Community Resources for COVID19

If you have any resources you would like to add, please email [email protected]

Explanation of why you need to stay home

A great explanation with graphics of why social distancing helps

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

Scheduled Virtual Gatherings

Daily Weekday Community Checkins Where You Can Meetup With Folks!!

Join the daily Community Checkins on the IFF Mattermost, everyday at 10am EST/UTC-4. Think of it as a virtual coffee break you can have with the IF community. Email [email protected] if you need an invite.

Weekly Glitter Meetup

Join us for our weekly Glitter Meetup where the IF community shares updates, news, asks questions, or provides their thoughts on topics. More info here

Self Care & Fun thingz

From this article: "Acknowledging coronavirus-related unease—and allowing yourself to feel all the feelings that piggyback it—can go a long way in helping you cope over the short (and long) term. If turning inward for a bit sounds appealing, consider a meditation app: Wirecutter recommends Headspace and Calm. (The Breathing App is a free option.) As for professional help, online therapy services can be great resources for finding a licensed therapist to meet with via video appointments. Our favorite platform is Amwell."

Classes

Handy list of 450+ FREE online classes from Ivy League
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/ivy-league-free-online-courses-a0d7ae675869/

Electronic Frontier Foundation's list of virtual events
https://www.eff.org/events/list?type=event

Technology Tools

Virtual Tools

Karen Reily is working on a document comparing virtual conferencing tools and is looking for other to help. You can ping her on the IFF Mattermost at @akareilly_she-her but the doc is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ygT1XjYJL3QkFsEE7quD72i022FhBpcfDsYzMT9fDO0/edit#gid=0

Remote presence tools for social distancing

Amazing tools we can use to communicate with each other virtually! https://anarc.at/blog/2020-03-15-remote-tools/

TechSoup's Pivoting to Remote Work — COVID-19 Response Course Track for Nonprofits
TechSoup created a free track of courses to provide information and tools as teams make a transition to remote work. https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/track/coronavirus-mitigation-track

Online Community Guides

Crowd Sourced CoronaVirus Manual
Tech folks started crowdsourcing a Coronavirus manual: https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/?fbclid=IwAR2zpLAvW_JQtpuQSQ_23EptuxTeLQOlm03ccTQQ-96I5lP8a6ijz8vqi0Y

Capacitar Emergency Kit
This kit provides simple basic practices for immediate use to help people deal with challenging situations, such as natural disasters, violence or chronic stress. It is available in 20 languages and used in countries after tsunamis, earthquakes, floods and areas of ongoing conflict. https://capacitar.org/capacitar-emergency-kit/

Digital Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus
An article by Equality Labs: https://medium.com/@EqualityLabs/digital-resilience-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-d1f733008359

Coronavirus Resource Kit
A compilation of resources from disabled, queer, elderly, Asian, and indigenous people from the US. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rcan4C_e6OBFBI5bUn7MtYK74Ab-WarxyJmDvZUI_YA/preview#