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Down the Bayou Mutual Aid

As a three-person mutual aid organizing core team, Caroline, Fallon, and I raised and distributed $58,000 in the immediate wake of Hurricane Ida, to residents of South Lafourche, “the Bayou”.

We raised awareness and funds via our social media presence, outreach, and word of mouth. In our strategy, which was all on-the-fly, we reached out to accounts, organizations, and people who had presence and could help us get word out. We also shared informational posts from other official and personal accounts to help disseminate information following the hurricane.

Some of the posts I designed above.

I do not own these images.

This is a tiny peek at what the beautiful, messy work of mutual aid can look like.

One of so many stories people shared with us.

A story from Caroline, founder.