Document with some resources to help out with the Black Lives Matter Movement from home

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Document with some resources to help out with the Black Lives Matter Movement from home        1

Petitions:        4

South African Security Forces Violence Tracker:        13

Funds and Donations:        13

Youtube Videos:        13

Organisations:        14

Go Fund Me:        14

Additional Funds:        14

Educational:        18

Websites:        18

Netflix Documentaries/Series:        18

Podcasts:        19

Books:        19

Movies:        20

Youtube Videos:        21

Music Playlists:        21

Twitter/Instagram Threads:        21

Studies:        22

Resources provided by the Changing Womxn Collective Document:        22

Therapy and Self-Care Resources:        23

More action docs:        24

People who have contributed to putting together this document:        24

Petitions:

Willie Simmons

Jennifer Jeffley

Breonna Taylor

This particular petition requires you to enter an American ZIP code. Here is a couple you can use:

10004

38602

10007

10001

90210

Ahmaud Arbery

Collins Khoza

Tony McDade

You can donate to Tony’s funeral costs here

Ban The Use Of Rubber Bullets

João Pedro

Julius Jones

Andile Mchunu

Breonna Taylor

Raise Age of Consent in Nigeria from 11 to 18

Remove statues of King Leopold II

Dismantling the racist system at schools

Declare The KKK A Terrorist Organisation

Mandatory Celebration & History of Ethnic Cultures K-12

Mandatory Life Sentence For Police Brutality

Justice for Tshego Pule

Justice For Kadijah M. Saccoh

Justice for Cornelius! Shut Sequel Down

Petition Congress to pass a Federal Ban on Guns in Hospitals

JUSTICE FOR TETE

South African Security Forces Violence Tracker:

A platform created to record and monitor abuses committed by members of security forces, such as SAPS, Army, Metro Police as well as private security companies.

https://monitoringza.typeform.com/to/eRXjwX

Funds and Donations:

Youtube Videos:

Watch the following videos to donate to Black Lives Matter, all advertising revenue is going toward the movement:

*In order for it to be successful, please make sure not to skip, keep the volume above half & watch the whole video through. You can also exit the video once it’s finished & rewatch it to contribute more. It is easy to leave the video running multiple times while doing other activities.*

Organisations:

Donate to any of these organisations, or simply join them, to oppose police brutality (All of these are American organisations)

Go Fund Me:

Plenty of Go Fund Mes which all pertain to the black lives matter movement can be found

Here

Additional Funds:

Black Visions Collective

Black Visions Collective is a Minneapolis based community organization. “BLVC is committed to a long term vision in which ALL Black lives not only matter, but are able to thrive. What we know to be true in order to create this world is that oppressed people, especially Black people, need to build collective power in order to create systems transformation. Through the development of powerful strategic campaigns, we seek to expand the power of Black people across the Twin Cities metro area and Minnesota.”

https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2

The Audre Lorde Project

A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York area. Through mobilization, education, and capacity-building, they work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice.

www.alp.org

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute

Protects and defends the human rights of Black transgender people through organizing, advocating, and creating an intentional community to heal, develop transformative leadership, and promote collective power.

www.marshap.org

TGI Justice

A group of transgender, gender variant, and intersex people inside and outside of prisons, jails, and detention centers creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom. They work in collaboration to forge a culture of resistance and resilience to strengthen themselves in the fight against human rights abuses, imprisonment, police violence, racism, poverty, and societal pressures.

www.tgijp.org

TransWomen of Color Collective

Their work is led by the narratives, voices, and leadership of our community members who exist at the nexus of state sanctioned violence: sex workers, poor people, homelessness, folk experiencing home insecurity, folks deeply entrenched in complex, seemingly inescapable traumatic environments. Through healing and restorative justice, they’re building a network of trans, non-binary Black and POC who are artists, healers, entrepreneurs, and creators sharing and cultivating sustainable projects for that community, by that community.

www.twocc.us

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. We believe health, safety and resiliency exist without police of any kind.”

https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2

George Floyd Memorial Fund

This fund was created by Philonise Flloyd, George Floyd’s brother. It has been  made to cover funeral and burial expenses and general assistance to the family of George Floyd as they continue to seek justice for George. A portion of the funds will also go to the Estate of George Floyd which includes his children and their education fund.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

I Run With Maud Fundraiser

This fund was created by Akeem Baker, Ahmaud Marquez Arbery’s best friend. The fund has been made to assist Ms. Wanda Cooper-Jones, Ahmaud’s mother as well as his immediate family to financially support them during this extremely difficult time in their struggle for justice for Ahmaud.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud

National Black Food & Justice Alliance

“The National Black Food and Justice Alliance (NBFJA) is a coalition of Black-led organizations working towards cultivating and advancing Black leadership, building Black self-determination, Black institution building and organizing for food sovereignty, land and justice.”

https://www.blackfoodjustice.org/blacklandfund

Equal Justice Initiative

“Your contribution is critical to our efforts to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenge racial and economic injustice, and protect the basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.”

