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Into The Wild Orange Yonder

It Could Happen Here

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Hurricane Maria and Community Kitchens

After hurricane maria, pueto ricins needed to do two things. Filled the immediate gaps in order to keep people alive and at the same time, continued to demand accountability from governments. The network of community kitchens that formed after maria had no head, no ngo or governor overseeing things. They eventually cooked more than a hundred thousand meals day. An entire island was fed by its own people, coming together to keep each other alive while the man who called himself their president hucked paper towels into a crowd.

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