What’s Next: Tools and Resources to Make an Impact
Posting is a first step, but make the change to be the change
June 2, 2020
I understand that I will never understand completely, but I stand with you. Here is a list of resources that I will continue to use and hope you can use to better educate yourself. This list will keep expanding. If you know additional resources that are not mentioned in this article, please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Most importantly, if you are able to, register to vote. Voting at all levels, not just in the presidential race, is essential to continue progressing forward in the movement and making our country equal for everyone.
Petitions:
*It is not recommended to donate to the change.org, the donations go towards themselves, not the cause*
- http://lil.ms/4rdr/6qncrl
- http://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/#petition
- http://www.runwithmaud.com/#petition
- http://www.standwithbre.com/#petition
- http://bit.ly//FundCommunity
- https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-district-attorney-raise-the-degree?recruiter=1098599238&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=960efe90-a206-11ea-8907-8fc7af712ec3
- https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd?recruiter=895898514&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=6a4669c0-a74d-11e8-a554-dd9015f4e479
- https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd-2?recruiter=946041940&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=c0927e60-51b4-11e9-84c7-2bbc9913ddf5
- https://www.thepetitionsite.com/248/031/510/justice-for-george-floyd-another-black-man-needlessly-murdered-by-police/?taf_id=65858665&cid=fb_na
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/george-floyd-police-violence-usa/
- https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforfloyd_george_floyd_minneapolis/?source=dm_sms_optin_5-26-20
- https://www.change.org/p/change-org-the-minneapolis-police-officers-to-be-charged-for-murder-after-killing-innocent-black-man?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_22409600_en-US%3Av3&recruiter=1094364768&recruited_by_id=79651240-a056-11ea-bc84-37125e1797ed&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi
- https://www.change.org/p/change-org-the-minneapolis-police-officers-to-be-charged-for-murder-after-killing-innocent-black-man
- https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/justiceforbre-police-officers-who-killed-breonna-taylor-must-be-fired?bucket=&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign=&utm_source=twitter&share=e57b02c1-bd0f-497f-8365-f51d6114576f
- https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforbre-breonna-taylor-officers-fired?source=coc_main_website
- https://action.justiceforbreonna.org/sign/BreonnaWasEssential/
- https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
- https://www.change.org/p/federal-bureau-of-investigation-disbarment-of-george-e-barnhill
- https://www.change.org/p/human-rights-campaign-justice-for-ahmuad-arbery
- https://www.change.org/p/district-attorney-tom-durden-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery-i-run-with-maud
- https://www.change.org/p/governor-brian-kemp-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery
- https://www.change.org/p/department-of-justice-mandatory-life-sentence-for-police-brutality
- https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Email/Text:
- City of Minneapolis PD: [email protected]
- Office of Police Conduct Review: [email protected]
- Minneapolis 311: [email protected]
- Minneapolis District Attorney Mike Freeman: [email protected]
- Text “JUSTICE” to 668366
- Text “FLOYD” to 55156
- Text “ENOUGH” to 55156
- Visit this website for Email and Contact Templates: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#text
Call:
- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: 612-201-3400
- Minneapolis PD: 612-673-3000
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: 612-673-2100
- MPD of Int’l Affairs: 612-673-3074
- Mike Freeman: 612-348-3550
- Minneapolis Dept of Civil Rights: 612-348-3550
- Police Chief Arendondo: 612-673-3550
- Sheriff Dave Hutch: 612-348-3744
- Websites to walk you through what to say: www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/make-calls, www.runwithmaud.com/call, www.standwithbre.com/call
Places to Donate:
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=15780&_ga=2.116487108.39799126.1591134520-2135490206.1591134520
- The American Civil Liberties Union: https://action.aclu.org/give/now?ms_aff=NAT&initms_aff=NAT&ms=web_horiz_nav_hp&initms=web_horiz_nav_hp&ms_chan=web&initms_chan=web&redirect=node/65102
- Fair Fight: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight-1
- Know Your Rights Camp: https://secure.eifoundation.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6082&mfc_pref=T&6082.donation=form1&s_src=kyrcmain&utm_source=kyrcmain
- George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
- Ahmaud Arbery Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
- Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
- Black Visions Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
- Reclaim the Block: https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home
- Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/solutions#solutionsoverview
- Communities United Against Police Brutality: https://www.cuapb.org/
- Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
Donate With No Money:
- Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM&feature=youtu.be
*Watch the full length ads of the Youtube videos to collect revenue from the video that will be donated to associations that offer protester bail funds, help fund family funerals, and promote advocacy*
Further Educate Yourself:
READ:
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Woman, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo- Lodge
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_9XKuxSqlglGA79RHJIQ8YTbvuu7RwsJCA-Dx6H33MM/mobilebasic
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S5uckFHCA_XZkxG0Zg5U4GQGbY_RklZARwu43fqJH0E/mobilebasic
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/11DKdCd4AUmwcG6igDLz9rlYJcdrJzGP6cmy3s7gNgDQ/mobilebasic
- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bSlBi5slDbXB2enJ0RzN6c3M/view
- https://medium.com/@cemwrites/where-do-i-donate-why-is-the-uprising-violent-should-i-go-protest-5cefeac37ef9
LISTEN:
Podcasts-
- 1619- NY Times
- About Race
- Seeing White
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Code Switch
- The Diversity Gap
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Pod for the Cause
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
WATCH:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV3nnFheQRo&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BY9UEewHw&feature=youtu.be
- Black Power Mixtape
- Clemency
- Fruitvale Station
- I Am Not Your Negro
- Just Mercy
- Selma
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- Green Book
- Hidden Figures
On Netflix-
- Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story
- When They See Us
- 13th
- American Son
- See You yesterday
- Dear White People
Hulu-
- The Hate U Give
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Little Fires Everywhere
Organizations to Follow
- @blklivesmatter
- @colorofchange
- @naacp
- @showingupforracialjustice
- @civilrightsorg
- @reclaimtheblock
- @ethelsclub
- @unitedwedream
- @grassrootslaw
- @theconsciouskid
- @fams2gether
- @mpowerchange
- @eji_org
- @sistersong_woc