Erin Baldwin Day: founder of the Mutual Aid Network of Anchorage (MANA) & an organizer of the Anchorage Housing Club

East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray

Erin Baldwin Day is the founder of the Mutual Aid Network of Anchorage (MANA) and an organizer of the Anchorage Housing Club. Mutual aid is collective coordination to ensure that the basic needs of all of our neighbors are met, acknowledging that our existing social support systems are not enough to meet those needs. MANA works with local partners to tackle big issues that affect the health and well-being of our network neighbors, including capping interest rates on payday loans, developing a worker-owned childcare co-op, and addressing the SNAP benefits backlog. Click here to reach MANA's website. The Anchorage Housing Club is an informal group of folks interested in expanding the available housing in Anchorage. To reach that group, email [e-mail]. The focus of today's discussion is housing in Anchorage.