Within the massive waves of information overwhelm, we compiled these resources to boost our capacity and connection to respond to this crisis. Gratitude to all of the labor by so many amazing people that went into creating these resources to weather this and future storms together.

Somatic insights, perspectives & practices

• Prentis Hemphill, Contagion Consent and Connection “Against this backdrop, what do you choose to practice? If isolation and disconnection are not our only options, what could we do?”

• Corona Virus Resource Compilation from generative somatics “Panicking can take us out of our bodies, which often means we don’t make grounded choices. We offer the following resources not wanting to contribute to that, but wanting to lift up what we hope can be useful.”

Mutual aid services, projects & resources across the country

• Coronavirus Resource Kit
• Database of Localized Resources During COVID 19 Outbreak
  • Mutual Aid Hub

• Adapting Our Organizing by Bay Rising “As it becomes clear that we must prepare for the worst possible impacts of COVID-19, activists and organizers need to think not only about what we’re organizing for, but how we’re organizing.”

• Shelter-in-Studio by Art Practical, “Artists, educators, cultural workers, and organizations have come together in this unsettling moment to conceive of mutual aid strategies to soothe anxieties and promote collective action to support the wellbeing of the most vulnerable of our populations.”

Understanding Mutual Aid

• Dean Spade, Solidarity Not Charity SURJ Webinar Recording

• Dean Spade’s Mutual Aid Curriculum

• Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid & How to Organize in the Age of the Coronavirus, Democracy Now! interview with Mariam Kaba and Dean Spade

Racial Equity and Social Justice

• COVID-19 – Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources by Racial Equity Tools, includes: analysis, resources & tools, healing & community care, organizing & solidarity, resource building & rapid response, virtual work & online engagement

Expanding the realm of the possible

• Movement Generation, From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and Caring: A Strategic Framework for a Just Transition 
• Permanently. Organized. Communities. by Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan at Movement Generation

For each day

• Daily questions from Brooke Anderson, with an accompanying thought piece here, “If you’re sheltering in place, be sure to check in with yourself.”