This page is for the education and direction of budding white allies. It contains donation links to sociopolitical causes including mutual aid, bail, and memorial funds for Black victims of police violence, as well as a variety of action items. It also features an extensive but by NO MEANS EXHAUSTIVE catalog of anti-racist literature, compiled by myself and others. It is my hope that this page will give allies that seek further engagement a jumping-off point. In using these resources, interrogate your privilege, do the work to educate yourself, and stop at nothing to uplift, protect, and amplify black voices, especially those operating at intersections of marginality; female, indigenous, LGBTQIA+, non-Judeo-Christian, disabled, low-income, unemployed, neuro-atypical, and non-degree holding BLACK LIVES MATTER. Your activism cannot stop at a repost. Don't let it.
Note: This is an amalgamation of resources made possible solely by the grace of vocal content creators, activists, and the brilliant academics I'm lucky enough to call my professors. I cannot take credit for finding all of these resources, and while there are far too many names to list here, they all deserve our collective thanks. May we be blessed by their guidance.
DIRECT Donation Links
Support Victims' Families!
George Floyd Memorial Fund (family operated)
Justice for Kenneth Walker (Breonna Taylor's boyfriend's former legal defense fund, now memorial-oriented)
I Run With Maud (Ahmaud Arbery memorial fund)
Support Protestors & Black Lives (Minneapolis, Louisville, and nationwide)!
National Bail Fund Network Directory (FIND AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS)
MASSIVE GOOGLE SHEET OF ORGS (FIND YOUR CITY, ANONYMOUSLY COMPILED)
Free Black Mamas (National bail fund for Black women and mothers!)
Black Visions Collective (Organizing and activist support in Minneapolis!)
Reclaim the Block (Organizing for police divestment in Minneapolis!)
North Star Health Collective (Healthcare professionals on the ground assisting protestors!)
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) (Offering mental health resources, educational materials/ training, and free, live therapy and mental healthcare to underserved Black communities and people!)
The Audre Lord Project (Black-owned pro-LGBTQIA+ leadership and awareness group focused on community organizing!)
Black Women's Blueprint (Anti-domestic and sexual violence advocacy group supporting the Black LGBTQIA+ community!)
Los Angeles People's City Council Freedom Fund (LA bail and legal defense fund!)
The Liberty Fund (NYC bail and legal defense fund!)
Atlanta Solidarity Fund (ATL bail and legal defense fund!)
Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
Restoring Justice (Houston bail and legal defense fund!)
Louisville Bail Fund
The Bail Project
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Fund
National Bail Fund Network Emergency Response Fund
Support Criminal Justice Reform Groups!
The Marshall Project (Independent, criminal justice-focused journalism!)
Unicorn Riot (Independent, worker-managed non-profit media outlet covering protests and radical causes!)
The Innocence Project
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (Civil rights-focused multi-NGO lobbying and litigation firm!)
The Equal Justice Initiative (Research and community education-oriented criminal justice think tank and litigation firm!)
Campaign Zero (Police brutality and mass-incarceration think tank!)
REMOTE Action Items
Texts and Calls!
Text BREONNA to 551-56
Text FLOYD to 551-56
Text DEMANDS to 551-56
Call Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey at
(612) 673-2100
AND
Call Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman at
(612) 348-5550
AND
E-mail
[email protected]
to demand the rightful conviction of all four officers responsible for lynching George Floyd (script linked HERE)
ACLU Minnesota phonebank initiatives and scripts linked HERE
DSA Los Angeles action items linked HERE
Petitions!
"Justice for Big Floyd" (Demanding the arrest and conviction of the four officers who killed George Floyd. Website offers remote phone banking functionality)
Justice for George Floyd (Same as above.)
"Stand With Bre" (Demanding the dismissal and arrest of all officers involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor, the appointment of a special prosecutor, and an end to "no-knock raids" by the Louisville Metro Police Department. Website offers remote phone banking functionality)
Justice for Breonna Taylor (Same as above, as well as demanding reparations to Breonna's family for LMPD's brash misconduct.)
"Run With Maud" (Justice for Ahmaud Arbery is far from realized despite charges being filed. Read this, this, and this to learn about conflicts of interest and unresolved questions of police conduct in the investigation.)
NYC Black Mutual Aid Fund - "Our New York City Demands"
(Link leads to a statement of demands with an attached petition linked at the top of the page.)
Other Actions!
Click HERE to send a pre-written e-mail to Minneapolis PD in just a few clicks! (Requires Mail app to be installed on your phone, action programmed by @maasaipg)
Click HERE and don't skip any ads on the video! Support anti-racist organizations for no cost beyond your time and most basic attention; further instructions in the video's caption and top comments!! (Video created by Zoe Amira)
Materials (WIP)
Readings!
Linked HERE is an initial pool of various works (some academic, some less so, some not at all) that are recommended to any white ally seeking a historically grounded, ideologically diverse understanding of contemporary black history, philosophy, and political action.
The collection will be updated as the website expands. There's a lot of post-colonial and "radical" theory here, but it must be understood that the events of the past few weeks as well as the broader issues of mass incarceration and police brutality are mere shades of the chameleon-esque entity that is white supremacy. The hypothesis of American freedom is one based entirely in the exclusion and silencing of black lives (read THIS paper I wrote on the question of black freedom in the pre-13th Amendment United States Constitution and SCOTUS verdict Scott v. Sandford for more info); we must come to reckon with this fact and the extent to which it jeopardizes both our social institutions and our actions in the fight for equality.
Articles and Resources
How To Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct
Who Exactly Is Doing the Looting, and Who’s Being Looted?
Anti-Racism Resources for White People (Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein)
Virtual Protest 101 (Resource created by @sa.liine on IG, $saliine if you'd like to support)
A Social Media Toolkit for Organizing and Advocacy to End Mass Criminalization and Incarceration (Toolkit compiled by Community Justice Exchange)
Protestors' Rights (Resource created by the American Civil Liberties Union)
Safety During Protest (Resource created by Amnesty International)