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ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES RESOURCE GUIDE

New York City, edition 1, Fall 2012

This list has been compiled collaboratively by members o the OWSArts & Labor Alternative Economies group to increase the visibilityo and access to existing cooperatively-owned resources and alter-native networks available to our community.

Arts & Labor is a working group ounded in conjunction with the

New York General Assembly or #occupywallstreet. We are artistsand interns, writers and educators, art handlers and designers,administrators, curators, assistants, and students. We are all artworkers and members o the 99%.

Arts & Labor is dedicated to exposing and rectiying economic in-

equalities and exploitative working conditions in our elds throughdirect action and educational initiatives. By orging coalitions,ghting or air labor practices, and reimagining the structures andinstitutions that rame our work, Arts & Labor aims to achieve par-ity or every member o the 99%.

The Alternative Economies subgroup o OWS Arts & Labor exploresnew methods or sustaining the livelihood o artists, art workers,and other low-income populations. We view the concept o laborthrough the lenses o time, choice, and value, and we research theways in which ideas such as the commons, solidarity economies,precarious worker centers, and participatory budgeting can nurturemore sustainable art worlds. Believing that vibrant creative com-

munities come rom the bottom up, we encourage relationshipsbased on mutual aid rather than competition, and we advocate orcultural institutions rooted in a ramework o social, economic, andenvironmental justice.

This is a living document and by no means an authoritative list or an ofcial

endorsement o any organization below. We welcome your eedback and

contributions.To get involved, fnd us at http://artsandlabor.org


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Childcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Artist Residencies . . . . . . . . . . . .

Artists Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Time Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Workers Cooperatives & Incubators

Business Services . . . . . . . . . . . .

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alternative Media . . . . . . . . . . . .

Open Membership Collectives . . .Cleaning Cooperatives . . . . . . . . .

Money & Finance . . . . . . . . . . . .

Workers Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Legal Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mediation/Safe Spaces . . . . . . . .

Prisoner Support . . . . . . . . . . . .

Immigrant Rights . . . . . . . . . . . .

Youth/Teen & At-Risk Art Programs

Community Social Services . . . . .

Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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HOuSiNg

ArtHome (artist home ownership consulting)

http://www.arthome.orgCommon Groundhttp://www.commonground.org (shared housing or artists)

Community Land Trusts and Cooperative Housinghttp://thirdway.movementcatalyst.org

El Barrio Artspace (coming in 203)

http://www.artspace.org/properties/nycGanas Communityhttp://www.ganas.org/ (intentional community in staten island)

LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity)http://www.lincnet.net

Manhattan Plaza (for performing artists only)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Plaza

NYC housing lottery and affordable housing hotlinehttp://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/apartment/lotteries.shtml

O4O Organizing for Occupation (Housing Justice)http://www.o4onyc.org

Pratt Area Community Councilhttp://pacc.publishpath.com/

Red Hook Coop Housinghttp://destinationredhook.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/red-hook-homes-opens-doors/

Squattinghttp://www.wikihow.com/Squat-in-Abandoned-Property

Treehaus Coophttp://treehausbrooklyn.org/

HEALTH CArE

Artist Health Insurance Resource Centerhttp://www.ahirc.org

ArtistAccess (Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn; barter or health care)http://bit.ly/HEyK3H


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Bae Acupuncture Community Acupuncture Clinic(sliding scale)

http://www.baeacupuncture.comBrooklyn Acupuncture Project (sliding scale)http://www.brooklynacupunctureproject.com

Brooklyn Open Acupuncturehttp://brooklynopenacupuncture.com

Brooklyn Free Clinic

http://www.brooklynreeclinic.orgCallen Lorde(sliding scale)http://www.callen-lorde.org

Lincoln Center Art Exchange (Bronx; art or health care)http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/lincoln/html/LAX/artexchange.shtml

Musicians Health Support

http://www.musicnomad.com/Support_Your_Music/Musicians_Health_Support

No-Insurance Guide to Brooklyn Health Carehttp://brokelyn.com/no-insurance-guide-to-brooklyn-healthcare/

NYC Dental Clinicshttp://www.nyc.gov/html/hia/html/resources/services_dental.shtml

NYC Free Clinichttp://nycreeclinic.med.nyu.edu/

Rockdove Collective (sliding-scale alternative medicine)http://www.rockdovecollective.org/

Third Root Community Health Center (sliding-scalealternative medicine) http://thirdroot.org/

William H. Ryan Community Health Centers (sliding scale)http://www.ryancenter.org

MENTAL HEALTH rESOurCES

Center for Edu. and Psychological Services at Columbiahttp://www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/ceps (sliding scale)

Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapyhttp://www.icpnyc.org (sliding scale)


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Lutheran Counseling Center of New Yorkhttp://www.lccny.org

Interventionist/Therapist Directoryhttp://4therapy.com (search unction that allows you to select thetherapists minimum ee range, as well as specialties, location, and othercriteria.)

