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How activist communities struggle with sustainable engagement over time

Our mutual aid group formed during the pandemic with so much energy and purpose, but now we're struggling with burnout and some people doing way more work than others, and nobody knows how to address it without sounding like we're not committed to the cause. We're all exhausted but afraid to say it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group founded on shared values is avoiding conversations about capacity and boundaries that could preserve their ability to continue the work.

Worth thinking about

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