COVID-19 RESOURCES

Multimodal Resources during the COVID-19 Crisis

Scroll through for suggestions for at-home engagement, entertainment, arts, and culture; resources for virtual teaching and learning; resources for scholarship from home; resources for homeschooling and activities for kids and adolescents; links related to mental and physical health and well-being; and information, resources, and links for collective/mutual aid to help us all sustain (with Philly, Penn, and arts-specific, as well as general, links).
Updated June 1, 2020

FOR AT-HOME ENGAGEMENT/ENTERTAINMENT
THE ARTS

RESOURCES FROM PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTIONS

Browse Slought's online archive of event recordings and supplementary resources
Free Library of Philadelphia guide to digital media resources
- The Library maintains robust digital resources that you can access anywhere with your library card, including podcasts, videos, Crowdcast, ebooks, audiobooks, movies, TV, music, over 100 databases, and the New York Times online. Visit their blog for more information on their digital and online offerings.
Watch videos from Scribe's past projects
- Plus check out Scribe's virtual screenings every Wednesday night in April
Watch past conversations and lectures at ICA
Watch live TV, series, and on demand programming at PhillyCAM
Philadelphia Museum of Art online resources
Barnes Foundation online collection, videos, livestreamed First Friday on 4/3, plus sign up for Barnes Takeout: Your Daily Serving of Art
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - from home
Watch a virtual conversation between the two UPenn Center for Experimental Ethnography Fellows: Just Cut Us Some Slack

ACTIVITIES

Instructions for sewing face masks for healthcare workers
TIME (OUT)IN NYC offering many activity ideas
Milk Street Cooking School offering free classes online
Ideas for seizing the opportunity of home quarantine
Play cards virtually with friends
Several museums are encouraging people to recreate famous works of art in their homes -- check out some examples for inspiration and then create your own!
So you've decided to keep a coronavirus diary - now what?

OTHER

FOR REMOTE/VIRTUAL TEACHING

Live Updates: Mapping U.S. colleges’ plans for fall 2020
Penn Libraries portal of virtual support for teaching, research, and learning
Tips for facilitating live online discussions
Message from NCTE about using multimodality in online courses
Resources from the ASA (American Sociological Association) for teaching online
Resources and strategies for teaching remotely from Penn's CTL
Ideas for moving courses online in a hurry
Crowdsourced resources for teaching online (You’ll need to create an H-Net account and subscribe to the network)
Free shared resource for live virtual performances, etc.
Working and learning online tips from Pearson
Moving Online Now: How to keep teaching during the coronavirus – collection of articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education
WSU Teach Anywhere Planning Guide
Sample letter from Sociology Professor Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve to undergraduate students about how to manage the semester
The Art of Education University - central hub for art educators to answer questions, curate relevant ideas and opportunities to help optimize resources during this time, and weekly webinars to support art teachers
Coping with Coronavirus: How faculty members can support students in traumatic times - collection of articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education
Tips during COVID-19 for professors to support students
"Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma" -- Resources from Teaching Tolerance Magazine

FOR AT-HOME LEARNING & SCHOLARSHIP

FOR KIDS & ADOLESCENTS
ENTERTAINMENT/ARTS ENGAGEMENT

SCHOOLING

FOR MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH

Black-owned face mask businesses
Therapist Araya Baker’s list of resources and self-preservation tips (updated regularly) – includes resources related to recreation, childcare, education, finances, food, housing, mental health, physical health, sexual health, testing, and resources specific to minoritized/vulnerable populations
Free online exercise classes from the YMCA
Ideas for managing anxiety
"Focusing on Emotional Health in Uncertain Times" - tips from CHOP Center for Injury Research and Prevention
Live stream dance class schedule from Ballet X
Live stream dance classes with the Alvin Ailey Extension School
Penn Campus Rec resources for online exercise – links to multiple studios
List of resources for anxiety, loneliness, mental health, and prayer (see bottom of page)
Managing Fears and Anxieties - tips from Dr. Catherine Sykes

OTHER INFORMATION, RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINING, & MUTUAL AID
GENERAL INFORMATION

CDC’s Coronavirus/COVID-19 Information page
Coronavirus Information - how to prepare and protect yourself
Coronavirus Data Map
What you can do about Coronavirus right now - from the NYTimes
Reading the Pictures - instant visual analysis of the latest news (sign up for email updates)
Sign up to get an Evening Briefing from the NYTimes - emailed every day at 6pm, a good way to limit your news intake
Guide to donating

GENERAL RESOURCES & MUTUAL AID

Suggestions of Organizations or Causes to Donate To related to police violence and the movement for Black Lives
Comcast offering free home internet
List of Resources and Mutual Aid (mostly CA-focused) from the Center for the Study or Racism, Social Justice, and Health
Template letter to landlords for rent relief
Tips for grocery shopping while quarantined
U-Haul offers 30-day storage free for college students who must suddenly move out
211: (source of locally curated social services information in the US and most of Canada)
COVID-19 Collective Care: (resources available by U.S. state and in certain countries)
BuzzFeed's list of local, national, and international organizations that are working to ensure food, aid, and medical supplies are delivered to those who need it
Black Lives Matter: State and Local Coronavirus Resource Map
Pledge to give part of your stimulus check to undocumented families
COVID-19 Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
Resources for Non-Profits
Worker Organizing Toolkit
The Bridgespan Group: Opportunities for Philanthropic Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis

RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS

PENN-SPECIFIC INFORMATION, RESOURCES & MUTUAL AID

UPenn’s Coronavirus/COVID-19 Information and Resources page

Penn mutual aid spreadsheet for housing/storage assistance and emotional/resources support -- plus recently added list of financial support available for students and find a map of aid availability here
Grad Center at Penn - Resources and Supports for Spring 2020
Penn Emergency Funding: (provides instructions for students who are looking for assistance in booking travel, in need of a laptop or other software in order to work remotely, or need financial support to pay for food, internet at home, or baggage fees)
FGLI and International Student Needs Amidst COVID-19: (information-gathering form to bring to Penn administrators)

PHILADELPHIA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION, RESOURCES & MUTUAL AID

Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund
Pennsylvania Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Update from Reading Terminal Market
Access to COVID-19 testing and healthcare information
Neighbors helping Neighbors: Request For Aid - Philly Mutual Aid for Folks affected by COVID-19: (support for those who would like food or other supplies dropped off at your door, need prescriptions picked up, or need transportation assistance)
- If you would like to become a part of the support network and provide support services to those affected by COVID-19 fill out this form and you will be connected with someone in need of assistance.
Free meals for families: (All children and youth are eligible, and no ID is required)
- Interactive map of meal sites
City resources: (Essential services are still open in Philadelphia. See link for details on which services are available and how to access them)
PHILLY Mask Crusaders are calling for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) that could be useful for frontline workers (i.e. masks, gloves, etc.)
The City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy is conducting a survey to gather data about the financial impact that COVID-19 has had on arts and cultural organizations and individual artists
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy is providing and promoting information and resources for artists and arts organizations to help them through the COVID-19 health crisis
The Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is working to provide its members and the arts and culture community with updates, news and resources regarding the COVID-19 outbreak
Philly Artists/Freelancers Relief & Resources

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