2020 Frontline Resources BLM

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FRONTLINE WARRIORS

Frontline Medics paypal ig: @frontlinemedics

ORGANIZATIONS TO UPLIFT

Our goal is to uplift BIPOC led grassroots orgs who have been mobilizing in the region and might not have as much visibility as the big national non-profits

Black Visions Collective / @blackvisioncollective

Reclaim the Block / @reclaimtheblock

MPD 150 / @MPD_150

Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar

Northstar Health Collective

Color of Change / @colorofchange

BYP100 / @BYP100

Black Mamas Bailout Fund

Black Immigrant Collective

Racial Justice Network

Communities United Against Police Brutality (based in MN) - they’re accepting remote volunteers!

CAMPAIGN ZERO

Defund MPD

@Fempowermia

@thedreamdefenders / @miami_dreamdefenders

@forthegworls

Trans Needle Exchange/ @transneedles

@fundblackfutures/ patreon.com/fundblackfutures- accepting remote volunteers to fundraise for Black Trans community members

Black Immigrant Collective- The Black Immigrant Collective amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota.

Black Table Arts - Gathering Black communities through the arts, towards better black futures.

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha - CTUL is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities.

Little Earth Residents Association - Food and safety needs for residents of Little Earth of United Tribes.

Migizi Communications - MIGIZI Communications advances a message of success, well-being and justice for the American Indian community. Support them rebuilding after fire.

Minnesota Healing Justice Network - We provide a supportive professional community and mutual aid network for wellness and healing justice practitioners who also identify as IBPOC (indigenous, black, or people of color).

Northside business support - support businesses on Minneapolis’s Northside that have been impacted by recent demonstrations.

Pimento Relief Fund - We’re partnering with Pimento to provide black business without insurance relief after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests.

Powwow Grounds - send via paypal to angelswann2021@gmail.com - Native-run cafe, currently providing meals to elders, protectors and community, purchasing medical supplies, fire supplies, cooking supplies.

Southside Harm Reduction- Southside Harm Reduction Services works within a harm reduction framework to promote the human rights to health, safety, autonomy, and agency among people who use substances.

Spiral Collective - A volunteer full-spectrum reproductive options and support group comprised of doulas, birth-workers, and passionate reproductive justice advocates. based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, occupied Dakhóta territories.

Women for Political Change - Holistically investing in the leadership and political power of young women and trans & non-binary individuals throughout Minnesota.

BAIL FUNDS

Atlanta - https://actionnetwork.org/groups/atlanta-solidarity-fund

http://atlsolidarity.org/

Baltimore https://www.baltimoreactionlegal.org/community-bail-fund

Charlotte - Cash App: $WereStillHere Venmo: ResistanceisBeautiful Call: (980) 224-2097 bail support

Chicago - https://chicagobond.org/donate/

Columbus - https://www.paypal.me/columbusfreedomfund

Dallas - https://faithintx.org/bailfund/

DC/Maryland/Nova- Venmo - @freedom-fightersdc Cashapp $freedomfightersdc

Denver - https://fundly.com/coloradofreedom

Detroit - https://www.detroitjustice.org/the-bail-project

Houston - https://www.paypal.me/blmhou

https://www.restoringjustice.org/bail

Indianapolis - https://bailproject.org/

Kansas City - https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/it-aint-over-legal-fund

Las Vegas - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/vegasfreedomfund

Louisville - https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/

Mass - https://www.massbailfund.org/

Memphis - https://justcity.org/what-we-do/mcbfund/

https://midsouthpeace.org/get-involved/donate-to-support-the-black-lives-matter-community-bail-fund/

Milwaukee -

Madison-

https://freethe350bailfund.wordpress.com/

Minnesota Freedom Fund / unsure about their ethics

New Orleans - https://donorbox.org/safety-freedom-fund

NYC- https://www.libertyfund.nyc/, @bailoutnycmay, Brooklynbailfund.org

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Oakland

https://rally.org/ARCbailfund

https://twitter.com/duhlency/status/1266851073626501121?s=21

https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donations/ (not confirmed to make bail this week

Philly - https://www.phillybailout.com/donate.html

San Jose https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donations/

Seattle - https://donorbox.org/ncbf

Silicon Valley/San Jose: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donations/

Washington State https://www.nwcombailfund.org/

Immediate Need (updated 5/29 8:59pm) :

*note* do not include “BLM” in your payment note, some are getting blocked. Also many orgs listed below are in immediate need as welln, please check out that section.

Twin cities DSA (groceries for meals for community members) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=cg1iRl6eh0kAeZMyF4PYprTilzHI_zXkkfW4eYvwSXwx_nIBSaNmePUKRU0ll5NEfPHcRG&country.x=US&locale.x=US

@Claire-Fallon-1 on venmo (food for Minnehaha Commons Food Drive, has car and can make grocery store runs today for people who need it)

@gabisoglam on venmo, $sapphireluxxe on cashapp (Black trans woman in need of funds for medical attention w/out insurance coverage and funds to support a care team sending out supplies and care)

$notmuna on cashapp, https://www.paypal.me/munaahmed (Black woman protester in need of funds)

$voxpayne on cashapp (on the ground, supplies and hospital bail fund)

@femmeempowermentproject on venmo (on the ground, supplies/herbal medicine care)

@feliciaphil on venmo (on the ground, supplies)

@cassidyminarik on venmo (on the ground, supplies)

@miasolange on venmo (on the ground, supplies)

$CarmenMeans on cashapp (donations for local food bank, also accepting items for donation: https://twitter.com/prozacandblunts/status/1266068258572111876)

@sonianeculescu (on the ground, funds for unhoused folks)

zelle number: 6125989366, $yhaante on cashapp (on the ground, supplies/first aid)

@Isak-Douah (Venmo) $Isakdouah (Cash App) isakdouah@gmail.com (PayPal) Building military grade gas masks for black youth activists on the front lines in Minneapolis.

@zaire-bidgel (Venmo) $theunicornprince (cashapp) black trans person in need of funds for mental health services, medical + living expenses

IDEAS & INFO TO UPLIFT THRU ART

Support black & native youth led movements right now
Stolen land, Stolen lives, Stolen resources
Focus on “restorative/tra by nsformative justice” organizations who are building alternatives to policing & incarceration
Abolition not reform education, End of Policing by Alex Vitale: https://netpol.org/2018/03/21/watch-the-end-of-policing/
What else can I do beside calling the police/EMS? Deescalation techniques
“White Silence is Violence”
Gem’s stories on Abolition

ABOLITION ORGS, SCHOLARS, ACTIVISTS