El presente trabajo busca reflexionar sobre las afectaciones que algunas de las políticas públicas implementadas frente a la llegada del COVID-19, han tenido en un grupo de referentas barriales del AMBA, militantes de una organización social. Desde la Psicología Social Comunitaria, con una perspectiva de género y de derechos, el objetivo general del Proyecto de Desarrollo Estratégico en que se inscribe este trabajo es promover la construcción participativa de herramientas comunitarias de cuidado en barrios vulnerables de AMBA. Es una Investigación-acciónparticipativa de tipo descriptiva, cualitativa y longitudinal. La UA contextual son barrios de zona sur de CABA y del Gran Buenos Aires, y focalmente, las mujeres referentes de comedores populares. La muestra está conformada por 41 mujeres que participaron semanalmente de dos grupos operativos entre 2020 y 2022. Se indagarán dos dimensiones de las afectaciones subjetivas y colectivas: aquellas motivadas por el discurso bélico de la guerra contra el COVID-19 y el enemigo invisible; la motivada por la transferencia de responsabilidad por parte del Estado hacia las organizaciones sociales y sus militantes. Por último, se presentarán algunas respuestas de referentas barriales han articulado frente a esto. Palabras clave Prevención - Salud Mental Comunitaria - Pandemia - Perspec- tiva de Género ABSTRACT “STAY AT HOME”: SUBJECTIVE, COLLECTIVE, AND EPOCHAL EFFECTS OF THE “WAR” AGAINST COVID-19 ON NEIGHBORHOOD REFERENTS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF BUENOS AIRES The present work aims to reflect on the effects that some of the public policies implemented in response to the arrival of COVID-19 have had on a group of neighborhood referents in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, activists of a social organization. From the perspective of Community Social Psychology, with a gender and rights perspective, the general objective of the Strategic Development Project,that this work is part of, is to promote the participatory construction of community care tools in vulnerable neighborhoods. It is a Participatory Action Research of a descriptive, qualitative, and longitudinal nature. The study area includes neighborhoods in the southern zone of CABA and the Greater Buenos Aires, focusing particularly on women who are reference points in “popular soup kitchens”. The sample consists of 41 women who participated weekly in two operational groups between 2020 and 2022. Two dimensions of subjective and collective effects will be investigated: those motivated by the warlike discourse of the war against COVID-19 and the invisible enemy; and those motivated by the transfer of responsibility from the State to social organizations and their activists. Finally, some responses of neighborhood referents have articulated in response to this will be presented. Keywords Prevention - Community Mental Health - Pandemic - Gender