Resources

First: Check Your Privilege (this is a must-read)

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

This is a 50 point checklist. Consider each as you read through, maybe even keep a tally of how many apply to you.

How did we get here?

A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising

How can I be a good ally?

• Anti-Racism for beginners
• The Guide to Allyship
• 6 Ways to Activate Beyond Social Media
• On "feed fatigue"
• 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship

• Anti-Racist Allyship Starter Pack
• Comprehensive Anti-Racism Resource Guide
• 9 Mistakes White People Make When Fighting for Racial Justice
• How to Keep Up the Anti-Racism Momentum
• How to Rest & Recover While Fighting Social Change

For parents

• On talking to your kids about race
• Anti-Racist resources for parents
• Black parents talking to their kids about police brutality
• Anti-Racism for Kids 101

For protestors

• Your rights as a protestor

In the workplace

• "How was your weekend?"
• Black Professionals Are Going Through A Lot
• A Rather Assertive Ted”ish” Talk About Allyship
• How agencies can help, short-term and long-term
• 5 Anti-Racist Things Your Biz Can Do Today
• Breaking Marginalized Youth into the Media Industry
• Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
• An Industry Guide to Racial Equality in Advertising

How to tackle police brutality

• Research-Based Solutions to Stop Police Violence - Twitter Thread
• We Can End Police Violence in America

Mental health resources for BIPOC

• Inclusive therapists
• Dive in Well
• Ethel's Club
• Circle of Care for Black Womxn – HealHaus
• Therapy For Black Girls

Donations

Donate without money by streaming these YouTube videos where all the ad revenue goes to BLM initiatives (with AdBlock off, and without skipping ads)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKo8OrBdLz8
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtooIklzheqzORPbQBiEZKsw2T4s6SUxv

U.S.

Bail Initiatives

• The Bail Project – A national nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence.

• Donate here: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project

Systemic Change

• Black Visions Collective – An organization dedicated to Black liberation

• Donate here: https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2

• Reclaim the Block  – Minneapolis community safety

• Donate here: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2

• Campaign Zero – An organization seeking to end police violence in America

Memorial/Justice Funds

• George Floyd Memorial Fund
• Ahmaud Arbery Memorial Fund
• Justice for Breonna Taylor
• Justice for Regis Korchinski Paquet
• Justice for Riah Milton
• Justice for Rayshard Brooks
• Justice for Elijah McClain (Link Tree)

Canada

Covid-19 Relief for BIPOC

• Black Emergency Support Fund

Systemic Change

• Black Lives Matter Toronto

Mental Health & Addiction Services

• Across Boundaries

Black Business & Professional Association

• BBPA

Legal services for low or no income Black residents of Ontario

• Black Legal Action Centre

Sign Petitions

If you are international and aren’t able to sign here are some zip codes to use:

90015 - Los Angeles, California

10001 - New York City, New York

75001 - Dallas, Texas

• George Floyd - change.org
• George Floyd - thepetitionsite.com
• George Floyd - amnesty.org
• George Floyd - colorofchange.org
• Get the Officers Charged
• Charge all 4 Officers
• Breonna Taylor - moveon.org
• Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org
• Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org
• Breonna Taylor - change.org
• Ahmaud Arbery - change.org
• Ahmuad Arbery - change.org 2
• Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3
• Pass the Georgia Hate Crime Bill
• Defund the Minnesota Police Department
• Life Sentence for Police Brutality
• Regis Korchinski-Paquet - change.org
• Tony McDade - change.org
• Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org
• Canada: Tell the government you stand with Jagmeet Singh
• Elijah McClain - change.org
• To Reopen the Elijah McClain Of Aurora case · Change.org
• Rayshard Brooks - change.org

Write to Your MPs

• Toronto – Defund the police

• Email template here

• George Floyd – Minneapolis PD template here to email to:

• police@minneapolismn.gov
• minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov
• policereview@minneapolismn.gov

• Breonna Taylor – Louisville PD template here to be sent using this form on Louisville PD’s website

Support Black-Owned Businesses

• Toronto
• Black Owned Businesses & Restaurants in the GTA Open During COVID
• A List of Black-Owned Etsy Shops
• Black Owned Cafés in Toronto

Support Black Artists, Creators & Infuencers

• https://www.instagram.com/ohhappydani
• https://www.instagram.com/rinnyriot
• https://www.instagram.com/theebouffants
• https://www.instagram.com/tonyriff
• https://www.instagram.com/amillionminds
• https://www.instagram.com/femalecollective
• https://instagram.com/jennnkiru
• https://instagram.com/hallchase
• https://instagram.com/ggggrimes
• https://www.joyfulbeauty.ca/
• https://www.instagram.com/itsmekellieb
• https://www.instagram.com/tembae
• https://www.instagram.com/nicoleocran
• https://www.instagram.com/wisdm
• https://www.instagram.com/donte.colley
• https://www.instagram.com/jnaydaily
• https://www.instagram.com/officialmillennialblack
• https://instagram.com/el.carna
• https://www.instagram.com/jadepurplebrown

Black Pop Culture to Consume

(via this post by @meaganforde)

TV

• Insecure (HBO)
• Chewing Gum (Netflix)
• A Different World (Prime)
• A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
• Living Single (Prime)
• Atlanta (Prime)
• 2 Dope Queens (HBO)
• Black Lightning (Netflix)
• Little Fires Everywhere (Prime)

Film

• Do the Right Thing (Prime)
• Get Out (Prime)
• She’s Gotta Have It (Netflix)
• Queen & Slim (Prime)
• Uncorked (Netflix)
• Moonlight (Prime)
• Sorry to Bother You (Prime)

Podcasts

• Why Won’t You Date Me? w/ Nicole Byer
• Sooo Many White Guys w/ Phoebe Robinson
• Thirst Aid Kit w/ Bim Adewunmi & Nichole Perkins
• Adulting w/ Michelle Buteau & Jordan Carlos
• The Read w/ Kid Fury & Crissle West
• Call Your Girlfriend w/ Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
• Truth Be Told w/ Tonya Mosley

Homework (Note: These are all incredibly difficult to watch, but necessary.)

• When They See Us (Netflix)
• American Son (Netflix)
• 13th (Netflix)
• Fruitvale Station (Netflix)
• Pose (Netflix)
• Strong Island (Netflix)
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix)

Books

• The Hate You Give - Angie Thomas
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
• White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo
• Me and My White Supremacy - Layla Saad
• How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi