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NYC squatter-friendly organizations

  • Organize for Occupation: www.o4onyc.org | (646) 222-6125 | o4o@o4onyc.org

  • Picture the Homeless: www.picturethehomeless.org | (646) 314-6423 | sam@picturethehomeless.org

  • National Lawyer's Guild NYC Chapter: (212) 679-6018

  • OWS-medics in NYC: we.riseup.net/ows-medics/ | (917) 657-6845 | owsmedics@lists.riseup.net

Squatter info, stories, and community

  • Survival Without Rent zine: www.habiter-autrement.org/07.squat/06_sq.htm

  • Tips 4 Squatting in NYC zine (from In Our Hearts distro: www.inourheartsnyc.com | inourhearts@gmail.com | twitter @IOHNYC)

  • Squatter building assessment: wrttn.in/b348d9

  • www.squattheplanet.com message board

  • Termite & Vine (read the newsletter archive): sicknessandfilth.com/squat/termite (more recent photos: users.livejournal.com/_bulldoze/411552.html)

Trusted sources for health and safety info

  • National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): www.osha.gov

  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): www.cdc.gov/niosh

  • Research Librarian: 917 275-6975 (NY Public Library), 312 747-4300 (Chicago Public Library), 206 386-4636 (Seattle Public Library)

Street medic info

  • m4t.wikidot.com/contrib -- Street Medics for Tahrir (information on protest safety, first aid, and medical issues)

  • medic.wikia.com -- Street Medic Wikia, the online resource for street medics that anyone can edit

Self-care and self-love

  • wrttn.in/dccc29 -- Surviving and Healing from Reactions to Trauma

  • Order Doris 25: Questions; Filling the Void; and My Body, My Limits, My Pleasure, My Choice zines from www.dorisdorisdoris.com or your local zine distro. Order Doris 15: The Anti-Depression Guide from microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/2880 or your local zine distro

  • Download Home Remedies for Common Maladies and Traveling Companions zines from www.rosehipmedics.org/?page_id=9

Sources

Much of this guide was written by Grace Keller with members of OWS-Medics and the Red and Black Cross (an earlier version of the Stress, Feelings, Emotions, and Coping chapter was developed by Grace with members of the Western Mass RLC Resource Development Project of 2011). Thanks particularly to Lisa Forestell, Sarah Harper, Only Ed, and Ester Mack for their work and feedback.

This guide also altered and used material without attribution from:

  • Where Women Have No Doctor book

  • The New Where There Is No Doctor book

  • Survival Without Rent zine

  • Tips 4 Squatting in NYC zine

  • A letter from a streetmedic about disorganizers and bullies

  • Moments of Escalation handout from Generation 5

  • Handouts on grounding and help without rescuing