"These were not merely acts of charity. They were counter-institutions — infrastructure designed to keep people connected, informed, cared for, and protected in a system built to fragment and isolate them."

https://truthout.org/articles/anti-ice-organizing-is-creating-counter-institutions-based-on-care/

Anti-ICE Organizing Is Creating Counter-Institutions Based on Care | Truthout

Rapid-response networks and mutual aid are not charity. They’re shared infrastructure for collective care and survival.

^{Anton Woronczuk (Truthout)}