Editor’s Note: In February 2025, Shareable launched Mutual Aid 101 , a free learning series to introduce new organizers to mutual aid. Over 3,000 people from across the US participated in the series over six weeks. During an Offers & Needs Market for participants, a Shareable staff member shared a need for participants to tell their story. In this article, Lannie Duong shares her experience and the impact of Mutual Aid 101. Mutual Aid 101 was only made possible by small donations from readers and participants like you. You can help us continue fueling organizers like Lannie who are turning local care into lasting resilience by making a gift today . I am a daughter of refugees, a Southeast Asian woman, and a mom raising two girls in an increasingly hostile world. When overwhelmed, I tend to look for action—some physical thing I can do to take back some semblance of balance or calm.  This year, we’ve seen Mutual Aid in Motion.…