Resource Guide

Triumph Life Center Resource Guide - NYC

Last Updated 12/04/21

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

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

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

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