the friday five | 11 08 24

Every Friday, a new Montage will recommend five things that I, Brad, am currently enjoying. “Things” is an ugly word, but it’s the best word here I think.

This is the Friday Five for Friday, November 8, 2024. Thank you!

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Below are five community resources based in New York City, all pulled from the terrific and expansive list curated at mutualaid.nyc. If you don’t live in New York, most likely the city where you do live has some version of each of these resources and mutual aid action groups as well—I encourage you to find what activates you most passionately and pursue it. Love y’all!

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1. City Harvest Food Map

“This map shows locations that are currently distributing food, free of charge, throughout New York City. Location sites include soup kitchens, food pantries, community fridges, City Harvest Mobile Markets®, and City Harvest Community Partner Distributions.”

Find the NYC food map here. | Read more about City Harvest’s work here.

2. Coalition for the Homeless Crisis Intervention Emergency Hotline

“If you have a question about accessing shelter or other services, including if you have been denied access to shelter, please call the Crisis Intervention emergency hotline, and leave a detailed message, including your phone number. We will do our best to respond to you as soon as possible. Please note that the Crisis Intervention Program is based in NYC and only able to respond to questions regarding NYC services.”

Find the Crisis Intervention Hotline here. | Learn more about the Coalition for the Homeless here.

3. New York City TransAtlas

“TransAtlas is a map-based guide to community organizations, agencies and spaces across the 5 boroughs of New York City, made by and for people of transgender, non-binary and/or intersex experience.”

Find the TransAtlas here. | Read more about the TransAtlas and Callen-Lorde here.

4. Resources for Formerly Incarcerated People

“To address the complex and overlapping needs of our participants, The Fortune Society employs a one-stop-shop model of service provision to meet participants’ often overlapping needs. Fortune offers a comprehensive array of coordinated, in-house social services to over 11,000 people in a typical year via our expanding New York locations”

Find a host of reentry resources here. | Learn more about the Fortune Society here.

5. Repro Legal Helpline

“No matter your age, we answer legal questions about abortion, pregnancy loss, and birth. Whether you need a judicial bypass, are being denied an emergency abortion, or are facing criminalization for a pregnancy outcome, we can support you.”

Learn more about and consider donating to support the RLH here.