The Mutual Aid Network of Ypsilanti

The MANY is both a loose community support network and a worker self-directed 501(c)(3) organization. We focus on “solidarity, not charity” when working with our neighbors. Instead of a top down charity approach, we build real relationships from the bottom up – power to the people who live in the struggle!

There are a lot of inspiring projects happening in our city. We created this tool so that local, grassroots groups and programs committed to anti-oppression, cooperation, and care could benefit from a collective and accountable tool that allows us access to fiscal sponsorship, tax incentives, liability insurance, and other benefits on our own terms and conditions without relying on large institutions.

We believe in, as the Zapatistas declared, “a world in which many worlds fit.”