Kaitlin (she/her)Spent the week running on adrenaline, grief, terror, reading, and singing. Somewhere in there I put out this episode about mutual aid.
My community feels like all I have right now. Andrea taught me a lot about how to make community happen.
CW: mentions Child sexual abuse, leaving Mormonism, death, systemic abandonment of folks without housing.
https://podverse.fm/episode/UoGkuB6IB
Learn more about Dandelion Seeds:
https://sacdandelion.org
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Mutual Aid with Andrea Schrimp - Untangling Ourselves
CW: References to child sexual abuse, religious abuse, and death due to systemic vulnerability. Podcast cover image by Dave Lowenstein, used under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License via Justseeds. Modified with podcast text. Dandelion Seeds: https://sacdandelion.org 3:05 Andrea’s childhood catching lizards and being a good mormon 10:33 Why she was invested in Mormonism, and what made her leave 26:19 What is Mutual Aid and Dandelion Seeds’ work 37:35 Advice for getting involved and finding community Help for survivors of sexual assault https://www.childhelphotline.org/ https://protecteverychild.com/ https://rainn.org/ https://snapnetwork.org/resources-for-survivors/ https://www.revitalizewellnesscounseling.com/blog/csa-in-the-church For leaving high control religion Steve Hassan’s “BITE model” https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model-pdf-download/ National Domestic Violence hotline https://www.thehotline.org/ Also see notes on Ep. 1 with Delia Other mutual aid resources: https://sacramentohomelessunion.org/ https://foodnotbombs.net/new_site/ https://www.radical-guide.com/listing/punks-with-lunch-sacramento-chapter/ https://www.sac-soup.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SactoPPC/ https://www.norcalresist.org/index.html https://www.deanspade.net/mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next/ More about Dandelion Seeds https://linktr.ee/dandelionseeds916 Dandelion Seeds is a grassroots mutual aid group working to provide food, water, survival gear, harm reduction, first aid supplies, and other small comforts to our unhoused neighbors in South Sacramento. We (Dandelion Seeds) do street meals on average twice a month, with supplementary runs in extreme weather conditions and for special occasions. We hand out home cooked meals, water, blankets and sleeping bags, Narcan, baby wipes and other hygiene supplies, tents, tarps, socks, hats, gloves, flashlights, first aid, condoms, harm reduction kits, books, reading glasses, pet food, firewood, and more. In addition to material needs, we make an effort to connect with the communities we serve. We spend time getting to know people, their families, their pets. We help with some basic veterinary triage and first aid, give basic general advice on pet and personal care. We listen. In 2025, Dandelion seeds handed out 2,571 meals, 4,258 bottles of wat
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