From Estelle Bajou: Resources, Ways to Help, Solace + Humor

Resources: Covid Worker Care Network (Volunteer network of 1,000+ mental health pros, healers, spiritual care providers, life coaches, and crisis line operators ready to support frontline Covid-19 workers and first responders.) Free Meals for Healthcare Workers Supporting Healthcare Workers Freelance Artist Resources + Covid-19 Watch Gov. Cuomo's Daily Brief (It covers NY state and national status, action, and demands for federal response in a fact-driven, calming way.) Immediate Job Openings (Please stay home if you're at high risk): Aldi, Amazon, Dollar General, Price Chopper, Domino's, Stewart's, Walmart, Target  SF Bay Area: Performing Arts Worker Relief Fund New York: Emergency Food Assistance Free Youth Meals Coronavirus Financial Impact (Interest Free) Loan Program Bartender Emergency Assistance Free Mental Health + Substance Abuse Support Report Coronavirus Price Gouging Call for a Rent Freeze Free Spectrum Internet for Families: 844-488-8398 Absentee Ballot Request Sen. Jackson's Covid-19 Resource List What You Can Do to Help: Donate Blood (There's a severe shortage.) Stay Home, Wash Hands, Social Distance (+ Other Health Expert Recommendations) NYC: Mutual Aid Network Donate to: Center for Disaster Philanthropy (They have a Covid-19 Response Fund supporting those affected and first responders.) Split a Donation between UNITE HERE Education and Support Fund, Make the Road COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, CPD Community Solidarity Fund, Feeding America, Coworker.org, National Domestic Violence Hotline, American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Relief Fund, Children of Restaurant Employees COVID-19 Relief Program, and US Bartenders Guild COVID-19 Relief Fund. Petition for Federal Coronavirus Relief Supporting Families/Small Businesses First Ask Congress to Include Independent/Self-Employed Artists + Non-Profits in Covid Relief Spending  Take the 2020 Census Solace + Humor: Comfort Shows to Watch While Self-Isolating (List by HuffPost) Comedies to Binge While Stuck at Home (List by HuffPost) Birds (My buddy Yevgeniy K'Banchik, a gifted filmmaker, has a hilarious and wonderful series on Youtube called Boris: I Show You How. This particular episode is just a camera trained on a busy bird feeder a few days ago.) Audible: Hundreds of Free Audiobook Titles FNAC: 500 livres gratuits a télécharger (Free French e-books) 10 University Art Classes Free Online I'm so heartened by the generosity of spirit blossoming. If you know of folks offering ways to connect like this Quarantine Cooking Class with Cucina Testa Rossa, or Quarantine Storytime with MFC Feeley, let me know and I'll share them around! Estelle BAJOU estellebajou.com Polymath. Winsome Lose-Some. NYIT-winning Actor. Drama Desk-nominated Composer. Feminist. Union Member. Heteroclite. The Resistance. Child of an immigrant.