Anti-Racism Resource Sheet

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WHAT TO FIND ON THIS RESOURCE SHEET

WHERE TO DONATE

SIGN PETITIONS

FIND MORE PETITIONS:

SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES/SPREAD AWARENESS

  • Resources for Racial Trauma
  • @theconsciouskid
  • @southasians4blacklives
  • @blmlosangeles
  • @docmellymel
  • @decolonialbulaklak
  • @rachel.cargle
  • @supportpoc
  • @blackbruins

BE AN ALLY:

GET HELP/SELF CARE

RESOURCES

  • Or in a crisis, text "NAMI" to 741741

Build Empathy, Compassion and Understanding:

Take Care of Yourself:

  • Self-Care Assessment
  • Stop, think, and breathe app
  • Headspace app

LEARN MORE

PROTEST

If you choose to protest, please take the following precautions and suggestions:

WATCH

CALLING TEMPLATES

Taken from ACLU Minnesota:

Call Minnesota Governor Walz: (651) 201-3400

Hello, my name is [insert name], and I live in [insert city, town or neighborhood]. As a member of this community, I want justice for George Floyd -- a man killed mercilessly by the Minneapolis Police. The investigation into his killing should be independent, fair and conducted by the Attorney General’s office.  

I’m calling on you to transfer the prosecution of the police who killed George Floyd to the Minnesota Attorney General and to appoint a Special Assistant Attorney General to lead the prosecution. The Hennepin County Attorney’s office works every day with Minneapolis Police and has failed to bring charges in past police killings. I don’t trust the county attorney to fairly prosecute this case. Your appointment of a special prosecutor will send a clear message to the community that you value justice for George Floyd.

Thank you.

Call Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: (651) 296-3353

Hello, my name is [insert name], and I live in [insert city, town or neighborhood]. I’m calling to urge your office to accept and advocate for a special prosecutor to prosecute the Minneapolis police who killed George Floyd.  

As a member of this community, I know that people are in pain. We are angry and reeling from yet another senseless killing of a Black man. The Hennepin County Attorney works with Minneapolis Police every day, and his office has failed to bring charges in past police killings. That’s why we need your office to prosecute these officers. Please help us heal the community by showing your commitment to justice for George Floyd.

Thank you.

Call Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman: (612) 348-5550

Hello, my name is [insert name], and I live in [insert city, town or neighborhood]. I am calling as a member of this community to demand a swift and independent prosecution of the police who killed George Floyd. As we seek justice for George Floyd, I ask that your office turn over the prosecution of these officers to Attorney General Ellison's office. This gesture will send a clear message to the community that the Hennepin County Attorney supports an independent and fair prosecution.  

When the police kill a person, the same prosecutors that work day-in-and-day-out with those police are not the same ones who should be prosecuting them.  

Thank you.

EMAIL TEMPLATES

Email to:

  • Director of Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights 
  • velma.korbel@minneapolismn.gov
  • Mayor of Minneapolis
  • jacob.frey@minneapolismn.gov
  • Minneapolis Police
  • police@minneapolismn.gov
  • Minneapolis Police Union
  • All you have to do is fill in your name, city, and state!

From UC Womxn’s Leadership Council:

My name is ____ and I demand justice for George Floyd. I demand the immediate prosecution of Derek Chauvin #1087 and Tou Thao #7162.

I am repulsed by yet another instance of senseless, racist state violence in our country and in our communities. Contrary to popular opinions, Minnesota is not and has never been free from these types of violence. According to the Star Tribune, Minnesota cities and counties paid over $60.8 million in police misconduct cases from 2007-2017. In addition, the Minneapolis Police Department kills Black Minnesotans at a rate thirteen times that of White Minnesotans. These inequities have existed for long enough.

I demand that these offices be brought to justice. No human being deserves to be handled and killed like an animal, and be deprived of even the simplest freedoms and rights, like to breathe. The Minneapolis Police Department, like police departments across the nation, must do better, to protect and serve all residents. Our Black and Brown communities cannot lose another life. We demand change. We demand safety. We demand justice.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE SHEETS

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