FOOd

4th Street Food Coophttp://www.4thstreetoodcoop.org/twiki/

Community-Supported Kitchen (CSK)http://csknyc.blogspot.com/

Food Not Bombshttp://www.oodnotbombs.net/

Freegan (sustainable living)http://reegan.ino

Grow NYChttp://www.grownyc.org

Just Food (promotes accesible, healthy ood)http://www.justood.org/

The Kitchen Table (community kitchen and parenting collective):http://thekitchentablenyc.wordpress.com/

Next Door Organics CSAhttp://www.nextdoorganics.com

Seed Library (heirloom and non-gmo seeds)http://www.seedlibrary.org/

Seeding the City (green roo project)http://seedingthecity.org/

Park Slope Food Co-ophttp://oodcoop.com/

Greenehill Co-ophttp://greenehillood.coop/

Bushwick Food Co-ophttp://bushwickoodcoop.wordpress.com


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Flatbush Food Co-ophttp://www.fatbushoodcoop.com/

Grubhttp://www.inourheartsnyc.org/grub-community-dinners/

Workers Dinerhttp://www.workersdevelopment.com/workersdiner/

Our Zoko (online tool or organizing ood-sharing groups)http://ourzoko.com

How to start a food coop of bulk buying clubhttp://www.cgin.coop/start-a-ood-coop

Find a CSA:http://www.justood.org/csa/

gArdENS

596 Acres (community land resource advocate)http://596acres.org

Green Guerillashttp://www.greenguerillas.org/

Green Thumb NYChttp://www.greenthumbnyc.org/

NYC Community Gardens Coaltionhttp://nyccgc.org

OasisNYC, Garden Resource Listoasisnyc.net/garden/gardensearch.aspx

CHiLdCArE

Babysitter Exchangehttp://www.babysitterexchange.com/

A Better Balancehttp://www.abetterbalance.org/

Beyond Carehttp://www.beyondcare.coop/

Regeneracinhttp://www.childcarenyc.org/


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How to start a childcare cooperativehttp://www.rugal-mama.com/2010/01/new-yorkers-embrace-

babysitting-co-ops-should-you/

CONSTruCTiON, MATEriALS, STuFF

Every Thing Goes (Staten Island)http://www.etgstores.com/urniture/

Build It Greenhttp://bignyc.org/

Freecyclehttp://www.reecycle.org/

Materials for the Artshttp://www.mta.org/

The Really, Really Free Market

http://www.reallyreallyree.org/FAB NYC Load Out (ree, once a year)http://abnyc.org/loadout.php

Ourgoods (barter or goods and services)https://ourgoods.org

NYC Stuff Exchange

http://www.nyc.gov/html/stuex/html/home/home.shtmlReUseIt Networkhttp://www.reuseitnetwork.org/us.htm#NY

NYC Waste Match (ree, commercial materials exchange service)http://www.wastematch.org

Recyclers exchange

http://www.recycle.net/exchange/

ArTiST rESidENCy LiSTiNgS

There are many resources or residencies that already exist. Rather than

replicate those lists, here are some sites that aggregate inormation.

