Mutual Aid and Resources
Queer Cultural Center is one of seven Cultural Centers in San Francisco. During the ongoing public health crisis we are committed to connecting the LGBTQ+ artistic community to much needed resources across multiple sectors. This is a landing page to provide resources for resilience and resistance.
Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any information to share that benefits QTPOC artists and our community at large and sign up for our newsletter to keep up with current offerings.
KEY RESOURCE LISTS
Share community-sourced resources. Most of these lists are driven by artists and organizers, and we know how to be resilient.
- Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Network has a massive resource list organized by category of support. Primarily focused on the Bay Area.
- Bay Area LGBTQ+ Covid 19 Relief: new website and resources
- Bay Area Mutual Aid dynamic map with offers and asks for resources and support
- California Arts Council’s resource topics include emergency funding, tools for artists & arts organizations, event planning, general resources, small business resources, and arts community forums
- Covid-19 and Freelance Artists focuses on support specifically for artists
- Findhelp.org a database of services and programs searchable by zipcode, national database
- Rad Comms Network and collaborators created a database of localized resources, also organized by category of support and region of the country
TECH TOOLS
- Get access to free or low-cost internet here
- Tech Exchange: Bay area organization that provides computer and technical donations to families, schools, and community organizations,
FUNDING
- Artwork Archive: financial relief for artists
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts: relief fund for artists who had shows cancelled
- Patreon rapid response grant: supports artists affected by Covid-19
- SFAC + GFTA: relief fund for artists and loans for non-profits
- San Francisco Foundation: emergency fund for non-profits
- SF Queer Nightlife Fund: provides financial relief to workers in the nightlife industry for as long as the current crisis continues. This includes bartenders, servers, drag performers, production and lighting designers, and more
- Zellerbach Family Foundation’s latest newsletter links to regional foundation’s rapid response grants
VIRTUAL GATHERINGS & WORKSHOPS
- Training for Change: free online trainings with a social justice and racial equity lens
- Transgender Law Center: community gatherings on Fridays with rotating topics and facilitators
ENTERTAINMENT
- Radically Fit, queer owned oakland gym has uploaded free online workouts
- There’s a google chrome extension called Netflix Party that allows folx to gather together virtually and watch Netflix at the same time. Read on here!
- Into the opera? the Met has got you covered
- Take a virtual tour of museums from around the world
- Visit national parks, online!
