Dispatches from across the AMP network

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Dear AMP Community,

The amount of information being shared across our networks right now is inspiring; it can also be overwhelming. In an effort to gather up widespread community wisdom into a streamlined and digestible form, we will be sharing a semi-regular round-up of collective care resources via this newsletter. In this newsletter, you will find:
* Calls to Action
* Ways to give & receive financial support
* Upcoming events
* Reflections
* Mutual Aid forms
* Mental Health Resources
* Pleasure Recommendations

If you have resources you would like shared in future newsletters, please contact [email protected] or use the hashtag #AMPcollectivecare on social media.
Calls to Action


** We can still organize while staying home.
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* Read and endorse the Michigan grassroots demands ([link removed]) of state and local governments.
* Call or Tweet Governor Whitmer to ask her support in getting water restored to 10,000 Detroit homes ([link removed]) 517-373-3400 @GovWhitmer

Apply for financial support


** New emergency relief funds are being created every day.
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* General: United Way 866-211-9966
* For artists ([link removed])
* For bartenders ([link removed])
* For creators ([link removed])
* For SNAP recipients ([link removed])
* For Detroit small businesses ([link removed])
* For tipped workers in service industries ([link removed])

Give financial support


** Every dollar counts for our folks who are without income right now.
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* To tipped workers in service industries ([link removed])
* To A Black Family Liberates ([link removed])
* To Black, Indigenous, People of Color LGBTQI folks ([link removed])
* To Queer Writers of Color ([link removed])
* To Black Arts Organizations ([link removed])
* To AfroFuture Youth ([link removed]) & their families Venmo @AdrienneAyers or Cashapp $healinthewaters

Upcoming events


** We still need to gather! (online)
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* March 22: Parenting for Liberation: Community Care ([link removed]) , an intimate space for Black parents to connect and share experiences.
* March 25: The Quarantine Reading Series ([link removed]) feat. Alexis Pauline-Gumbs (and lots of other amazing poets!)
* March 27: The Quarantine Reading Series ([link removed]) feat. Hariq Abdurriqib (and lots of other amazing poets!)
* March 29: Build a Community Altar ([link removed]) with Irresistable

Reflections


** We have so much to learn in this moment.
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* Decolonizing Community Care ([link removed]) by Jade Begay, NDN Collective
* Care-based Approaches to Remote Work ([link removed]) by Una Lee, And Also Too

Mutual aid forms


** What is mutual aid? a centuries-old system of a voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit. Get involved:
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* Detroit ([link removed])
* Michigan ([link removed] )
* National directory ([link removed])

Mental health resources


** These are hard times and there are resources to help.
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* Text “HOME” TO 741741 ([link removed]) and a crisis worker will immediately text you back.
* TalkSpace ([link removed]) online therapy.
* Anxiety-reducing yoga practice ([link removed]) with Aya from Haji

Pleasure


** Because we need it.
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* Live cam of jellyfish doing their thing ([link removed]) , from the Montery Bay Aquarium
* I Wish You Love ([link removed]) , by Miu Miu
* Netflix Party ([link removed]) , an extension that lets you watch Netflix simultaneously with friends.

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