https://www.instagram.com/allpowerbooks/
United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) - https://utla.net/
National Day Laborers Organizing Network - tinyurl.com/ndlon-volunteer.
LA Public Defenders Union - https://www.instagram.com/lapubdefunion/
CLEAN Carwash Worker Center - https://www.instagram.com/carwasherxs/
Debt Collective - www.debtcollective.org
United Farm Workers - www.ufwfoundation.org
General Strike US - www.generalstrikeus.com
Strippers United - www.strippersunited.org
Echo Park Mutual Aid - https://www.instagram.com/e_p_m_a_/
Aetna Street Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/aetnastreetsolidarity/
Food for Comrades - www.foodforcomrades.org
LA Food Not Bombs - https://www.instagram.com/lafnb/
Music Attributions:
"Twisted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
"Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
"Late Night Radio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sound Attribution:
Mayday protest speech and audio: CBS News Footage - www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hW31RZBcfY
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12min
February 16, 2026 35: February 2026 - Solo DIY Actions
Visit http://tiny.cc/MALANDispatch35 to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links.
Suggested Organizations:
- MALAN Hygiene Hello Kit Building - https://mutualaidla.org/projects/hygiene-hello/
- LA County Library's Books for Jails program - https://lacountylibrary.org/books-for-jails/
- 311 Bulk Item Pick Up - https://cd1.lacity.gov/report-issue
- LA Community Fridges - https://www.lacommunityfridges.com/
- Power Blossoms Birth Day Cards - https://www.powerblossoms.org/write-a-birthday-card
- MaskBlocLA: Masks for Your Community - https://www.instagram.com/maskblocla/
- National Lawyers Guild's Legal Observer Training - https://www.nlg.org/los-angeles/legal-observing-program/
- Community Self Defense LA - https://www.instagram.com/communityselfdefensecoalition/
- MALAN Produce in the Park - https://mutualaidla.org/projects/produce-in-the-park/
- MALAN's Poli-Ed Reading Group - https://mutualaidla.org/projects/reading-group/
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
- Smooth As Silk by Steve Skinner
- Maiden Voyage by William Pearson
- Ohhh by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Impale the Sky by XTaKeRuX is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- "Twisted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Sound Effect Attributions:
Scratch Sample by templeofhades -- https://freesound.org/s/151822/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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18min
July 07, 2025 32: Summer 2025
Visit https://dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/32-summer/ to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Know Your Rights Guides:
Immigrant Legal Resource Center - tiny.cc/ILRC-RedCard
Resource Organizations:
Jail Support LA - 424-610-3020
Los Angeles Raids & Rapid Response Network - 888-624-4752
Indigenous Action - IndigenousAction.org
The Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights LA - 888-624-4752
Immigrant Defenders Rapid Response Legal Hotline - 213-833-8283
Kids In Need of Defense - 213-274-0170
Poetry Corner:
“Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human, by Cole Arthur Riley
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

