Courtesy of Crys Shaw with Sunrise Movement Dallas
Volunteers with the coalition, Feed The People Dallas is are loading boxes food supplies into the a van to take to Borjas Cocina Mexican.
This weekend, people were walking in and out of Dallas Borjas Cocina Mexicana restaurant like North Texas hadn’t gone through an unrelenting deep freeze last week except these weren’t regular customers. Instead, the people were volunteers and organizers who are trying to provide food, supplies and shelter to North Texas communities hit hard by last week s storms. A coalition of Black and brown-led organizations, headed by Feed The People Dallas, is behind the effort.
Dallas-Fort Worth Mutual Aid Collectives Sprung Into Life-Saving Action This Week
All of the energy spent organizing in 2020 has allowed many local mutual aid groups keep people warm, housed, and fed during this weather emergency.
By Rosin Saez
Published in
FrontBurner
February 19, 2021
3:31 pm
This week has been harrowing for countless Texans and the usual nonprofits were stymied by the weather emergency. Food banks postponed distributions and shelters suffered significant structural damage. Mutual aid groups and local activists, though, didn’t hesitate to do what they always do in their communities: find the most vulnerable individuals and get them immediate help.
Restaurants and Food Organizations Feeding Dallasites for Free Right Now
Here are a few places to get a hot meal or donate your time or money if you re one of the fortunate ones with heat and running water.
By Rosin Saez
Published in
Food & Drink
February 18, 2021
1:11 pm
While power is being restored to more Texans by the day, there are still many without electricity. Further, there are water boil notices, frozen pipes, scarcely stocked grocery stores, and risky roads compounding the hardship.
As more restaurants reopen after the snowstorms, some places are providing hot meals free of charge. Meanwhile, nonprofits, influencers, and mutual aid groups are going out into their communities to help people directly. They’re feeding, clothing, and lifting spirits. Here’s where to find a meal if you need one, or, if you’re one of the lucky ones, where to help out if you can. Did I miss any? Email me here.