Anyone who participates in any portion of our offerings can be a member. You agree to receive communications about ways to participate in the future, and have your zip code used to publicize our areas of work.

You must attend at least one House Meeting each year to maintain participating member status.

Participating members are invited to:

• Join MAH events, community workshops and skillshares, neighborhood councils, etc.

• Access BMGC and Community Funds

• Apply to become an Imaginal Cell cohort member or Neighborhood Council Coordinator

Active members make a monthly contribution that supports MAH community funds and offerings. 

• MAH Funds

  1. Black Mommas Giving Circle:

  2. Community Fund (CURRENTLY INACTIVE):  In the spirit of collective community care, this fund is used to offset community emergencies that can be solved financially, ie: court fees, evictions, utility payments, medical services and emergency housing.

• MAH Offerings

  1. Social Care

     1. People’s Clinics

     2. Childcare collective

     3. IRL

  2. Training & Education

     1. MAH Zine

     2. D42D

     3. Imaginal Cell

     4. Autonomous Fellowship

  3. Third Space Stewardship

     1. Hartford Creative Campus

     2. FREE HART

Active members are invited to:

• Join MAH events, community workshops and skillshares [if cost is involved, at a discount], neighborhood councils

• Access BMGC and Community Funds

• Apply to become Imaginal Cell cohort member or Neighborhood Council Coordinator

Coordinating members take responsibility for some level of day to day or project based operations. You agree to the participating member tier, as well as to understand the MAH values, and mission and express your work as a role in the Mutual Aid Hartford Network. Coordinating members are often in public and speaking with our network participants. You are asked to keep a clear line of communication with the governance team. Coordinating members are required to attend two House Meetings per year.

This tier is only open to current Governance, Fellows, Imaginal Cell cohort members, Autonomous Fellowship alumni, and neighborhood council coordinators.

1. Imaginal Cell

2. Autonomous Fellowship

3. MAH Neighborhood Councils are member committees dedicated to direct growth & involvement of MAH Programming. Councils will focus on our core principles of Social Care, Education, & Third Space Stewardship.

   1. Neighborhood Councils have the opportunity to propose activations & experiences to contribute to MAH initiatives.

   2. Neighborhood Council will provide direct feedback to improve MAH initiatives that correlate with Social Care, Education, or Third Space Stewardship

Coordinating members are invited to: 

• Join MAH events, community workshops and skillshares [if cost is involved, for free]

• Access BMGC and Community Funds

• Request meeting and event space

• Apply to become a Fellow

$50/month OR In-kind - Contributing Organization - contributing organizations pay a membership fee or provide in-kind goods/services that support the mission of MAH through funds and offerings

**Individual members of Contributing Organization have same access as “Active Members” above**

$0 - Coordinating Organization - collaborative organizations contribute meaningfully to the coordination or execution of MAH offerings

**Individual members of Coordinating Organizations have same access as “Coordinating Members” above**