“Shouting ‘self-care’ at people who actually need ‘community care’ is how we fail people.”
Community Care Offerings
The Properties of Light partners with individuals, groups, and organizations to offer occasional low or no cost community care offerings.
If you’re a person in need of immediate support:
These organizations prioritize consent and autonomy in times of crisis, and explicitly state in their policies they will not contact local emergency services without consent of caller/texter:
THRIVE Lifeline: offers 24/7 text-based crisis support to anyone 18+ with specific focus on multiply marginalized communities. For Crisis: Text: +1.313.662.8209 For non-crisis related email inquiries: info@thrivelifeline.org
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 or text HOME to 741741
These organizations provide support in times of crisis, and their policies indicate they may contact local emergency services on behalf of the caller/texter if determined appropriate or necessary:
The Trevor Project : call 1-866-488-7386 or texting START to 678-678
National Mental Health Lifeline: call 1-800-273-TALK
For support for people experiencing interpersonal violence or stalking:
Virginia Anti-Violence Project's LGBTQ+ Helpline: call 866-356-6998 or texting
804-793-9999
Self-guided resources for support in times of crisis:
Project LETS offers many resources on healing & recovery including alternatives to self-harm, self and collective care ideas, suggestions for processing and supporting traumatic experiences, and anti-carceral ways of responding to mental health crisis.
The Fireweed Collective also offers a Crisis Toolkit, with resources for people in crisis, and people supporting loved ones in crisis, using a consent based approach.
Both Project LETS and The Fireweed Collective also offer opportunities for peer based mental health support.
Upcoming Offerings
Mutual Aid Fund
We believe in the power, ability, and creativity of our communities to engage
in care with one another
through the redistribution of individualized wealth and resources.
Neuro-Affirming IEPs: the basics
A conversation led by Sarah Bostaph of The Autisticoach, in partnership with The Properties of Light.
This is a FREE community care offering held on zoom - optional mutual aid contributions for this event will benefit the Autistic People of Color’s Fund (APOC)!
Thursday, November 9th, 12-1PM EST via zoom
Centering Trans Joy:
A Coalition of Care Workers for Youth & Families
A call to action: let us set down our good intentions,
and pick up the work of building trans-centered spaces of empowerment for young people and their families, together.
