Book Recommendations
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. We Should All Be Feminists. London: Fourth Estate, 2017.
Bongiovanni, Archie and Tristan Jimerson. A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns. Portland, OR: Limerence Press, 2018.
Chen, Ching-In, Jai Dulani, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence within Activist Communities. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2016.
Crabb, Cindy. Learning Good Consent: On Healthy Relationships and Survivor Support. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2016.
Dawes, Laina. What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal. New York: Bazillion Points, 2012.
INCITE! Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology. Durham: Duke University Press, 2016.
hooks, bell. Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2014.
Levine, Amir, and Rachel Heller. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011.
Patterson, Jennifer, and Reina Gossett. Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from within the Anti-violence Movement. Riverdale, NY: Riverdale Avenue Books, 2016.
Real, Terrence. The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work. New York: Ballantine Books, 2008.
Ritchie, Andrea J. Invisible No More: Police Violence against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press, 2017.
Ryan, Christopher, and Cacilda Jethá. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. Carlton North, Vic. (Australia): Scribe Publications, 2011.
Stryker, Kitty. Ask: Building Consent Culture. Portland, OR: Thorntree Press, 2017.
Urb, Claire. It’s Down to This: Reflections, Stories, Experiences, Critiques, and Ideas on Community and Collective Response to Sexual Violence, Abuse, and Accountability. n.a.: It’s Down to This, 2011.
What about the Rapists? Anarchist Approaches to Crime & Justice. Leeds (UK): Dysophia, 2015.
Zeisler, Andi. We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement. New York: Public Affairs, 2017.
Organizations
Hollaback! is a global, people-powered movement to end harassment. They work to understand the problem, ignite public conversations, and develop innovative strategies that ensure equal access to public spaces. They leverage the very spaces where harassment happens—from online to the streets—to have each other’s backs, create communities of resistance, and build a world where we can all be who we are, wherever we are. Visit https://www.ihollaback.org/
Green Dot is providing schools and communities with programs and prevention strategies that address sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, bullying, and stalking. Visit https://alteristic.org/services/green-dot/
Circle of 6 is fast, easy-to-use, and private. The app, originally designed for college students to prevent sexual violence, is also handy for teenagers, parents, friends, and all communities seeking to foster healthy relationships and safety. It’s the mobile way to look out for each other on campus or when you’re out for the night. A simple tool to prevent violence before it happens. Visit: https://www.circleof6app.com/
INCITE! is a network of radical feminists of color organizing to end state violence and violence in our homes and communities. They provide a large list of resources online for self-education and organizing, as well as strategies for community accountability. Visit: https://incite-national.org/
Stop Street Harassment (SSH) is a one-stop shop. Founder Holly Kearl has written several books and conducted thorough research studies on the subject of street harassment. SSH also founded International Anti-Street Harassment Week and a national street harassment hotline with help of RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network). Share your story, educate yourself, or get involved at http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/.
Online Transformative Justice Resources
Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA): http://aorta.coop/portfolio_page/supporting-survivors-
of-sexual-assault/
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc
.wordpress.com/resources/
Centre for Justice and Reconciliation: http://restorativejustice.org/
Chrysalis Collective, “Beautiful, Difficult, Powerful: Ending Sexual Assault through Transformative Justice”: http://www
.blackandpink.org/wp-content/upLoads/Beautiful-Difficult-Powerful.pdf
Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence: http://www.creative-interventions.org
/tools/toolkit/
Critical Resistance (Resources for Addressing Harm, Accountability, and Healing): http://criticalresistance.org/resources/addressing-harm-accountability-and-healing/
National Hotlines
General Crisis Counseling: Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the United States to text with a trained crisis counselor. Every texter is connected with a crisis counselor, a real human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving. Text SUPPORT to 741741 or visit http://www
.crisistextline.org/.
Trans Lifeline: Trans Lifeline is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to the well-being of transgender people. They run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of the trans community might have. Call (877) 565-8860 or, in Canada: (877) 330-6366, or visit https://www.translifeline.org/.
HIPS: HIPS promotes the health, rights, and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by sexual exchange and/or drug use due to choice, coercion, or circumstance. HIPS provides compassionate harm reduction services, advocacy, and community engagement that is respectful, nonjudgmental, and affirms and honors individual power and agency. HIPS offers a 24/7 hotline to provide emotional support, schedule supplies deliveries, and get connected to health and supportive services. Call (800) 676-4477.
National Street Harassment Hotline: In partnership with Defend Yourself and the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), Stop Street Harassment launched a gender-based street harassment national hotline. Help is available 24/7 in English and Spanish. Call 855-897-5910.
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN): RAINN is the nation’s largest anti–sexual violence organization. In addition to the National Sexual Assault Hotline, RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. Call 1-800-656-4673 or visit hotline.rainn.org/online to chat online with a RAINN Support Specialist.
Depression and Suicide
The Trevor Project: Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth. Their trained counselors are there to support you 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the TrevorLifeline at 866-488-7386 or visit https://www
.thetrevorproject.org/.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. Call (800) 273-8255 or visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/.
Dating Abuse and Domestic Violence
Black Women’s Blueprint: BWB specializes in helping traumatized women, cis and trans and LGBTQ survivors of crime, and abuse with counseling, support groups and sister circles. They serve youth and adults and their families, who have experienced one or more of the following: childhood sexual abuse or physical abuse, rape or sexual assault, human trafficking, physical assault. Call the Counseling Center: 347-533-9102 or 347-533-9103. Their Healing and Counseling Program coordinator will guide you on the phone through the steps to an appointment with a trauma healing expert. Their staff will help you assess your current needs, create a workable timetable and plan for your emotional recovery and healing, and find other services if and when necessary.
loveisrespect: loveisrespect’s purpose is to engage, educate, and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships. Highly trained advocates offer support, information, and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships. They also provide information and support to concerned friends and family members, teachers, counselors, service providers, and members of law enforcement. Free and confidential phone, live chat, and texting services are available 24/7/365. Call 1-866-331-9474, visit loveisrespect.org to chat online, or text loveis to 22522.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: Their highly trained advocates are available 24/7/365 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. Call 1-800-799-7233 or visit http://www.thehotline
.org to chat online.
Child Abuse
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: Serving the United States and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24/7 with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. All calls are confidential. Call 1-800-422-4453.
National Safe Place: Safe Place provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for youth in need. As a community initiative, the program designates schools, fire stations, libraries, and other youth-friendly organizations as Safe Place locations, which display the yellow and black sign. Text SAFE and your current location 24/7 to 69866.
Runaways, Homeless, and At-Risk Youth
National Runaway Safeline: NRS is the go-to resource for America’s runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth and their families, providing solution-focused support. Call 1-800-786-2929.
Miscellaneous
National AIDS Hotline: AIDS hotlines are invaluable for basic HIV/AIDS information. You can talk to someone knowledgeable about HIV and get referrals to various AIDS services in your city or state. The National AIDS hotline in Washington, D.C., is the only hotline open twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year: 1-800-CDC-INFO.