Molly Greening

Sile Surman

Valerie Jaharis

Suburban Solidarity Network is a mutual aid network run completely by volunteers in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago. We are a collection of neighbors who believe in sharing our resources, skills, and strengths to benefit our community.

To share fresh produce, books, PPE, and other shared community resources at Gross Point Park on the second Saturday of each month.

Fresh Produce Pop Up

We will be in Gross Point Park this summer once a month on the second Saturday of each month. From 1-3pm (or until supplies last). We hope to see you there! We will have produce, books, and maybe more (depending on what our community brings!).

Fresh Produce Pop Event - July

Steven Jaharis

Emery (she/her)

Sam Loop

Mary Beth Surman

Open Collective Foundation

<div><strong><em>Suburban Solidarity Network </em></strong><em>is a mutual aid network run completely by volunteers in the northern suburbs of Chicago. We are not a charity organization but a collection of neighbors who believe in sharing our resources, skills, and strengths to benefit our community. No individual is without vulnerability, nor is anyone without capability; therefore we seek to connect our neighbors in an effort to share our everyday burdens and lift each other up.<br /><br /></em>We believe mutual aid to be one strategy that works within a larger movement to dismantle capitalism, white supremacy, and heteropatriarchy. Our mutual aid efforts attempt to address the multiple crises that those in our community suffer from, doing what the government cannot or will not.</div><div><br />We intend to disrupt the suburban, colonial ideas that community ends with the nuclear family and individual home. We wish to radicalize and provide care for the Northern suburbs (<strong><em>land stolen from  Kickapoo, Peoria, Potawatomi, Miami, and Sioux peoples</em></strong>) through advocacy, direct action, and community education. </div><div><br />More about our work can be found <a href="https://opencollective.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1wMmaHyHyl8S1acFtEb216jRWTHoRnXU-NO06ZcZYmmk%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing">here</a>.</div><div>We are also on <a href="https://opencollective.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSuburbanSolidarityNetwork">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://opencollective.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fsuburbansolidaritynetwork%2F%3Fhl%3Den">Instagram</a></div>

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Fresh Produce Pop Ups

Pledge $5 once a month to help us run our produce pop-ups. The money would be spent on fresh produce, hand sanitizer, gloves, and other odds and ends.

Solidarity Circle

Can you, your organization, or a group of friends sponsor one of our pop-ups? Our volunteers buy bulk produce from Jerry’s Fruit Market (usually spending between $300-400 depending on supplementary food donations). Depending on who shows up, these groceries support around 40-100 families. We also donate any extra produce to the Evanston Fight for Black Lives community fridge or West Ridge Mutual Aid.


Suburban Solidarity Network

Suburban Solidarity Network is a mutual aid network run completely by volunteers in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago. We are a collection of neighbors who believe in sharing our resources, skills, and strengths to benefit our community.

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