QueeNS Mutual Aid

We are a Queens-based group focused on collective care through resource-sharing and community-building. Projects often look like vital needs drives, resource libraries, and community gatherings. Projects evolve based on everyone's needs & interests. Anyone who participates can shape QMA’s direction. Most members live in Queens, with more in Jackson Heights area.

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What is mutual aid?

Mutual aid is when people step up to help each other meet basic needs, starting from the understanding that any of us could face crisis at any time, poverty and precarity are caused by unjust systems — not “personal failure” — and we don’t need permission, credentials, or hierarchy to act

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Mental Wellness Community Resource Library (beta)

Queens Mutual Aid has been working on a library of community groups focused on mental wellness, based on needs identified. See here if you need resources or would like to help build it.

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Events & Announcements

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02/12/26 @7PM: Queens mutual aid Meeting
02/12/26 @7PM: Queens mutual aid Meeting

Join a virtual meeting on 2/12 at 7pm to collaborate on financial literacy trainings, food drives, and more.

01/15/26 @7PM: Queens mutual aid Meeting
01/15/26 @7PM: Queens mutual aid Meeting

Join a virtual meeting on 1/15 at 7pm to shape vision for 2026, which includes collaborating on: financial literacy trainings, food drives, and more.

12/11/25 @7PM: Queens mutual aid Meeting
12/11/25 @7PM: Queens mutual aid Meeting

Join a virtual meeting on December 11th at 7pm to: Check in with one another & rebuild collective rhythm; share updates about ongoing efforts and neighborhood needs; discuss what support systems we want to strengthen or restart.

07/27/25: Mental wellness resource co-share 3
07/27/25: Mental wellness resource co-share 3

Join us on July 27, 5-7pm on zoom for the third mental wellness co-share, to check in with one another and build on the plans as they’ve evolved.

June 2025 sundays: Street resource share
June 2025 sundays: Street resource share

Join Woodside on the Move, Waterfront Alliance, Street Works/MJN, Queens Mutual Aid, and more for Sunday meetups this June, 1-3pm on June 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 to share resources, including voter education ahead of the June 24 primaries.

04/26/25: Earth Day in NYC
04/26/25: Earth Day in NYC

The Street Works team was out on the streets April 26th for Earth Day, along with hundreds of others participating in activities, DOT’s Car Free Earth Day!

03/23/25: Mental wellness resource co-share
03/23/25: Mental wellness resource co-share

Queens Mutual Aid held an in-person mental health resource sharing session on March 23, 3-5 p.m. ET at beloved 2nd Story Pilates & Yoga inviting the community to share what community led mental wellness spaces look like and how we should move forward.

02/15/25: South Queens Women's March welcome
02/15/25: South Queens Women's March welcome

Join Queens mutual aid for an intro to South Queens Women’s March on Feb 18, 6pm, on zoom. The SQWM amplifies the voices of South Queens’ diverse women. They are an all-volunteer multi-generational, intersectional platform taking sisterhood to the streets.

05/25/25: Mental wellness resource co-share 2
05/25/25: Mental wellness resource co-share 2

Join us on May 25, 3-5pm on zoom for the second mental wellness co-share, to check in with one another and build on the plans as they’ve evolved.

Thru 12/11/24: Elmhurst Community Partnership Coat Drive
Thru 12/11/24: Elmhurst Community Partnership Coat Drive

Queens mutual aid, hosted by Kaleidospace, Veggie Nuggets, and MJN/Street Works is supporting Elmhurst Community Partnership’s efforts to collect/donate warm clothes. We need your help!

12/02/24: Queens Mutual Aid Planning
12/02/24: Queens Mutual Aid Planning

Meeting 4: Monday Dec 2, 2024 @ 6pm on Zoom. We'll pick up where we left off in planning projects, and updates on political education topics that have come up. As always, we’ll hold space for how everyone is doing and new ideas.

11/24/24: Queens Mutual Aid & Reflection
11/24/24: Queens Mutual Aid & Reflection

Meeting 3: Sunday Nov 24, 2024 @ 12pm on Zoom. We picked up where we left off in planning specific projects, and updates on specific political education topics that have come up. As always, space is held for how everyone is doing.

11/17/24: Queens Mutual Aid & Reflection
11/17/24: Queens Mutual Aid & Reflection

Veggie Nuggets, Kaleidospace, and Street Works/MJN are held our 2nd small potluck on Sunday @ 7:30pm @ Suryaside Yoga, 49-06 Skillman Ave, Woodside, Queens, to continue planning next steps on mutual aid network building.

11/10/24: Queens Mutual Aid & Reflection
11/10/24: Queens Mutual Aid & Reflection

Veggie Nuggets, Kaleidospace, and Street Works/MJN held a small potluck on Sunday @ 4:30pm @ 2nd Story Pilates and Yoga Studio to start brainstorming what a local mutual aid network could look like, and more.

Community Agreements

Navigating disagreements, different opinions, & mistakes with grace

Balance reflection & action

Think before we speak

Covid safety

Yes/And

Privacy: Consents on digital security, posting, touching

1 mic

Intersectional approach

Always OK to ask clarifying questions

Respect pronouns

No feigned surprise, such as about what someone else doesn't know

Verbalizing when we hear conflict

Compassion

Take space/make space

No hate speech

No moving with assumptions

No elitism

No judgement

No interruptions

Accept we’re not perfect