https://support.eji.org/give/153413/#!/donation/checkout

The Okra Project

“The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them

https://www.theokraproject.com

Northstar Health Collective

“We work in alliance with mainstream and anti-authoritarian organizations to create a safe and healthy events. We stand in solidarity with the need for diverse strategies and tactics. We will not denounce fellow activists or organizations. That said, we believe in harm reduction. We are working behind the scenes to reduce risks. We believe in maintaining open lines of communication.”

https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/donate

The Bail Project

“The Bail Project™ National Revolving Bail Fund is a critical tool to prevent incarceration and combat racial and economic disparities in the bail system.”

https://bailproject.org/#

Louisville Bail Fund

“The Louisville Community Bail Fund exists to not only bail out folks, but provide post-release support to get them from jail, fed, and to a situation of safety. LCBF also maintains a focus on preventative measures for those targeted by law enforcement and threatened with incarceration.”

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

NAACP Covid-19 Relief Fund

https://naacp.org/coronavirus/

Brooklyn Community Bail Fund

“Brooklyn Community Bail Fund secures the freedom of New Yorkers who would otherwise be detained pretrial due to their poverty alone. We are committed to challenging the criminalization of race, poverty and immigration status, the practice of putting a price on fundamental rights, and the persistent myth that bail is a necessary element of the justice system.”

https://brooklynbailfund.org/

Donate to National Bail Out

“National Bail Out is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration. We are people who have been impacted by cages — either by being in them ourselves or witnessing our families and loved ones be encaged. We are queer, trans, young, elder, and immigrant.”

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

“Donations to this legal organization go toward helping "win landmark legal battles, protect voters across the nation, and advance the cause of racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society."

https://www.naacpldf.org/

Atlanta Solidarity Fund

“From the Civil Rights Era to today, Atlanta has strong traditions of dissent. Protest movements play a critical role in the struggle for social justice. But when people stand up for what’s right, they often face the risk of arrest and imprisonment. We provide support for people who are arrested at protests, or otherwise prosecuted for their movement involvement.”

http://atlsolidarity.org/#support

Communities United Against Police Brutality

“Communities United Against Police BrutalityTM is a Twin-Cities based organization that was created to deal with police brutality on an ongoing basis. We work on the day-to-day abuses as well as taking on the more extreme cases. Our overriding goal is to create a climate of resistance to abuse of authority by police organizations and to empower local people with a structure that can take on police brutality and actually bring it to an end. We provide support for survivors of police brutality and families of victims so they can reclaim their dignity and join the struggle to end police brutality.”

www.cuapb.org

Homeless Black Trans Women Fund

“This is fund for the community of Black Trans women that live in Atlanta and are sex workers and/or homeless.”

https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Gas Mask Fund for MN Black Youth Activists

Donate via Venmo (@Isak-Douah), Cash App ($Isakdouah), or PayPal (isak.douah@gmail.com) to help buy military grade gas masks for Black youth activists on the frontlines. Anything spared will go a long way.

The Loveland Foundation

Committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. Their resources and initiatives are collaborative and they prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing.

www.thelovelandfoundation.org

Educational:

Websites:

#BlackLivesMatter Resources

Great portal with links to many resources including books, articles, documentaries, articles, etc.

Letters for Black Lives: a set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally-aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and honest conversations about racial justice, police violence, and anti-Blackness in our families and communities.

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#

Portal set up by the black lives matter movement with similar content to this, resources, petitions, etc. Very useful.

Netflix Documentaries/Series:

All of these are documentaries on stories about police brutality in America. They are all real events which follow the brutal stories of these incidents.

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. Academy award winning.

The true story of the Central Park Five (now the Exonerated five) following the stories of their arrests, coerced confessions and time spent in prison. Emmy nominee.

In February 1965, Malcolm X is murdered; three men are arrested, but only one admits to being part of the plot; decades later, one activist pledges to find the real killers, and vows to learn the truth about what officials knew regarding the crime.

Consisting entirely of archival footage, the documentary chronicles the 1992 Los Angeles riots following a trial jury acquitted of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for usage of excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King, which had been videotaped and widely viewed in TV broadcasts.

American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford. The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. An all-white grand jury in Suffolk County declined to indict his killer, who claimed self-defense

The criminal justice system tragically failed 16-year-old Kalief Browder, who spent three years in Rikers Island jail awaiting trial -- two of those years in solitary confinement -- after being arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack.His story and the challenges it poses to a basic understanding of American liberties are central to this six-part documentary.

This docu-series takes a look at the state of policing in America through the experiences of the Flint (Mich.) Police Department. Flint is consistently among the country's most violent cities and its residents have little trust in law enforcement officials in the wake of the coverup of a citywide water contamination that brought the city into the national spotlight.