- Flat Lining (Instrumental) by HoliznaRAPS is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- "No Frills Salsa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- MIdLife by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Sound Attributions:
- Street_market_5.aif by susiq12 -- https://freesound.org/s/333653/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
- CAMERA SHUTTER.mp3 by mrrap4food -- https://freesound.org/s/619062/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
- Prison Cell Door sound effect.mp3 by endritprenku -- https://freesound.org/s/613498/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
- CRWDApls_Snapping 02_ShaneVincent_GSC24_SpacedOmni-MK012.wav by ShangusBurger -- https://freesound.org/s/764262/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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13min
March 24, 2025 31: Spring 2025
Visit https://dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/31-Spring/ to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Featured Effort: Fire Poppy Project - https://www.instagram.com/firepoppyproject/
Listings Organizations:
Mac Park Crew
Gente Organizada
Northeastern Neighborhood Outreach
No Harm KTLA
Water Drop LA
All Power Books
Greater Long Beach Mutual Aid Network
Community Solidarity Project
Altadena Communal Kitchen
This Month’s Book Recommendation:
“Parable of the Sower” by Octavia E. Butler
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- "Late Night Radio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sound Attributions:
- 20160414_room.with.fireplace.21.flac by dobroider
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21min
November 11, 2024 29: November 2024
Visit dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/29-november/ to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Free Tables Mentioned:
East Hollywood: Hoover St & Marathon St, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Lincoln Heights: 3100 N Broadway, Lincoln Heights, CA 90031
Featured Effort: All Power Free Clinic - www.instagram.com/apfreeclinic/
Listings Organizations: The Lavender Collective, Mac Park Breakfast Crew, Grow Together Glendale, PowerBlossoms, Union de la 8 (LA Tenants Union)
Hurricane Helene Mutual Aid Groups:
WNC Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR) - https://www.instagram.com/_roar_wnc/
Firestorm Books - https://www.instagram.com/firestormcoop/
Pansy Collective - https://www.instagram.com/pansy.collective/
Asheville Survival Program - https://www.instagram.com/avlsurvival/
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief - https://www.instagram.com/mutualaiddisasterrelief/
First Aid Collective Knoxville (FACK) - https://www.instagram.com/firstaidcollectiveknox/
Tricities Mutual Aid - https://www.instagram.com/tricitiesmutualaid/
Food Not Bombs Tallahassee - https://www.instagram.com/fnb_tally/
MALAN Directory: tiny.cc/malan-directory
This Month’s Book Recommendation: “The Future Is Disabled” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-Future-Is-Disabled
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
Sound Attributions:
CityStreet Summer 130620_01.flac by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/192205/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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18min
September 05, 2024 28: September 2024
Visit dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/the-mutual-aid-la-dispatch-28-september/ to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Book List:
- “We Are Better Together” by Bill McKibben
- “Composting for Community” by Michael Martinez
- “Noodlephant” by Jacob Kramer
- “Our Little Kitchen” by Jillian Tamaki
- “Hey Wall: A Story of Art and Community” by Susan Verde
- “The Circles All Around Us” by Brad Montague
- “We're Better Together: A Book About Community” by Eileen Spinelli
- “Abolition Is Love” by Syrus Marcus Ware
- “Everything is Connected” by Jason Gruhl
- “Last Stop On Market Street” by Matt De La Peña
- “You Hold Me Up” by Monique Gray Smith
- “Powwow Day” by Traci Sorell
Featured Effort: MALAN Listings Directory - https://malan.softr.app/
Listings Organizations: Food for Comrades, Produce in the Park (MALAN), LA Community Fridges (LACF), Lincoln Heights Outreach Team
This Month’s Book Recommendation: Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)” by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - http://tiny.cc/EliteCapture
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- "Fuzzball Parade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- "Divertimento K131" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- "Groundwork" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sound Effect Attributions:
- Scribbling On Paper by pogostickz -- https://freesound.org/s/742214/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
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17min
August 05, 2024 27: August 2024
Visit tinyurl.com/dispatch-27 to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Featured Effort: Water Drop LA - https://www.waterdropla.org/
Water Drop LA’s 4-Year Anniversary Celebration: http://givebutter.com/wdla4year
Listings Organizations: SFV Mutual Aid, LA Street Care, LA Community Car Care, Nobody Fails at Scripps--Scripps College Mutual Aid Collective, 909 Mutual Aid, NoHarm
This Month’s Book Recommendation: "The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- record noise by hifijohn -- https://freesound.org/s/245443/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
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18min
June 05, 2024 26: June 2024
Visit https://dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/26-june/ to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Additional Links:
- “The Great Good Place” by Ray Oldenburg - https://greatgoodplace.org/
Featured Effort:
- Los Angeles Abortion Support Collective (LAASC) - http://laabortionsupport.org/
Listings Organizations:
- Food for Comrades
- Hope Street Distro
- Home-y Made Meals
- Pasadena For All
- Nuestra SELA
- Operation Olive Branch
- Every Day Action
- Produce in the Park (MALAN)
- Norfside Long Beach Outreach
This Month’s Book Recommendation:
- “Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times” by Carla Bergman and Nick Montgomery
- https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/joyful-militancy-bergman-montgomery
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
...more
23min
May 04, 2024 25: May 2024
Visit tinyurl.com/dispatch-24 to read this month’s Dispatch with clickable links to all organizations mentioned.
Additional Links:
Jail Support LA Phone Number: 424-388-1230
Private Security for Encampment Donations- givebutter.com/PalestineEncampments
BDS Movement- tiny.cc/bdsmovement
Boycat App- https://www.boycat.io/
eSim Donations- gazaesims.com/
Featured Effort:
Community Loving - http://communityloving.org
Listings Organizations:
Jail Support LA, Insula Collective, Northeast Neighborhood Outreach (NENO), Los Angeles Abortion Support Collective, No Us Without You LA, Midnight Books, Bicycle Meals, Mutual Aid LA Network
This Month’s Book Recommendation: “You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train” by Howard Zinn
Music Attributions:
- Contemplation by Masteredit is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- On the Side by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Dreams Twisted by Cosmic Winds by Aldous Ichnite is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
...more
23min

FAQs about Mutual Aid LA Network Dispatch:

How many episodes does Mutual Aid LA Network Dispatch have?

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