Restaurant workers are usually the last people to ask for help because they're too busy serving others. On today's Communal Table podcast, as COVID-19 spreads across the country, Food & Wine senior editor Kat Kinsman shares resources and coping strategies for chefs, servers, bartenders, and other hospitality people who are fighting for their lives and the industry they love and rely on.

Matt Jennings: It's Time to Demand Government Action to Save the Restaurant Industry

https://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro/restaurant-industry-demand-government-action-coronavirus

Now What: Business Ops Guide for Restaurants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK76Z2Ufsqg&feature=youtu.be

The F&W Pro Guide to Coronavirus: What Restaurants Should Know

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/coronavirus-restaurant-guide-fwpro

Industry United

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Industryunited/

Gig Workers Collective: Resources state-by-state

https://www.gigworkerscollective.org/covid-19-resources

Unemployment Benefits and Sites by State

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13jmBYxMx098TWPcbdMG5ll9GFGsN3DF-BLpJ7zeF_6Q/edit?usp=sharing

Unemployment Office Locations

https://credit.org/unemployment-office-locations/

Tenant Protection During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

https://blog.augrented.com/renting-during-the-novel-coronavirus-outbreak/

Feeding America Find Your Local Food Bank

https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

Bar Methods—The Plan

https://www.barmethods.com/the-plan

National Relief Funds

One Fair Wage: Emergency fund for coronavirus affected tipped workers and service workers

https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

RWCF COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund

https://secure.restaurantworkerscf.org/np/clients/restaurantworkerscf/donation.jsp

United Way Community Response and Recovery Fund

https://www.unitedway.org/recovery/covid19

Bartender Emergency Assistance Fund

https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap

Children of Restaurant Employees

https://coregives.org/

Another Round Another Rally

https://anotherroundanotherrally.org/

Mental Health and Recovery Resources

Ben's Friends

https://www.bensfriendshope.com/

Chefs With Issues

https://www.facebook.com/groups/chefswithissues/

In The Rooms

https://www.intherooms.com/home/

Crisis Text Line: Text #741741 any time for quick and free crisis counseling.

https://www.crisistextline.org/

Headspace Meditation App

https://www.headspace.com/covid-19

Calm Meditation App

https://www.calm.com/

Insight Timer App

https://insighttimer.com/

How to Find and Contact Your Government Officials

https://www.usa.gov/

USA.gov has a tool to look up your officials by zip code.

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Resistbot is a free text, Facebook messenger, iMessage, Twitter, and Telegram service that helps you locate and contact your elected officials.

https://resist.bot/

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