Residency Unlimited

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ResArtishttp://www.resartis.org/

Alliance of Artist Communitieshttp://www.artistcommunities.org

Miras listhttp://www.miraslist.com/

Stephanie Diamonds Listhttp://www.stephaniediamond.com/listings.html

Arts in Bushwick Listinghttp://artsinbushwick.org/bos2012/seeking

ArTiST SErviCE OrgANizATiONS

Actors Fundhttp://www.actorsund.org/

Artist Help Networkhttp://www.artisthelpnetwork.com

Traveling Musicians Unionhttp://local1000.com/

New York Foundation for the Arts

http://www.nya.org

OurGoodshttp://ourgoods.org/

The Fieldhttp://www.theeld.org/

Freelancers Unionhttp://www.reelancersunion.org/

Fractured Atlashttp://www.racturedatlas.org/

TiMEBANkS

Timebanks NYChttp://www.nyc.gov/html/timebanks/html/home/home.shtml

e-flux timebankhttp://e-fux.com/timebank/


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Anhoek School

http://www.anhoekschool.org/Brooklyn Braineryhttp://brooklynbrainery.com/

Brooklyn Institute for Social Researchhttp://thebrooklyninstitute.com/

Brooklyn Skillshare

http://brooklynskillshare.org/Platform for Pedagogyhttp://platormed.org/

The Public Schoolhttp://all.thepublicschool.org/

Trade School

http://tradeschool.coop

WOrkEr COOpErATivE iNCuBATOrS ArOuNd THE uS

General information about coopshttp://www.go.coop/

New York City Network of Worker Coops

http://www.nycworker.coop/Bronx Green Worker Cooperativeshttp://www.greenworker.coop/

Cultivate Coop (an online hub or sharing knowledge andresources on cooperatives)http://cultivate.coop/wiki/Main_Page

National Cooperative Business Associationhttp://www.ncba.coop/

Democracy at Work Network (peer advocacy assistanceor people working in worker coops; also has an apprenticeship program)http://dawn.coop/

How-To Video: Create a worker coop with a time bank

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Workers Developmenthttp://www.workersdevelopment.com/

BuSiNESS SErviCES- (NoN-profit)

Government Resources for Nonprofit Organizations:http://www.idealist.org/i/idealist/en/Home/deault

BuSiNESS SErviCES - (for profit)

NY City Department of Small Business Services:http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml

NY Incorporation Informationhttp://www.dos.state.ny.us/

NYS Small Business Development Centerhttp://www.nyssbdc.org/

NYC Small Business Resource Center:http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/sibl/smallbiz/sbrc/Pages/index.cm

priNTiNg/puBLiCATiONS/viSuAL prOMOTiON

Just Seeds Artist Co-Operativehttp://justseeds.org

Occucopy Co-Operativehttp://occucopy.org

Occuprinthttp://occuprint.org/

ALTErNATivE MEdiA OrgANizATiONS

Indymediahttp://www.indymedia.org

The Indypendent | A Free Paper for Free Peoplehttp://www.indypendent.org

Paper Tiger Television Video Collectivehttp://papertiger.org

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting FAIRhttp://www.air.org


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Downtown Community Television DCTVhttp://www.dctvny.org

Peoples Production Househttp://www.peoplesproductionhouse.org

Deep Dish TVhttp://www.deepdishtv.org

Manhattan Neighborhood Network MNNhttp://www.mnn.org

Brooklyn Cable Access Television BCAThttp://www.bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bcat-tv-network

Bronxnethttp://www.motherjones.com

Colorlineshttp://colorlines.com

Democracy Nowhttp://www.democracynow.org

The Nationhttp://www.thenation.com

North American Congress on Latin America /NACLA

http://www.nacla.org

Mayfirst/People linkhttps://mayrst.org

WBAI Radio- NYChttp://www.wbai.org

The New Presshttp://thenewpress.com

The Independenthttp://www.aiv.org

Left Turnhttp://www.letturn.org

Mother Joneshttp://www.motherjones.com


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Arts Enginehttp://www.artsengine.net

Rooftop Filmshttp://www.rootoplms.com

OpEN MEMBErSHip COLLECTivES

PaperTigerhttp://papertiger.org

OWS Arts & Laborhttp://artsandlabor.org

OWS Puppetry Guildhttp://artsandculture.nycga.net/network/guilds/puppetry/

Rude Mechanical Orchestra (email about joining)

http://rudemechanicalorchestra.org/WABC No Rio (print collective,

zine collective, punk collective, arts collective, photo collective, books throughbars, ood not bombs, InterActivist network)http://www.abcnorio.org/

