Resources!
(Work in progress!)
Mental Health Hotlines
- Reach out whenever you need a listening ear or a guiding voice. Here are vital numbers to support you on your journey:
- LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564, 800-246-7743 (Youth Talkline), or 888-234-7243 (Senior Hotline)
- Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ youth: 866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
- TransLifeline: 877-565-8860
- National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988
- For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988
- Chat online: Visit https://www.crisistextline.org for immediate support.
Books/Audiobooks: Resilience and Resistance
Be a Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo
Let this Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
All About Love by bell hooks
Heal Your Way Forward by Myshia T. Hill
Small Business Alert! Many of these recommendations are from the amazing Taylor at Liberation is Lit. You can purchase these (and see more recommendations) at https://liberationislit.com
Books/Audiobooks: Anti-rascism
Between the World and Me or The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Books/Audiobooks: White Feminism
Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Beth E Richie, Gina Dent, and Angela Y. Davis
White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
Podcasts:
Fuel your ongoing journey of learning and inspiration with these empowering shows:
- Building Resilience by Leah Davidson
- Social Justice and Activism by Creative Process
- Inform your Resistance by Political Research Associates
- Pod Save America (for political discussion)
- Code Switch (for understanding race and identity)
- Climate Rising (for climate activism)