Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
Best practices:
Wash hands frequently with warm water and soap for 20+ seconds. Check out this website, WashYourLyrics.com, created by 17-year-old developer William Gibson. It breaks down any song into roughly 20-second segments by pairing Genius’s lyric database with Britain's National Health Service’s instructional poster.
Disinfect surfaces frequently
Stay home whether or not you are experiencing symptoms! Flatten the curve.
Although there has been a moratorium on evictions in Portland (11:35 in the video), that does not go far enough. Rent will still accrue and must be paid within six months after the crisis ends, which simply does not help most folks here. Sign petitions to have a complete rent freeze:
Sign this petition to (1) Cease all ICE field operations and halt all deportations, (2) Release all people at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, and (3) Close the Portland Immigration Court and make clear that all deadlines have been indefinitely extended. And spread the word using this #FreeThePeople social media toolkit.
Read Zipporah Arielle’s piece, Please Stop Treating Me Like I’m Disposable When You Talk About The Coronavirus about being an immunosuppressed person during the outbreak.
Resources and Mutual Aid:
Join the Portland area COVID-19 mutual aid facebook group, COVID-19 Portland Oregon Area Community Support
Look through this megathread of Portland area resources
Here is a Resource Workbook. Under different tabs you may find “Education”, “Free Food”, “Fun and Recreation”, “Health Needs”, “Ride-shares and Errands”, “Mental Health and Recovery”, and “Money Savers and Financial Assist”
Here is a link to Oregon State COVID-19 Related Business Layoffs, Closures, and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Trans and Queer specific resources:
Queercare Resources for Support Care In Response To the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
The National Center for Transgender Equality’s, “The Coronavirus (COVID-19): What Trans People Need to Know”
Mental Health Resources:
CW: body image, fatphobia, food, exercise. Here is a great post from @the_queer_counselor entitled COVID-19 and your relationship to food, your body, and exercise
Here is the CDC’s page about managing anxiety and stress around the pandemic
Here is a link from the Eating Recovery Center entitled Caring for Your Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty. It includes links to blogs and articles, online communities and media, a self-care video library, as well as online support groups
Here is a list of A.A and N.A online meetings, found on the tab “Mental Health and Recovery”
Stuff to do:
Check out Netflix Party, a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online. Netflix Party synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows.
Skype, Facetime, or call loved ones.
Read a Book! Here are some free resources.
Learn a Language
Do an art! Here is a prompt generator. Here is another one. And another.
Check out this resource with 179 places to read and download free ebooks.
We hope this has been a helpful compilation of resources. Please reach out if you have any questions or have any resources to add to the list!
Please remember to take care of yourself and look out for one another. Community care is vital during times of anxiety and fear.
And as always, if you are needing support feel free to reach out to Katie or Anna through email or phone. We are here to offer support and help direct y’all toward resources.
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P.S. Here’s a thread of Lil Nas X as hand sanitizers
