What Would a Mutual-Aid DAO Look Like?
Though it’s not exactly a new idea, the phrase “mutual aid” first came to prominence last year, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It tends to connote small, loosely organized collectives working to support communities from within – the kinds of local support systems that can be crucial during tough times.Pact is a New York-based organization looking to facilitate these systems with a subscription-based curatorial framework. Make a recurring donation to Pact, and they’ll give it to a different mutual aid group each month. It started up last year as a response to the pandemic, and was officially incorporated…