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Grand Rapids Resources


Grand Rapids, Michigan  Resources & Services , Including sliding scale or free services:

Counseling 

https://www.counselingcenterwm.org/

Sexual Assault and Domestic violence

-YWCA (616) 454-9922

https://www.ywcawcmi.org/welcome/

-W.E.A.V.E.(Working to End Assault and Violence for Everybody)

https://www.ywcawcmi.org/our-services/weave/what-is-weave/

Mental Health Crisis

-Network 180 Access Center

English (616)-336-3909

Espanol 1(888)628-9454

Network180.org

BAR/ VENUE SAFETY TRAINING 

-YWCA GOOD NIGHT LIFE 

https://www.ywcawcmi.org/our-services/prevention-and-empowerment/prevention/goodnightlife/

Substance Use Safety Narcan/ Fentanyl Tests

                -The Red Project (616)456-9063

                https://redproject.org/

 Youth Services in Grand Rapids- 

                 https://www.focgr.org/

                 https://dabsj.org/

Runaway or Houseless Youth

                - AYA Collective (ages 14- 24)

                   (616) 406-3945

-The Bridge at Arbor Circle (Ages 10-17)

                  (616) 451-3001

Human Trafficking

                  - Arbor Circle

                  (616) 451-3001

Houselessness Services

               -Mel Trotter Ministry

               Adult day center and night shelter

               (616)454-8249

               -Well House Housing

               (616) 245-3910

Help Connecting to more resources

                https://www.211.org/ 

Grand Rapids Pride Center

                https://grpride.org/

Please Note: There is a more expansive list in the resources section of the Zine!

National Resources:

The Punk Rock Therapist

The Punk Rock Therapist wants you to know you are not alone.

Free therapy sessions for survivors of Justin Sane or any other predator in the music industry

https://www.thepunkrocktherapist.org/


MusiCares:Provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need... treating each case with integrity and confidentiality.

https://www.musicares.org/ 

National Abuse Hotline

https://www.thehotline.org/resources/types-of-abuse/

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)

RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE) 

https://www.rainn.org/

INCITE! is a network of radical feminists of color organizing to end state violence and violence in our homes and communities.

https://incite-national.org/

Right to Be (Previously known as  Hollaback!)

Hosts virtual Bystander Intervention Training to teach people how to stop harassment, with a set of simple and safe tactics they call the 5Ds. Right to be also offers many other platforms to offer support! 

https://righttobe.org/

UPbeatGNV 

Mental health resources for musicians out of Gainesville, Florida

https://www.upbeatgnv.org




More Resources

Crappy Childhood Fairy: 

Addresses the struggles growing up and living with Complex PTSD (or CPTSD). We like to think of this resource as one survivor talking to another and sharing their own experiences. The Crappy Childhood Fairy platform is easy to understand and provides lots of free resources on YouTube!ddresses the struggles growing up and living with Complex PTSD (or CPTSD). We like to think of this resource as one survivor talking to another and sharing their own experiences. The Crappy Childhood Fairy platform is easy to understand and provides lots of free resources on YouTube!

https://youtube.com/c/CrappyChildhoodFairy


Enough. podcast: Enough. is a podcast centered around surviving abuse, harassment, and assault in the music scene.

https://www.thisisenoughpodcast.com/

Your Mental Breakdown Podcast: 

Your Mental Breakdown is a psychotherapy, entertainment based podcast hosted by longtime friends and licensed therapists Doug Friedman and Meredith Levy. It’s not a self-help podcast, although you’re welcome to help yourself to whatever you get here.You get to follow a client throughout the process of therapy and listen to what happens in real sessions from day one. You also get a breakdown from the hosts after each session.

https://www.yourmentalbreakdown.com/


Muchacha Fan Zine: 

Daisy Salinas began Muchacha Fanzine as a feminist punk zine in 2011. Over the years, Muchacha has grown into a larger, submission-based compilation of work by marginalized voices from around the world. Topics covered include art, writing, and political education on indigenous resistance, intersectional feminism, youth liberation, black lives matter, environmental justice, coalition building, body positivity, LGBTQ rights, migration, decolonizing travel, & more.

https://www.muchachafanzine.com/


Women in Sound:

In circulation since 2015, Women in Sound is a Print and online zine dedicated to women and non-binary people in all areas of live and recorded sound. . 

https://www.womeninsound.com/