520 Collective

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Red background featuring a large fist holding a wrench and smaller images of heater blocs.

Header reads: 520 Mutual Aid Network & Decentralized Medical Device Manufacturing heater bloc build!

Saturday, December 23rd from 4 to 8 pm on the back patio at Blacklidge Community Collective (101 E. Ventura)

Linktree Link: https://linktr.ee/mutualaid520

It’s Giving Tuesday!!

DMDM (Decentralized Medical Device Manufacturing) and 520 Mutual Aid Network are starting a donation drive for our winter project: Heater bloc 520! Our goal is to build and distribute 50 heater blocs so community members can stay warm at camp this winter. Our fundraising goal is $546.06 by 11/30/23 and any monetary donation you can make will help get us closer to this goal. Tap our LinkTree to contribute: https://linktr.ee/mutualaid520

We’re also accepting material donations. As 6” terracotta pots make for great heat conductors and are the most expensive material, please consider donating spare pots if you have them. A full breakdown of the materials that you can donate and the corresponding bulk cost is listed below:

12 pack of 8 oz Mason Jars X 5 = $70
10 feet of 1/4" copper tubing X 5 = $50
JB Weld X 4 = $48
Rags = $17
Anti-tip plate X 50 = $25
6" Terracotta Pots X 50 = $224.50
10 oz Silicon Caulking X 4 = $65
1/2" chicken wire X 4 = 46.56
Total = $546.06

Let’s help each other stay warm in a city that keeps too many of us unsheltered and cold.

In community.

ID 1: A torch shines light on a constructed heater block with the following text: Heater Bloc 520. 520 Mutual Aid Network is hoping to raise $546.06 by 11/30/23. Any donation you make will go directly towards heater bloc materials that will warm folx as it gets colder! Click our linktree to donate funds. DM us to donate materials. Check description for cost breakdown.

ID 2: An image of a constructed heater bloc on a black background with arrows pointing to the corresponding materials needed. 1/4 in. Copper Tubing. Mason Jars. Wick: 100% Cotton Fabric Scraps. Not Pictured: 1/2" Chicken Wire, 6" Terracotta Pots, Lighters, Silicon Caulking. Anti-tip base Old Plastic Plate. Fuel Sources: 70% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 90% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 90%-95% Distilled Liquid Hand Sanitizer

DMDM and 520 Mutual Aid Network are starting a donation drive for our winter project: Heater bloc 520! Our goal is to build and distribute 50 heater blocs so community members can stay warm at camp this winter. Our fundraising goal is $546.06 by 11/30/23 and any monetary donation you can make will help get us closer to this goal. Tap our LinkTree to contribute: https://linktr.ee/mutualaid520

We’re also accepting material donations. As 6” terracotta pots make for great heat conductors and are the most expensive material, please consider donating spare pots if you have them. A full breakdown of the materials that you can donate and the corresponding bulk cost is listed below:

12 pack of 8 oz Mason Jars X 5 = $70
10 feet of 1/4" copper tubing X 5 = $50
JB Weld X 4 = $48
Rags = $17
Anti-tip plate X 50 = $25
6" Terracotta Pots X 50 = $224.50
10 oz Silicon Caulking X 4 = $65
1/2" chicken wire X 4 = 46.56
Total = $546.06

Let’s help each other stay warm in a city that keeps too many of us unsheltered and cold.

In community.

ID 1: A torch shines light on a constructed heater block with the following text: Heater Bloc 520. 520 Mutual Aid Network is hoping to raise $546.06 by 11/30/23. Any donation you make will go directly towards heater bloc materials that will warm folx as it gets colder! Click our linktree to donate funds. DM us to donate materials. Check description for cost breakdown.

ID 2: An image of a constructed heater bloc on a black background with arrows pointing to the corresponding materials needed. 1/4 in. Copper Tubing. Mason Jars. Wick: 100% Cotton Fabric Scraps. Not Pictured: 1/2" Chicken Wire, 6" Terracotta Pots, Lighters, Silicon Caulking. Anti-tip base Old Plastic Plate. Fuel Sources: 70% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 90% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 90%-95% Distilled Liquid Hand Sanitizer

Mutual Aid is a practice of building community in the ways that you can. Earlier this month, 520 Mutual Aid organized a potlatch to celebrate Pueblo Revolt Day. We leaned on community partners, like and , to help us prepare a large batch of food for our event. Mutual Aid is not a perfect practice - nor should it be. Sometimes you plan and prep for a 100+ person event, only to have about 40 people attend (but no worries we divvied and distributed all leftovers). Still, this group of 40 people - we shared a hot meal, learned more about each other, re-distributed supplies, and made some art together.

When you break it down to the basics, which is essentially to share everything so that everyone can have what they need and work together - it doesn't seem too far-fetched. It seems like the golden rule you are taught in grade school. This is a key component of re-indigenizing and rebuilding our world.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this Pueblo Revolt Day potlatch happen! If you want to learn more about getting involved with 520 Mutual Aid or donating, please connect with us via DM. We hope to see you at the next one!

In community.



ID 1: Two rows of vegetable & meat skewer sticks are cooking on a grill at a park. There is a rainbow in the fair background.

ID2: One tray of vegetable & meat skewers next to two trays of cornbread on a table.

ID3: Large pile of clothing, blankets and other supplies on a table.

ID4: A photo of vegetable skewers cooking on a grill in a park.

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Please help Mutual Aid 520 prep for our next refreshing distribution event!

Seeking donations of:
hats, refillable water bottles, sunscreen, lip balm, lemons! snacks! SuGaR, HONEy, misters, bread, sandwich supplies, fruit cups, handheld fans, frozen items,
ice packs, Food, Ice, thermoses, coolers, disposable gloves, sun protective clothing, tables, Cups, tarps, Pitchers, Jugs, ICe chests, Sanitizer, wipes, masks
Paper towels, napkins

Text ‪(520) 344-3557 for drop spots
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Por favor ayuda a Mutual Aid 520 a preparar para nuestro próximo evento refrescante de distribución!

buscando donaciónes de: gorros, botellas de agua rellenables, protector solar, bálsamo labial, ¡limones! ¡tentempiés! azucar, miel, rociadores de agua para patios, pan, suministros para sándwiches, copas de frutas, ventiladores de mano, cosas heladas, compresas frías, comida, hielo, termos, hieleras, guantes desechables, ropa de protección solar, Mesas, Tazas, toldos, jarras, Jarros, neveras portátiles, gel desinfectante,
toallitas húmedas, cubrebocas,
toallas de papel, servilletas

Textea ‪(520) 344-3557 para puntos de entrega‬‬