Who are we?
BEAM is community members building local networks of mutual support and aid.
We want to include you, and help you connect with your own neighbors and community.
What does BEAM do?
Meet to build relationships among participants, offer support, strategize on initiatives, and have fun!
Organize projects and initiatives to support the community – from material needs to building relationships.
Partner with groups to help them achieve their goals. Assist people in starting mutual aid initiatives.
Essex County area, New Jersey
Mutuality — Reasons to BEAM with us:
- Make real connections with community members nearby.
- Build your own network to rely on.
- Take action with your neighbors and make the world a better place.
- Understand and cope better with the challenges of today’s world.
- Put humanity first. Leave no one behind.
- Imagine and build new ways forward.
We aim to change culture –
reducing social isolation, inequality, exclusion, tech inhumanity, and work abuse.
“My community needs to organize a mutual aid group. How can we get started?”
“I’m struggling. Or my neighbors are. How can we help one another get what we need?
“I’m feeling isolated and unconnected. How can I find some reliable friends, interested in supporting our community together?”
“I’m confused about what’s happening in the world. Surveillance, AI, abductions, jailings, brutalities, wars, discrimination, firings, inequalities, unaffordability, anger. WTF?”
BEAM is not a charity. We volunteer in solidarity.
We’re all in this together.
We don’t distinguish between givers and receivers.
We build human trust and care.
We don’t create hierarchies or inequalities between us.
We take charge of our own lives.
We don’t rely on government, or depend on state violence.