Our Resource Library
Trauma Terms Glossary
We recognize that in many of our resources, videos, and workshops we use many trauma terms that some members may not be familiar with. For this reason, our team has compiled a list of commonly used terms that you may experience as you engage with Flipped Table Collective resources.
Grant Writing 101
This resource will walk you through the basics of preparing to apply for a grant, how to apply for grants, and how to implement and report on them for your organization.
Trauma-Informed Picture-Taking Guidelines
Photographs can be a triggering experience for many people with trauma histories. This resource will share some guidelines for trauma-informed picture-taking and some examples.
“For the Advocate” - Guided Meditation
This spoken word poem holds a space and message for the advocate who is facing burnout.
Art and Social Justice
Art is a powerful social justice tool! This practice is really helpful to 1) connect ourselves to a specific issue we care about or want to learn more about, or 2) serve as a form of advocacy or protest.
Training Portal for Working with the Unsheltered
To help our members improve their knowledge, awareness, and involvement, we have constructed a training portal that covers a wide variety of topics, including; trauma, lived experience, language, system understanding, medical vulnerabilities, addiction, mental health, crisis intervention skills, social issues, de-escalation, media depictions, and connections to other resources.
Understanding the Foster Care System
This resource connects to our training portal that provides helpful information on understanding the systems and the needs that exist inside and around them.
A Guide to Creating a Street Outreach Program
This guide will instruct you how to develop a street outreach for your community.
Roots of Community: Best Practice
The research on this project is sound and many experts agree that projects like this one could radically transform communities in our country. Therefore, we are sharing it in our resource library as an idea that could be explored by other communities of faith and communities of context to address growing numbers of unsheltered individuals and a national lack of affordable housing.
Profit and Punishment Book Discussion Guide
This book discussion guide explore the book Profit and Punishment by Tony Mesenger.
Guide to Starting an Emergency Family Shelter
This resource will cover the basics of how to start an emergency family shelter in your community.
Guide to Starting a Cold Weather Shelter
This guide will take faith communities step-by-step through the process of starting a crisis shelter in their areas.
The Connection Challenge
We believe in the importance of connections and conversations. Therefore, we have created this challenge for faith leaders and community leaders to use to help them think about who they need to be intentional to build relationships within their communities to have a holistic view of the needs, the challenges, the resources, and the gaps that exist in your context of community.
How to Create a Storage Solution
This guide will share the need for innovative storage solutions for individuals without stable shelter, give examples of best practices, and provide a model that is easy to replicate for faith communities.
101 Ways that Sacred Space Can Be Stewarded
This list provides 101 ways that sacred spaces can be used to benefit the community as a whole.