Mutual aid networks find roots in communities of color

In this October 2019 photo provided by Pocho Sanchez, Daniela Dominguez, assistant professor in counseling psychology at University of San Francisco, draws and chats with children from Honduras at a migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico. Dominguez said mutual aid networks are part of the Latino culture where people may feel safer getting help from their own community rather than government entities or formal charities. (Pocho Sanchez via AP)

In this October 2019 photo provided by Daniela Dominguez, supplies donated from across the United States for migrants and asylum seekers are stored in a warehouse in McAllen, Tex. Dominguez, assistant professor in counseling psychology at University of San Francisco, said mutual aid networks are part of the Latino culture where people may feel safer getting help from their own community rather than government entities or formal charities. (Daniela Dominguez via AP)

In this March 28, 2020, photo provided by Andrew Grodner, Abby Ang helps a customer at the People's Market CSA, a cooperative of growers, small business vendors and community organizers, in Bloomington, Ind. The Monroe County Area Mutual Aid, which Ang created during the coronavirus pandemic, has thousands of members who help each other access food and other necessities. (Andrew Grodner via AP)

In this October 2019 photo provided by Daniela Dominguez, a child reaches for a meal cooked by a team from the Bay Area Border Relief at a tent encampment in Matamoros, Mexico. Dominguez, assistant professor in counseling psychology at University of San Francisco, said mutual aid networks are part of the Latino culture where people may feel safer getting help from their own community rather than government entities or formal charities. (Daniela Dominguez via AP)