SUNDAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL GATHERINGS

 Triumph Life Center YouTube Videos from Live Sunday Gatherings and Special Events 2021 & 2022

• Holistic Becoming; Cultivating Energy, Reason & Emotion with (Om Prakash) Rev. Dr. John Gilmore https://youtu.be/BQv4Lsb4Zdw
• Triumph's Seven Life-Affirming Principles - Basis of Union with Minister Obinna Jason Anyanwu (Nigerian Mission) https://youtu.be/_uKEwHj2raI
• Don't Be a Yo-Yo with (Rev. Lc) S.Y. Addison-Britto https://youtu.be/DkfZ4P2DbaA
• Communication Connections Group with Brenda Echeverry https://youtu.be/E6b7qx-hZY4
• What Shall We Say to These Things?  With (Rev. Lc) S.Y. Addison-Britto https://youtu.be/N8uUhs_EjPI
• Pentecost:  The Spirit of Life - The Spirit of God with (Rev. Lc) S.Y. Addison-Britto https://youtu.be/5qoWUALXnuw
• The Harmony of Taoism with Brenda Echeverry https://youtu.be/YF33YmG65KQ
• Managing One's Dark Side with (Rev. Lc) S.Y. Addison-Britto https://youtu.be/1vXHGWAEWFA
• First Things First with (Rev. Lc) S.Y. Addison-Britto https://youtu.be/HOp9qP23v4A
• Friendship & Betrayal: Are You a Friend or Frenemy? With (Rev. Lc) S.Y. Addison-Britto https://youtu.be/tIxib-4lta0
• The Nature of Revelation with (Om Prakash) Rev. Dr. John Gilmore https://youtu.be/IIfIOmf_vJY
• Affirming Life - Consciousness as the Power Within - The Ground of Being; Triumph's Live Sunday Gathering
• https://youtu.be/1BOotnVIZgY 
• Black History Month - Celebrating Black Love - Triumph's Live Sunday Gathering https://youtu.be/98MDfH4F3as
• The Nature of Revelation and Its Justification - Panel Discussion with Elder Tracey Booker, Minister Ahmad Russell and (Om Prakash) Rev. Dr. John Gilmore https://youtu.be/x9KHOb_KR2U
• Mass Incarceration & Reentry - Interview with Dr. Keesha Middlemass https://youtu.be/o33GYULP6WI

Triumph Life Center Resource Guide - NYC

Last Updated 2/20/22

More information available at: https://triumphthechurchofthenewage-international.org/

Please email us at triumphlifecenter@gmail.com if you have questions about any of these resources or need any support that you do not find here.

General Info: COVID-19

• CDC website with updates about COVID-19 , how to protect yourself and what to do if you are feeling unwell 
• NYC Coronavirus 2019 info (available in many languages)
• COVID-19 data in NYC updated daily (cases, hospitalizations, deaths)
• Sex and COVID-19 Fact Sheet
• COVID-19 testing information
• Information about the COVID-19 Vaccine in NY
• CDC Guidelines about COVID-19 Vaccination

VOTE. (Locally!!)

• Register to vote online here: https://vote.gov/
• Ballotpedia is just one website that offers detailed information about the candidates 
• Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote - video by Robert Greenwald feat. Stacey Abrams
• Sign up to be a paid poll worker in your state!

Food

• Apply for Food Stamps and Cash Assistance in NYC via HRA Access Portal
• Type in an address to find the nearest food pantry 
• NYC Free Community Fridges (https://marsbtyne.github.io/nycfridge/)
• Free meals for students and adults can be picked up at select NYC public schools 
• Map of community fridges in all 5 boroughs of NYC
• Supercook- Get creative! Enter the ingredients you have available to you and find matching recipes
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Financial Aid

• Student Loans - payments can be adjusted due to COVID-19 
• Discounted wifi service  via Spectrum -  One or more members of your household must be a recipient of one of the following assistance programs: National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the NSLP, Supplemental Security Income (for applicants age 65+ only)
• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) - financial assistance with gas, electricity etc.
• NY Unemployment Insurance info 
  • Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) also extends benefits to individuals who have traditionally been ineligible for Unemployment Insurance benefits (e.g., self-employed workers, independent contractors and farmers).

