Take Action Against Anti-Blackness

Resource Guide

PLEASE NOTE: This guide serves as a starting point and is by no means comprehensive. There are many more ways to support than listed here. If you have any recommendations, suggestions, comments, or feedback on the contents of this guide, please reach out to acnayak@stanford.edu. If you are looking for an even more comprehensive guide, please refer to this Guide to Allyship. This is a living document and will continuously be updated. If you are looking to share or link this guide you can do so with bit.ly/combat-antiblackness

Looking for places to donate specifically in the Bay Area? Check out the Bay Area Donation Resource Guide at bit.ly/donate-bayarea

Looking to take action in Portland? Check out this amazing PDX Call to Action Guide created by Aliemah Bradley. If you have any recommendations, contact aliemahbradley@gmail.com

Places to Donate

• Official George Floyd Memorial Fund. Proceeds directly support George Floyd and his family.
• I Run with Maud Memorial Fund.  Proceeds directly support Ahmed Aubrey and his family.
• In Memory of Tony McDade Memorial Fund. Proceeds directly support Tony McDade and his family.
• Justice for Breonna Taylor Memorial Fund. Proceeds directly support Breonna Taylor and her family.
• Reclaim the Block. Reclaim the Block began in 2018 and organizes Minneapolis community and city council members to move money from the police department into other areas of the city’s budget that truly promote community health and safety. For more information, visit their website.
• Black Visions Collective. Black Visions Collective (BLVC) believes in a future where all Black people have autonomy, safety is community-led, and we are in right relationship within our ecosystems. For more information, visit their website.
• Campaign Zero works to provide a comprehensive package of urgent policy solutions - informed by data, research and human rights principles - can change the way police serve our communities. For more information, please visit their website.
• Northstar Health Collective works in alliance with mainstream and anti-authoritarian organizations to create a safe and healthy events. They stand in solidarity with the need for diverse strategies and tactics. Now asking for funds to be redirected elsewhere. For more information, please visit their website.
• Unicorn Riot. A source of independent media based in Minneapolis dedicated to covering environmental and societal issues and amplifying the voices of people marginalized by dominant society. For more information, please visit their website.
• National Bail Out Fund: Free Black Mamas. The National Bail Out Collective coordinates the Mama’s Day Bail Outs, bailing out as many Black Mamas and caregivers as they can so they are able to spend Mother’s Day with their families where they belong. For more information, please visit their website.
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund fights for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public education. For more information, please visit their website.
• Community Justice Exchange has organized a directory of community bail out funds by state, all of which are accepting donations. Additionally, here is another list of bail funds by city. This includes the Minnesota Freedom Fund  (asking for funds to be redirected elsewhere) and many others.
• Black Lives Matter supports the movement and ongoing fight to end state-sanctioned violence, liberate Black people, and end white supremacy forever. For more information, please visit their website.
• Color of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization and leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. For more information, please visit their website.
• The Black Earth Farms Collective is an agroecological lighthouse organization composed of skilled Pan-African and Pan-Indigenous farmers, builders and educators who spread ancestral knowledge and train community members to build collectivized, autonomous, and chemical free food systems in urban and peri-urban environments throughout the Greater East San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, please visit their website.
• Communities United Against Police Brutality is a Twin-Cities based organization that was created to deal with police brutality on an ongoing basis. For more information, please visit their website.
• Eritrean Ethiopian Student Association has created a Black Lives Matter fund accepting donations.
• The @Justice4BlackLivesFund Venmo has been created by AKA Xi Beta in order to decide the best way to direct funds at the time of your donation pending the needs of the Black communities around the country.
• Stanford senior Kojoh Atta has organized a fundraiser for his father, Bernard Marfo Atta, who passed away this May due to COVID-19.

Ways to Learn

• Check out the reading list from Black and Asian American Feminist Solidarities.
• Check out this list of anti-racism books populated on Ideal Bookshelf.
• Join the Algorithms of Oppression Book Club organized by the Black Womens’ Library and the Womens’ Center for Creative Work
• Check out this Google Drive compiled by Charles Preston, filled with books and other important work by Black activists.
• Read this document written by Nicel Mohamed-Hinds entitled “For My Non-Black Friends”
• Read this Huffington Post article: “Amy Cooper Knew Exactly What She Was Doing.”
• Read 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community.
• Read this article on why not to post videos of police brutality.
• Read this article on how to safely and ethically film police misconduct.
• Read this article written by Zyahna Bryant about how to take steps towards non-performative activism.
• Check out this thread on Instagram of Things to Do Instead of Calling the Cops.
• Watch this talk on the Weaponizing of 911 Calls Against the Black Community.
• Listen to this Revolution Playlist on Spotify.
• Check out this list of the 25 best Black history documentaries compiled by PopSugar.
• Check out this anti-racism resource list for white people compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein.

Petitions to Sign

• Justice for Breonna Taylor
• Justice for Tony McDade
• Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
• Justice for George Floyd
• Minneapolis Needs to Invest in Community Led Safety Initiatives
• Fund the MLK Institute at Stanford

Start a Conversation about Race

• Read these 10 Ways to Start a Conversation About Race by Race Forward.
• Check out this Conversation Guide provided by the 2019 Day of Racial Healing.
• Share these Letters for Black Lives that explain the BLM movement in a variety of languages for us to share with our family members who are not English speaking, as to facilitate greater conversation.

Demand Action

• Sign up and join Students for Workers’ Rights in our phonebanking initiatives this coming week.
• Check out the bottom of this document for officials to call demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson, and Regis Korchinski-Paquet.
• Use this template and sign this petition to advocate for academic accommodations for all students, especially Black students during this time. Template: bit.ly/emailurprof, Petition: http://tinyurl.com/spring-petition
• Share this document and/or this even more comprehensive list of action items with family and friends to promote action.

It doesn’t stop here! Check out this Guide to Allyship or this even more comprehensive list of resources for support at this time.