Supply & Support

Action: Make your own supply list, and leave space to include new items if you ever experience that particular type of emergency and find there is something you left off. Plan your own supply rotation system to keep things like food, medication, and batteries fresh and usable. Find a local, socially distanced blood drive if you can donate. And remember, not everyone has the capacity to plan and supply beforehand, so find a local food bank to use or donate to depending on your circumstances, and help out our undocumented (12), indigenous (12), and trans friends through mutual aid programs as they face this virus with fewer resources and less government support than should be the case.

Educate: Look into the wide variety of different emergency supply lists that exist out there – what you need for a hurricane, a pandemic, a zombie apocalypse. Think critically about whether or not you have the capacity to use all of those supplies and tailor your supply list to your needs and capabilities. Watch these videos (12) on rotating your stocked supplies, and do research if you find these techniques don’t work for you.

Source Material: Click through the links to the source material we used to research this week – take a deep dive into what was most interesting to you!