Additional Readings/Resources

Resources

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New Beginnings 24-hour crisis line: 206-522-9472

Communities Against Rape and Abuse – http://www.cara-seattle.org/

Home Alive: Rad Self-Defense group – http://www.homealive.org/

Seattle Counseling Center (focus on LGBT communities) – http://www.seattlecounseling.org/

Northwest Network for Bi, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse – http://www.nwnetwork.org/

Survivor project: Dedicated to supporting Trans and Intersex survivors – http://www.survivorproject.org/index.html

STOP (Story Telling and Organizing Project): A Project of Creative Interventions to share stories of community-based interventions to interpersonal violence – http://www.stopviolenceeveryday.org/

Readings

Recommended Zines (*=included in our roving zine library. for copies please contact us! $=just postage and copy costs):

The Revolution Starts at Home – A ‘zine looking at how partner abuse can look in queer/poc/activist communities.: http://www.incite-national.org/media/docs/0985_revolution-starts-at-home.pdf

*Support

*See No, Hear No, Speak No

*Women’s Self Defense–Stories & Strategies of Survival

*What Do You Do When–A zine about community response to sexual assault

*Taking the First Step: Suggestions to People Called Out for Abusive Behavior

*Learning Good Consent

*?Consent!

*Think About It…a zine on verbal consent & addressing sexual assault

*Unmarked Categories and the question of power, some anarcha-feminist notes

*let’s talk about CONSENT baby

*The little TRANSGENDER HANDBOOK love has no boundaries

*Men Unlearning Rape (http://teachingsexualethics.org/writing/men.htm)

*OUR OWN RESPONSE creating healthier communities

*VULNERABLE sexuality, safety, and vulnerability–a collection of writings

*Supporting a Survivor of Sexual Assault

*Some Helpful Information on Domestic Violence for Radical Communities

Transformative Justice : Generation 5′s working document – An excellent document detailing what Transformative Justice, and why we need to use it to end child sexual abuse.

The Healing Journey as a Site of Resistance – A fantastic article by bille about the intersections of oppressions, power, and healing.  with awesome quotes from rad sources.

http://colours.mahost.org/articles/rain.html

Thoughts about Community Support around Intimate Violence – An awesome zine about how to support survivors, and how to hold aggressors accountable.  http://www.anarcha.org/sallydarity/IntViolzine.pdf

Dealing with Our Shit Minneapolis Men’s Group and Aggressor Accountability Project, 150 page web readable zine.

BOOKS:

Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky – an amazing book talking about secondary trauma and ways to heal.

Survivor’s Guide to Sex by Staci Haines

Transforming a Rape Culture by Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher, Martha Roth 

…more coming soon!

Resource List!

Organization:	web address:	Phone:	Services:
Home Alive	homealive.org	206.323.HOME	self defense and boundary setting workshops
Seattle Counseling Center	www.seattlecounseling.org	206.323.1768	Survivor and non-court ordered perp counseling.  Focus on LGBT community.
Joan Cartales of Ahimsa Counseling		206.375.5955	counseling
Cristien Storm	cristien@cristienstorm.org	206.769.3160	cristienstorm.com counseling
Feminist Karate Union	feministkarateunion.org	206.325.3878	not sure…
Communities Against Rape and Abuse		206-322-4856
Northwest Network for BTLG Survivor’s of Abuse		206-568-7777
Gay city		206-860-6969	Free STD checkups for Queer/Trans men
Harborview STD Clinic
Country Doctor			Sliding Scale health
Asian Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center		206-467-9976	Ending DV, SA and human trafficking in the API Community
Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWa)		206-721-0243
New Beginnings		24 hr help line: 206-522-9472
DAWN		24 hour crisis hotline: 425-656-7867
Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services		TTY: 1-800-787-3224
ACUPUNCTURE
Communi-Chi	www.communichi.org	206-860-5009	Sliding scale acupuncture 1st Treatment: $20-45, Subsequent: $15-35
CHAYA	chayaseattle.org	206 325 0325187792CHAYA	resources for south asian women
MASSAGE
Fletcher		206-324-8647	420-40 massage
SELF-CARE
Mosaic Coffee Shop			Pay-what-you-wish coffee
Samadhi			Free Yoga Saturday @ 2:30-m
Samarya			Free yoga on Sat @ 11am
Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center (Dr. Megan DeBell)		299-1900	2101 E Yesler Way
Nurse Help Lines – 24/7		Harborview: 744-2500 Swedish: 215-2100 Evergreen Med: 425-899-3000	Hotlines to call and see if you need to go to the hospital or not.
Planned Parenthood