Making Worlds (collective on the Commons)http://makingworlds.wikispaces.com/

COOpErATivE HOME/OFFiCE CLEANiNg SErviCES

Apple Eco-Friendly Cleaning (worker cooperative)http://green-coop.com/

Si se puedehttp://www.wecandoit.coop/

MONEy ANd FiNANCiAL SErviCES

Move Your Money projecthttp://moveyourmoneyproject.org/

Find a credit unionhttp://www.ncua.gov/DataApps/ResearchCU/Pages/deault.aspx

SUSU (rotating savings club)http://shannakee.hubpages.com/hub/Do-you-SuSu

NYFA (nancial services)http://www.nya.org/level2.asp?id=51&d=1


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Fractured Atlas (scal sponsorship and nancial services)http://www.racturedatlas.org/

Sunday Soups (Meals that und artists projects)http://sundaysoup.org/

WOrkErS rigHTS AdvOCATES

W.A.G.E Working Artists for the Greater Economyhttp://www.wageorwork.com/

Community Voices Heardhttp://www.cvhaction.org/

Make the Road New Yorkhttp://www.maketheroad.org/

Day Workers United/Jornaleros Unidoshttp://jornalerosunidos.wordpress.com

Workers Justice Projecthttp://www.workersjustice.org

LEgAL AdvOCACy

(Also see Social Services & Immigrant Rights below)

Cardoza Art Law Society

http://cardozoartlawsociety.blogspot.com/Legal Aid Societyhttp://www.legal-aid.org

National Lawyers Guildhttp://www.nlg.org/

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (pro bono consultation)

http://www.vlany.orgNolo (nd orms, nd lawyers)http://www.nolo.com/

Sylvia Rivera Law Projecthttp://srlp.org/

Restorative Justice Initiatives NYS

http://www.nyscommunityjusticeorum.org/Initiatives/CJHome.htm


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MEdiATiON/SAFE SpACE

Safe Space

http://www.saespacenyc.orgMediate NYC / Community Mediation Serviceshttp://mediatenyc.org/

priSONEr SuppOrT

Books Through Bars

http://booksthroughbars.org/programs/book-distribution/Prison Activist Resource Centerhttp://www.prisonactivist.org

Prisoner Support Networkhttp://www.prisonersupportnetwork.blogspot.com

The Womens Prison Book Project

http://www.wpbp.org/who-we-arePENSs prison writing programhttp://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/152

Art-related prison programs/resourceshttp://theprisonartscoalition.com/

Between The Bars platorm or prisonerrs stories &t ssnd comments

http://betweenthebars.org/about/

iMMigrANT rigHTS

Emerald Isle Immigration Centerhttp://www.eiic.org

Make the Road

http://www.maketheroad.org/New Immigrant Community Empowermenthttp://www.nynice.org

NMASS (National Mobilization Against SweatShops)http://www.nmass.org/nmass/index.html


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ArT prOgrAMS FOr yOuTH/TEEN/AT-riSk

NYC Justice Corps for Young Adults (Harlem/Bronx; re-

parative service and community jobs training. Internships are paid):http://nycjusticecorps.org/get-involved/enroll-as-a-corps-member

Manhattan Art Program/M.A.P.(partnering with at-risk andunder-served communities)http://www.mapworld.org/history.htm

Free Arts NYC (or low income, homeless, abused and neglected children)

http://www.reeartsnyc.org/programs/our_programs.aspNYC Programs (Elementary and high-school aged-youth: (PDF)http://www.downtownart.org/documents/ResourceGuide_2011.pdCOMMuNiTy SOCiAL SErviCES

Latin Women in Actionhttp://www.mujereslatinasenaccion.com

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Centerhttp://www.gaycenter.org/

Voces Latinashttp://www.voceslatinas.org

Restorative Justice

http://www.restorativejustice.org/

TrANSpOrTATiON

Recycle a Bicyclehttp://www.recycleabicycle.org/

Right Rides (provides ree, late night rides to Women and LGBT

community)http://rightrides.org/

Times Up!http://times-up.org

Transportation Alternativeshttp://www.transalt.org

Craigslist Rideshare http://newyork.craigslist.org/rid/


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AddiTiONAL rESOurCES

SolidarityNYC (readings and resources on NYCs solidarity economy)

http://solidaritynyc.org/urther-readingArt and Work A National Conversation about Art and Labor(writings on labor by artists and art workers):http://www.artandwork.us/

The Think Tank That Has Yet To Be Named(readings on urbanism, art, and politics)

http://thinktank.boxwith.com/OWS Arts & Laborhttp://artsandlabor.org

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