Featured Guests and Organizations:

• Alex Hamburger, musician (https://alexhamburger.com/)
• Alphonso Horne (https://www.alphonsohorne.com)
• Brooklyn Voters Alliance (https://bkvotersalliance.org/)
• Housing Rights Initiative (http://housingrightsny.org/)
• Rev. Dr. Judith Anne Winters (https://www.spiritoftheearth.net/)
• Jason D. Mitchell, Agape International Spiritual Center (https://www.facebook.com/AgapeInternationalSpiritualCenter/)
• Kim B. Miller, “Haiku Queen” (http://www.kimbmiller.com/)
• Monica Sekhmet Grant (https://www.youngbossmedia.com/)
• Dr. Nathanael Pollard, Jr. (https://youtu.be/dKKbRhHfggI)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness NYC (https://www.nami.org)
• Nikiya Mone (https://nikiyamone.com/)
• Red Hawk Native American Arts Council (https://www.redhawkcouncil.org/) 
• Dr. Seshat, Sakhu Healing Arts Center 
• Unity House of Troy (www.unityhouseny.org)

Self-Care & Entertainment

• Free & Interactive Dance Classes from Mark Morris Dance Group
• Download Netflix Party as an extension to watch a movie or TV show simultaneously with others, includes chat box feature
• Check out your favorite artists and writers on Instagram Live. Many offer free workshops, readings or discussions with the community (including Poet Rupi Kaur, Writer Jason Reynolds etc.)
• Online games to play with friends & family: Codewords game (Word Association), Houseparty (Video chat and play games with friends), Sketchpad (draw online)
• Free online classes offered by the Museum of Modern Art 
• Free operas streamed online via Metropolitan Opera
• Free Virtual Programming via the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness NYC): naminyc.org
• Mental Health Hotline: 212-684-3264 or email helpline@naminyc.org

TLC’s Reading List

• Convicted and Condemned: The Politics and Policies of Prisoner Reentry by Keesha Middlemass
• When the Soul Cries: Trauma. Tears. Triumph by Adrienne E. Bell and The Fearless Storytellers
• Healing Across Dimensions Volumes I & II by Dr. Seshat 
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle 
• Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind and Spirit by Queen Afua
• Ida B. Wells Versus Judge Lynch compiled by Joe Henry Mitchell
• See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
• The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
• The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire by David Deida
• Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship by John Welwood
• The Dhammapada translated by Eknath Easwaran 
• What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• Mind Your Business and Prosper: A Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Being Successful by Monica Grant
• Indigenous Peoples’ Day advocate’s workbook & website for Land Acknowledgment 
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• All About Love by bell hooks
• Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism, edited by Irene Diamond & Gloria Feman Orenstein 
• Reflections on the River: More Zen Stories and Paintings by Stephen Cassettari
• Rebirth of the Goddess: Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality by Carol P. Christ
• Womanist and Mujerista Psychologies: Voices of Fire, Acts of Courage edited by Thema Bryant-Davis, PhD, and Lillian Comas-Díaz, PhD
• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve by Rheeda Walker 
• Five Tips For Spiritual Surrender, Series 1: Letting Go of a False Self-Perception by Judith A. Winters
• The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
• Rise Up and Salute the Sun by Suzy Kassem
• Article: “‘Autistic Person’ or ‘Person with Autism’: Is There a Right Way To Identify People?” from News @ Northeastern 
• The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
• The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakeley (2014)
• The Creative Thinker’s Toolkit by Gerard Puccio, PhD.
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Why I Am a Muslim: And a Christian and a Jew by Raheel Farooq
• Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
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TLC’s Media List

• Triumph Life Center playlist on Spotify
• Triumph Life Center’s Youtube channel
• Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote - Robert Greenwald feat. Stacey Abrams
• The Sunset Limited - starring Samuel L. Jackson, and Tommy Lee Jones 
• The Muzzle Is Off podcast - Nikiya Mone
• Corners of the Forest Introduction to the Indigenous Musical Universe 
• The Way Back Home (2006) film - themes of mental health, suicide, loneliness, aging 
• Dirty Money (available on Netflix)
• Dirt! (available on Netflix)
• Hidden Figures film 
• Black Psychoanalysts Speak documentary (available on YouTube)
• Healing African Dance video from Pennsylvania Humanities Council
• Stonewall Forever- A Documentary About the Past, Present and Future of Pride by LGBT Center NYC
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Anti-racism Resources

• The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
• For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...And the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Edmin
• Article: “What the ‘black-on-black crime’ fallacy misses about race and gun deaths” by Shirley Carswell 
• The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness: Eurocentric History, Psychiatry and the Politics of White Supremacy by Dr. Amos Wilson
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
• Podcasts
  • Shine Brighter Together by Monique Melton
  • Seeing White - Scene on Radio
  • Nice White Parents - The New York Times