Resource list
Warmlines That Don’t Do Non-Consensual “Active Rescue”
- Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/safe-hotlines/
TLL set the standard for fully private and consensual crisis support with their Crisis Caller's Bill Of Rights, linked above.
They can be reached at tel:+1-877-565-8860 - Samaritans NY - Call 212-673-3000 - https://samaritansnyc.org/get-support/crisis-services/#privacy
- Samaritans UK - https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Trans-Axolotl’s list https://trans-axolotl2.tumblr.com/post/704284508337405953/
It includes, in various time-zones: - THRIVE: text message line at 313-662-8209,
- 24/7 Promise Resource Network: (833) 390-7728, 24/7
- Project Return Peer Support Network: (888) 448-9777 English or (888) 448-4055 Spanish, hours are Monday through Friday 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM WEST COAST TIME
- Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: 888-407-4515, hours are 7pm to 9pm Monday through Thursday and 7pm-10pm EST Friday through Sunday
- MBRLC Peer Support Line: 877-733-7563, EAST COAST, hours are 4 pm-7:45 pm every day.
Inclusive Therapists also lists the following at https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/contact#crisis - Blackline: Call or text: 1-800-604-5841 callblackline.com : Peer support and counseling prioritizing BIPOC
- StrongHearts Native Helpline (24/7): Peer advocate crisis support specifically for people experiencing intimate partner violence. Call 24/7: 1-844-762-8483 or chat online. StrongHearts: 24/7 confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans. "advocates do not request or record the contact’s identification and/or address."
- LGBT National Help Center National Hotline: lgbthotline.org 1-888-843-4564
Coming Out Support Hotline: 1-888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 1-888-234-7243
Free and confidential support for LGBTQIA+ people and those with questions about sexual orientation and/or gender identity. "We will not contact any authorities or other services or programs on your behalf."
See also: - Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners: COLORADO 844-493-TALK (8255) - you must dial a specific extension for the confidential non-clinical peer responders, currently for English it is 1 and then *.
- Therapy Exploitation Link Line (TELL) - by and for survivors of abuse by therapists: https://therapyabuse.org/
List of Peer Respites
These are voluntary non-medical places that guests/clients can leave at will
https://www.reddit.com/r/PeerRespite/wiki/index/usresources
List of Abolitionist Care Providers
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1csxYvoLLFucundPEJxGL0CFdDMEQEcxAMRK6EvQkhJM
- There is also this other one but it is outdated and not vetted:
https://mindfreedom.org/resources/providers/mfdb-search-form/
Anti-Guardianship Resources
Jenny Hatch Justice Project Justice Project | Jenny Hatch Justice Project
Case Law Directory with lawyers and advocates who’ve been successful getting people out of guardianship:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v1tyDXUfeaiTUNC6IYBk8WBgjcNRrwe8nfBK7c-jZoQ/edit?usp=sharing
Autistic & Disabled Groups
ADAPT local chapters ADAPT Groups - National ADAPT
ASAN affiliates https://autisticadvocacy.org/get-involved/
Autism Women’s Network https://awnnetwork.org
Not Dead Yet https://notdeadyet.org/about/contact-us/
Immunocompromized / COVID-cautious social group https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGtLQLiabDSQZBAoi_D4Wx2vUhb4h7GTCX54dKBw7XQ/edit
Covid-Conscious Therapists Directory: https://www.covidconscioustherapists.com/
There are various Mask Blocs that distribute PPE and otherwise support immunocompromised people, some of them are in
- Upstate NY - https://www.celebrate845.com/covid19.html
- Chicago - https://linktr.ee/chicagomaskbloc
- Southern California - https://linktr.ee/ocmaskbloc
Hearing Voices Groups
USA http://www.hearingvoicesusa.org/find-a-group
UK https://www.hearing-voices.org/hearing-voices-groups/
Other Mad & Psych Survivor Social Groups
Western Peer Support - California based - if interested fill out:
https://form.jotform.com/231177691180053
Madness & Liberation discussion forums - started by Charlie. Invite people if they seem interested - to join, fill out: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEUlMFfW0GHIfdFyYMXAO2bHxr6ddP3Gpj8dNWReLlThD6OQ/viewform
Jill Kesti’s Group - Coalition to End Forced Drugging - https://www.facebook.com/sisucreative23/
USA - NATIONAL YOUTH RIGHTS, various locals, decent analysis of psych oppression: https://www.youthrights.org/issues/medical-autonomy/who-decides-what-a-mental-disorder-is/
NETHERLANDS - METZELF
https://metzelf.nl/what-and-who-are-we-2/?lang=en
Drug/Withdrawal Specific Resources
Harm Reduction Guide To Psych Drug Withdrawal: https://www.mentalhealthforum.net/resources/ComingOffPsychDrugsHarmReductGuide.pdf
FB groups to search include:
Inner Compass Initiative
Benzo Buddies
Surviving Antidepressants
Benzodiazepine Information Coalition
NEVER USE ALONE - Harm Reduction line for people who want someone on the line in case of overdose https://neverusealone.com/faq/#hfaq-post-621
Other Abolitionist & Anti-Prison Resources
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak: https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/shutemdown
Black and Pink - LGBT prisoners - various locals still exist
Survived and Punished https://survivedandpunished.org/
HEARD DC (By/For Deaf Prisoners) http://behearddc.org/
Bail Funds!! https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Detention Watch: directory of (im)migrant / solidarity groups https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/membership-directory
** Sex Workers Organizing research https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e4835857fcd934d19bd9673/t/5f18b5c9bddc2a20a8cbf8cb/1595455570273/Red-Canary-Song-Library.pdf
SWOP: https://swopusa.org/ & https://www.nswp.org/
Chicago Brave Space https://bravespacealliance.org/
Pushing Envelopes Chicago
New York - Red Umbrella Project https://redumbrellaproject.org/about/
Red Canary Song - an Asian-American group - https://www.redcanarysong.net/
Other Homeless Defense & Mutual Aid Groups
- Stop The Sweeps groups - various
- Mutual Aid Disaster Relief https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/about/#
- HIPS Hotline: 800-676-4477. Washington DC based. Helpline for drug users and sex workers, will never call the police. Offers drop-in space at their DC location. https://www.hips.org/about.html
- Urban Survivors Union - https://nextdistro.org/resources-collection/national-urban-survivors-union
- Drug Users Unions - https://nextdistro.org/druguserunions
- VANDU Harm Reduction - https://vandu.org/
- John Brown Gun Club https://www.john-brown-gun-club.org/branches
- Van Living Forum - has many resources for poor and car-homeless people to support each other mutual aid style, organize regional meetups and repair assistance, they are really great https://vanlivingforum.com/
- UK - NFATS Travelers: https://nfats1.wixsite.com/nfatscollective