Pay It Forward — Real Life

Crowdfunding is not mutual aid

Pay It Forward Crowdfunding is not mutual aid Tamara Kneese June 22, 2020 share Image: By Woosung Lee . Courtesy the artist. Unemployment is the highest since the Great Depression , but federal, state, and local governments have failed to provide material support for people in the United States. From food for children who aren’t receiving free school lunches to PPE for health care workers, there are a range of online campaigns to help those in need, often funneled through platforms like GoFundMe and Kickstarter. From the start of the pandemic, coronavirus related campaigns flooded crowdfunding

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