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.