Mutual Aid Katarokwi-Kingston

It's not too late to join the MAKK Garden Network for this season! Do you want to grow veggies for yourself and to share? Love gardening but don't have space to grow? Interested to learn? Sign-up today for the MAKK Garden Network and we'll match you with a small group and a space to garden. We are continuing to accept new gardeners until May 23rd! https://mutualaidkatarokwi.wordpress.com/makk-garden-netwo/

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Please support a member of our local community! https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-two-spirited-trans-with-rent

"In an era of mass shootings and global pandemics, we have been marked by an inescapable trauma, but it is also pushing us back into a community of care and defense. In a society where we rarely create the space to mourn, the growing mass actions against violence have taken the role of a public reckoning, transmuting that hurt back into a shield wall. We don’t avoid the streets because of white supremacists’ violence we overwhelm the streets because of it. We multiply, reproduce, change our spaces and our relationships and ourselves because of it. We escalate our expectations, for safety and ecstatic living, because we know the antithesis. We come out because we are afraid, and this is the only way to the other side." https://truthout.org//past-year-of-white-nationalism-has-/

Do you have *untreated* scrap wood to spare? MAKK is working on making some garden beds for gardens in our network. If you have some scrap wood to donate, kindly send us a picture via DM. For safety of the veggies we are going to grow, we can only use untreated wood. THANK YOU!! #mutualaid #ygk #recycling #gardening #veggies

"The proposed encampment protocol is business as usual, taking a relocation approach in order to firmly uphold By-Law 2009-76. Individuals found camping on municipal property will be served a 48-hour notice of trespass, during which time City staff will provide ongoing supports and work with individuals to provide alternative service options. Encampment residents who do not accept alternative service options will then be relocated through enforcement."

For all KFL&A Indigenous adults and household family members 16 years of age and older to book your vaccine appointment, go to KFL&A Public Health website at https://www.kflaph.ca/en/healthy-living/covid-19-vaccine.aspx and select Book an Indigenous Peoples appointment.

As the pandemic crisis deepens, the machinery to protect private wealth and property not only grinds on, but becomes even less accountable and transparent. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=451328069293423

The Garden networks is seeking donations of garden tools! In particular we are looking for hand trowels, gardening gloves, clippers / pruners, hand weeder, and anything else you might be able to offer! Simply message our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

For folks who were interested in the Mutual Aid as Indigenous Practice talk last week, you might also be interested in listening to this podcast featuring Indigenous organizers speaking about their experiences responding to Covid-19 in their communities! Check it out. #mutualaid #Indigenous #podcast

We have received many offers of space for gardening and still have opportunities to match people who want to garden! Sign-up today or message us for more info: https://mutualaidkatarokwi.wordpress.com/makk-garden-netwo/ #gardening #freshveggies #community #mutualaid #ygk

Join MAKK for a reading group about Mutual Aid on January 26th. Reading can be downloaded from the event page or book can be purchased from novel idea.

The unhoused folks that we work in solidarity with are busy winterizing and could use the following items to stay warm and dry: - Flat sheets of insulating materials (e.g. styrofoam, corrugated cardboard) - Plastic sheeting (vapour barrier) - Tall, slow-burning candles ... - Wind-proof lighters - Hot Shots (i.e. hand warmers) - Warm socks - Batteries (AA, AAA) Ongoing needs: - Bottled water - Toilet paper Please drop items off at AKA, 75 Queen St (up the ramp) on Mondays from 3-7pm or Thursdays 5:30-7pm. Or DM MAKK to arrange another time. If a financial donation is easier, please e-transfer to: [email protected] Thank you!!