COMMUNITY CARE TOOLS: POD MAPPING

Pods are a building block for helping us show up to care for one another. Like a friend, a classmate, or a neighbour; a “pod person” is a type of relationship. They are people we share trust with, who respond when we need care. “Pod Maps” help us map out who those people are, so we can more easily understand our support system when we need it. 

A preview of the “Anatomy of a Pod Map” spread in The Youth Politic Issue 001. The illustration shows a patch of pansies in purple, pink, and yellow. For an alternative to this visual tool, see a blank pod mapping table in our plain-text version.

Learn more about applying this transformative justice tool with the people you share care with in Issue 001 of The Youth Politic (linked below). We talk about the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective who created this tool, Disability Justice organizer Mia Mingus who was at the core of this care work, and share an activity for mapping out your own pod. See different formats of Issue 001: Holiday Survival Guide below.