UGA alumna Sarah Mayo and current doctoral student Mikaela Warner have both been moderating the Facebook group, âAthens GA COVID-19 Resources and Discussionâ of almost 5,000 members since the beginning of the pandemic to help answer questions and provide resources to the Athens community. The Red & Black spoke with these moderators to learn more about what they do and how they help the Athens community through their group. This article has been edited for length and clarity. The Red & Black: Can you tell me a little bit more about the group itself and when it started? Warner: Originally, the group was actually made out of a mutual aid movement in Athens. The Facebook group was posed as a way to kind of connect the Athens community with all of these different efforts going on so that we can do things like pay people's rent or get people food. At the time, when it really started, it was a place where people could also share where to get hand sanitizers, masks and what were good grocery delivery services. When we opened [the group] up, there were thousands of people joining. We quickly realized we had to kind of put some structure in place. In the early days, we had to ban misinformation and conspiracy theorists. However, it is significantly less labor-intensive than in the early days.