Podcasts:

All Podcasts can also be found on apple podcasts

Witness History: Witness Black History | Podcast

Say Your Mind | Podcast on Spotify

Naming It - Home

Good Ancestor Podcast | Podcast on Spotify

‎Growing up with gal-dem on Apple Podcasts

‎Intersectionality Matters! on Apple Podcasts

Therapy For Black Girls Podcast

The Emotional Lives of Black Men – Share Your Story

Naming It - Home

Books:

Movies:

  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  • Just Mercy (2019)
  • Green Book (2018)
  • Glory (1989)
  • The Color Purple (1985)
  • 12 Years A Slave (2013)
  • Fruitvale Station (2013)
  • Selma (2014)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • BlacKKKlansman (2018)
  • Crash (2004)
  • Hidden Figures (2016)
  • The Hurricane (1999)
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
  • Do The Right Thing (1989)
  • The Help (2011)
  • 13th (2016)
  • The Black Power Mixtape (2011)
  • Detroit (2017)
  • Get Out (2017)
  • The Butler (2013)
  • The Hate U Give (2018)
  • Fences (2016)
  • 42 (2013)
  • A United Kingdom (2016)
  • Mudbound (2017)
  • La Haine (1995) (1995)
  • Men of Honor (2000)
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
  • Bamboozled (2000)
  • Tongues United (1989)
  • I am Not Your Negro (2016)

Youtube Videos:

  • George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqv9k3jbtYU

  • RISE District: Seeing White Fragility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdFCRHhygHo&feature=youtu.be

  • John Oliver on Police Brutality

         https://youtu.be/Wf4cea5oObY 

Music Playlists:

Twitter/Instagram Threads:

  • For South Africans who aren’t sure how the history of police brutality and systematic racism should be applied in a South African context (via @daddyycon on twitter)

https://twitter.com/daddyycon/status/1267974437690843138?s=21

           https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9zOecD0SF/?utm_source=ig

  • What you can do in South Africa

           https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8AeUyDHQR/?utm_source=ig

  • A guide to white privilege

           https://www.instagram.com/p/CAprRBqhOWP/?utm_source=ig

  • Microaggressions, explained

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_JZxBlAMz/?igshid=1cr0ehr5rbl2r

  • SAPS history of violence and repression

        https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9_zNJD4J4/

Studies:

Resources provided by the Changing Womxn Collective Document:

Joy/Leisure Reading List:

Americanah by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie

How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahhtta Taylor

That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole

The Lonely Letters by Ashon Crawley

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love by Kathleen Collins

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Mannish Tongues by Jayy Dodd

Loving Day by Mat Johnson

The Deep by Rivers Soloman

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Ordinary Light by Tracy K. Smith

Therapy and Self-Care Resources:

Black Mental Wellness

Founded by Black Clinical Psychologists. They have fact sheets on mental wellness issues, audiovisual resources, plus health, relaxation, and behavioral strategies.

https://www.blackmentalwellness.com

BLACK ZEN

Offers a beginner’s guide to meditation, articles, and a mindfulness-based podcast to remove the social and financial barriers from the benefits of meditation.

https://www.blackzen.co

Dr. Joy’s Therapist Directory

A listing of mental health professionals across the country who provide high quality, culturally competent services to Black women and girls.

https://therapyforblackgirls.com

Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)

Black virtual therapist directory. Extremely helpful because of COVID-19 and social distancing measures.

https://www.beam.community/bvtn

The Safe Place app (for Black community members)

Can be found on google play or app store to download

Melanin and Mental Health

Has a therapist search, podcasts, and articles.

www.melaninandmentalhealth.com

National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network

Advances healing justice through mental health resources for queer & trans POC. Their goal is to increase access to healing justice resources for QTPOC.

www.nqttcn.com

Black Mental Health Alliance

Their mission is to develop, promote, and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, training, and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people and other vulnerable communities. BMHA staff is currently working remotely because of COVID-19, but is accessible over email and phone.

www.blackmentalhealth.com

More action docs:

Resources for Accountability and Actions for Black Lives:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xa9Av-NfuFsWBHlsMvPiqJHdNedZgnCRW56qAS-7PGQ/mobilebasic

Detailed and extensive list of Minnesota organizations and individuals:

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1fb2cioBcCO47L_oGPsjdGVWDAc3RTHU2tIpDtekWKs0/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR28MRRoexPQxTbTgVuU2SGIcYLNALOEP5eHv8AgVH24ZedHZOLju4CQT0o

Action Doc for mainly Portland, OR area & folx, sent in by Juma Sei:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCeI-dCQ4jGdk_FSbmhZa2VDmcApKiBPXICtQjSvS-k/edit

Black history google drive with resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0Bz011IF2Pu9TUWIxVWxybGJ1Ync 

BLM doc from Changing Womxn Collective

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gwl9omY8l5dUCkK4Y2llKAsfx5asES9zWn4Tr27QhTU/edit 

Black Lives Matter Allyship Resources

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_9XKuxSqlglGA79RHJIQ8YTbvuu7RwsJCA-Dx6H33MM/edit?usp=sharing

WAKE UP ST ANNES document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XABWn1Rsbt2cPpWxDN-uvkhnYu3tLaoZ5mtDAX0ip9U/mobilebasic

People who have contributed to putting together this document:

Matt Sporides

Jules Courtenay

Bhanoyi Mthembu

Peter King

Muhammad Mitha

Tadi Mangwiro

Please feel free to dm anyone of us to add anything to the document on instagram/twitter, or email one of us.

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