Learn more
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