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Black Lives Matter: Resources and Tools You Can Use To Take Action...



It's been a challenging week for most of us, especially for the Black community. I cried so many times out of frustration, anger, and hurt. It's time that we put these emotions into action. I am longing for the true liberation of Black lives. I am tired.


A friend of mine/amazing Ph.D. scholar, put together a list of resources for non-Black and Black people in response to what has been going on. If you are not a protester, that's okay. There are other ways that you can take action. We need you!


Donate:

Bail Funds/Legal Help by City

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/preview?pru=AAABcopMPQU*K_puEnU-cBUGKdR1iGi4tA


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fb2cioBcCO47L_oGPsjdGVWDAc3RTHU2tIpDtekWKs0/preview?fbclid=IwAR1r-6OhpVpa1X4KAcK1aPZI9hJGozOeioH_IElEGum2ZLcuzcvtZ0VL4m4&pru=AAABcora1Go*6IqI4FnprGFySTyC_hMC3w


Go Fund Me Pages (re: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery)

https://gmogallery.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor



Other ways to donate

https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/donate


https://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/98548


Talking/Thinking Points:


https://soletstalkabout.com/2020/05/28/how-to-respond-to-riots-never-solve-anything/?fbclid=IwAR1chmTwS05jQvF8-Mf8XFIKPil6YJxs1hWSXQtZnCPM4ku-aNPXMgKTkh8


https://www.facebook.com/ericka.l.hart/posts/10105130435842347


https://medium.com/@shenequagolding/maintaining-professionalism-in-the-age-of-black-death-is-a-lot-5eaec5e17585


https://newrepublic.com/article/157875/pandemic-right-time-defund-police


https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/05/minneapolis-restaurant-owner-let-my-building-burn.html


Action:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/global-actions/


https://www.teenvogue.com/story/support-the-black-lives-matter-movement


https://secure.everyaction.com/eR7GA7oz70GL8doBq19LrA2


https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/docs/beyondthestreets_final?fbclid=IwAR3iuArtpXvaZEhqkaeHye8YtQ_9adzAkoZk1TLWDYw6Qpyje1BUiYL8KNA


https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e


Resources for racial trauma

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyjnyFpBfa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link


White Allies

https://sojo.net/articles/our-white-friends-desiring-be-allies?fbclid=IwAR1GQWGi9Bslfoh0_-keU_TsloU4_V552g5qJuXaVofHbrt2Fj0N62pPE5A


Books you can read for continued learning:

1. So you want to talk about race? by Ijeoma Oluo

2. White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

3. Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? by Beverly Tatum

4. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

5. The Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy

6. A Black Woman’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross

7. We Should all be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi

8. Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

9. How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America by Manning Marable

10. Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad


Let's keep on fighting for the liberation of Black lives. Love you all.

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