Helpful Resources for the Widowed Woman

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  • Complicated Grief Websites, Articles, Webinars, Handouts & COVID-19 Resources

  • Top Mental Health Apps: An Effective Alternative for When You Can’t Afford Therapy

  • Complicated Grief: Dr. Katherine Shear discusses grief with WNYC host Brian Lehrer and listeners call in to pay tribute to their loved ones who have died during the pandemic.

  • USA Emergency: 911

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

  • National Hopeline Network: 1-800-SUICIDE ()

  • Crisis Text Line: Text "DESERVE" TO 741-741

  • Lifeline Crisis Chat (Online live messaging):

  • Self-Harm Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-)

  • Essential local and community services: 211,

  • Planned Parenthood Hotline: 1-800-230-PLAN (7526) 

  • American Association of Poison Control Centers: 1-

  • National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line: 1-

  • National Crisis Line - Anorexia and Bulimia: 1-

  • GLBT Hotline: 1-

  • TREVOR Crisis Hotline: 1-

  • AIDS Crisis Line: 1-

  • Veterans Crisis Line:

  • TransLifeline: -

  • Suicide Prevention Wiki:

  • Magazine: Today's Widowed Woman of Color Magazine

  • Book: Widowed, But Not Wounded: The Hustle & Flow of 13 Resilient Black Widowed Women, By Sabra Robinson

  • Book: African American Grief, By Dr. Beverly Wallace

  • Book: Widowed. Rants, Raves and Randoms, By John Polo

  • (Closed Support Group)

  • Online: Black Women Widows Empowered Christian Inspiration Closed Support Group

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  • (Private Group)

  • Online: Charlotte Black Women Widows Moving Forward (since 2015) Meetup Group

  • Online (Nigeria): (Faith Audu)

  • Face to Face: GriefShare Grief Recovery Support Groups 

  • SacredShare.org*

  • Handle Your Business Empowerment Zone

  • Dr. Sarah Williams, (Owner, Covenant Wellness)

  • Winning Over Warfare (W.O.W) Grief Support Resources

  • COVID-19: Zoom call with COVID-19 Black Women Widows & Others

  • COVID-19: US blacks 3 times more likely than whites to get COVID-19

  • COVID-19: Health Equity Considerations and Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

  • COVID-19: COVID-19 Hospitalization and Death by Race/Ethnicity

  • COVID-19: 'This is how black people get killed.' Doctor's COVID-19 death becomes new symbol of racism

  • COVID-19: Grieving Those Lost From The Pandemic: Dr. Katherine Shear discusses how saying goodbye is even more complicated than usual with WPR and listeners call in to share about their loved ones who have died during the pandemic.

  • COVID-19:  A conversation with Dr. Katherine Shear hosted by Columbia School of Social Work

  • COVID-19: : A forum with Drs. Christy Denckla and Katherine Shear hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health

  • : A conversation with Dr. Katherine Shear hosted by ADEC

  • COVID-19: US blacks 3 times more likely than whites to get COVID-19

  • The Church: A Widow’s Perspective On Grief In The Black Church, By Sabra Robinson