I don’t have it in me today to talk about anything besides the sanctity of Black lives and to stand in solidarity, always, with everyone resisting police brutality around the world.
I want to share a few links here and invite you to add to them in comments, pool ways in which we can all pull together to support our Black friends, family, peers, colleagues, whether or not we can physically attend a protest.
And, finally, this is FIYAH magazine, a fantastic, ground-breaking publication run by Black writers and artists in order to showcase Black writers and artists. (If you’re already subscribed, do consider their amazing merch).
Paper magazine collected a huge list of resources to donate to for black trans people. It covers therapy, bail, direct help, legal representation, covid-19 relief and a lot more
I don’t have any links to share, but as homelessness is something I’ve personally experienced, if anyone knows any groups supporting black homeless people (or charities working with people experiencing homelessness in predominantly black neighbourhoods) I’d be grateful.
Funds that allocate donations to multiple charities (like the one listed in OP) are really, really good because they can keep an eye on which non-profits have room for funding.
I've been pulling together a list of Black authors in SFF, trad pubb'd and indie, as well as other Black authors that have books that fit within the PopSugar reading challenge criteria. I've been calling racist people out on their BS and trying to educate people about why "I don't care about the color of the author/I've never paid attention to the color of the author I just want good stories" is problematic at best and racist at worst. I'm subbing to FIYAH as soon as my next paycheck comes in. I'm amplifying as much as I can find on Twitter and FB and I am participating in two Allyship/anti-racist learning challenges. I've bought two different audiobooks about racism and am starting those, with many more on my TBR. I am challenging myself to get through at least one a month for the rest of the year. I donated to the bail fund you linked above and am actively pointing people to others when I can, since I am now broke.
Thank you all for these amazing resources. I'll add We Need Diverse Books, and note you can volunteer with them as well as donate: https://diversebooks.org/
The NCAAP LDF is mentioned on the BLM card in Amal's post above, but it's kinda buried. Here's the direct link: https://www.naacpldf.org/
If you've taken videos of police brutality, the ACLU has an app called Mobile Justice that allows you to immediately upload them to their servers. That way, if the police, domestic terror agitators, the national guard, or, goddess forbid, members of the full-on military, illegally deployed against US citizens, see you filming and confiscate or damage your phone, the evidence is still available. https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct
Thank you so much, Amal. A small linkspam from me for folks at work, businesses, and activism:
https://twitter.com/ErinLThomasPhD/status/1266710736463675395
https://www.patreon.com/posts/37737054
https://medium.com/awaken-blog/managing-teams-in-times-of-political-trauma-what-to-do-what-to-say-to-boost-psychological-safety-b5782969d6fa
https://www.thereadyset.co/blog/addressing-world-events-at-work
https://hbr.org/2020/06/u-s-businesses-must-take-meaningful-action-against-racism
Black Lives Matter.
Paper magazine collected a huge list of resources to donate to for black trans people. It covers therapy, bail, direct help, legal representation, covid-19 relief and a lot more
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.papermag.com/amp/how-to-support-black-trans-people-now-2646148396
A short list of places to support for anyone reading this local to the Chicago area (or not!):
My Block My Hood My City: https://www.formyblock.org/checkout/donate
Black Youth Project: https://www.byp100.org/
Brave Space Alliance: https://www.bravespacealliance.org/
A list of Chicago's Black-Owned Restaurants: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1seZP01-VoNGnVlqM9ooWJpd6SeI1sQmtRyJMSzcuJL8/edit?fbclid=IwAR1dBa4XO3-3ujOg-fdctiL1X-zybJeTuXPHZzlVYgZLBquH_uceLCU6NIs#gid=0
I don’t have any links to share, but as homelessness is something I’ve personally experienced, if anyone knows any groups supporting black homeless people (or charities working with people experiencing homelessness in predominantly black neighbourhoods) I’d be grateful.
<3 <3 Black Lives Matter <3 <3
I'd like to also boost the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, which has put together a preliminary reading list that includes works for children at https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/06/03/schomburg-center-black-liberation-reading-list and to which you can donate at https://secure.nypl.org/site/Donation2?7828.donation=form1&df_id=7828&mfc_pref=T&s_src=SCQXXZZ_QWLP .
Canadian card! https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co/
The director of Criminal Justice giving at Open Philantropy outlines the most effective ways to help: https://twitter.com/chloecockburn/status/1267894967428661248
Funds that allocate donations to multiple charities (like the one listed in OP) are really, really good because they can keep an eye on which non-profits have room for funding.
I've been pulling together a list of Black authors in SFF, trad pubb'd and indie, as well as other Black authors that have books that fit within the PopSugar reading challenge criteria. I've been calling racist people out on their BS and trying to educate people about why "I don't care about the color of the author/I've never paid attention to the color of the author I just want good stories" is problematic at best and racist at worst. I'm subbing to FIYAH as soon as my next paycheck comes in. I'm amplifying as much as I can find on Twitter and FB and I am participating in two Allyship/anti-racist learning challenges. I've bought two different audiobooks about racism and am starting those, with many more on my TBR. I am challenging myself to get through at least one a month for the rest of the year. I donated to the bail fund you linked above and am actively pointing people to others when I can, since I am now broke.
It's still not enough.
Thank you all for these amazing resources. I'll add We Need Diverse Books, and note you can volunteer with them as well as donate: https://diversebooks.org/
The NCAAP LDF is mentioned on the BLM card in Amal's post above, but it's kinda buried. Here's the direct link: https://www.naacpldf.org/
If you've taken videos of police brutality, the ACLU has an app called Mobile Justice that allows you to immediately upload them to their servers. That way, if the police, domestic terror agitators, the national guard, or, goddess forbid, members of the full-on military, illegally deployed against US citizens, see you filming and confiscate or damage your phone, the evidence is still available. https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct
There are two subreddits devoted to collecting videos of police brutality during the protests. They're very rough to browse. I don't recommend staying long. However, they're a place to publicly share your own videos for distribution: https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliceBrutality2020/
Please, please, *please* stay safe, fight the power, and wear a damn mask.