“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete with out the freedom of Palestinians” - Nelson Mandela
CARE = Care and Revolution Everywhere
Beloved community.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us that building the beloved community means living love by working to end racism, poverty, and militarism including genocide. Our beloved community extends from Turtle Island to Palestine to Sudan to Congo to Tigray to Haiti and beyond.
Mutual Aid.
The CARE Collective was started by students who decided that the best way to address poverty and food insecurity is to come together and share what we have. We share meals, host community kitchens with food donated by Urban Roots Farm, and pool our resources.
Collective Care.
We are living our responsibilities to one another by taking care of each other with/in community. We know that we are our Ancestors’ wildest dreams and we collectively practice the Seven Sacred/Grandfather Teachings of love, respect, humility, truth, honesty, courage and wisdom.
Reciprocity.
We live reciprocity in different ways: respect for one another’s time, witnessing, offering coffee, teaching one another knowledge and skills, celebrating one another, showing vulnerability, showing up, checking in, being available, cooking for one another, asking for help when we need it, and acting for co-liberation.
Action.
We don’t just talk about changing the world. We dream, learn, unlearn, plan, and act. This includes solidarity action with Palestinian and Indigenous community, advocating for the City’s budget to go toward housing and health supports rather than the police budget, hosting the From Turtle Island to Palestine Film Festival, and more.
Action Research.
We are documenting the work of The CARE Collective so that we can share our stories, successes, challenges, dreams, and learning with our communities. Over time, we will keep deepening our understanding and practice of CARE as part of co-creating another world.