What You Can Do: Links and Additional Resources
*This is by no means an exhaustive list. These are resources that have been shared with me and that I have come across, and I believe that it would be helpful to share them with you all too. However, there are many more resources out there, especially on social media. So, although I highly encourage you to actively search within this document as you need, I also suggest that you do the same beyond this document as well. Thank you.* |
Informational Websites |
- Black Lives Matter Website
- Letters for Black Lives (Multiple Translations)
- Anti-racism resources for white people
- Black History Month Library - Google Drive
- Black Lives Matter Resources - Google Document (Relevant Events, Petitions, Donations, Protests, Educating Yourselves, Contact Officials, etc.)
- National Resources List - Google Document (Nationwide Charities To Donate To, Free Legal Help If Arrested Per State, Mutual Aid Funds, Tips If You Attend a Protest, etc.)
- Master List Of Resources On How To Dismantle Systemic Racism - Google Document (@patiafantasyworld )
- Rock the Vote - How to Vote
- Get Help Give Help. Today
- The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
- Black Lives Will Always Matter CAARD
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Contact Information |
- Call Police Chief Arrendondo
- Call MPD of International Affairs
- Don’t know what to say? These websites will walk you through it:
- If you or someone you know has been cited or arrested by LAPD:
- National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Hotline (leave a voicemail)
- Email City of Minneapolis PD
- Email Office of Police Conduct Review
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Social Media Accounts To Follow |
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- @showingupforracialjustice
- The Leadership Conference
- We never said “no white people”. We just know you shouldn’t be the hero of the story • If you’re not uncomfortable, you’re not listening • 📍🇺🇬
- https://nowhitesaviors.org/
- Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity- founded in 2014. Volunteer, learn about upcoming talks or find us at AOTA conference!
- linktr.ee/cotad_diversity
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Informational Social Media Posts |
- L.A. Pride announces Black Lives Matter solidarity protest march for June 14
- Black Lives Matter: How to combat racism in your practice as an Occupational Therapist
- 5 Ways To Support Protestors If You Can’t Go To A Protest
- Covid-19 Safety in an Uprising
- Systemic Racism Facts + Figures
- The Four Dimensions of Racism
- Anti-Racism Intervention Steps
- 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship
- Optical Allyship - “Allyship that only serves at the surface level to platform the ‘ally’, it makes a statement but doesn’t go beneath the surface and is not aimed at breaking away from the systems of power that oppress.” - Latham Thomas
- @mireillecharper
- 6 Questions To Stop Asking Your Black Friends Right Now
- 7 Mental Health Resources for Black People Right Now
- Healthcare Workers For Black Lives - Facts On Disparities In Healthcare
- Systemic Racism In Health Care - Black Health Matters
- Preventing Burnout: keeping the movement alive
- How to Rest & Recover While You Fight for Social Change
- Virtual Protesting 101 (Korean Translation)
- FAQs for those who I don’t UNDERSTAND: Black Lives Matter
- How To Have Conversations on Black Lives Matter With Family and Friends
- Black-Owned Small Businesses You Can Support From Anywhere
- Support the Black Owned Vintage Businesses
- Support Black Owned Orange County Businesses
- 30 Black Female-Owned Brands And Entrepreneurs To Show Support And Always
- Black-Owned Bookstores To Support
- Black Owned Restaurants & Food Spots to Support SGV an Inland Empire
- Black-owned Restaurants in the 626
- A Message to the International Student Groups in 上海 (Shanghai) and Beyond
- Chinese terminology for addressing anti-blackness (English & Chinese Translations)
- Cantonese Terminology For Addressing Anti-Blackness (English & Cantonese Translations)
- Black Lives Terminology in Spanish (English & Spanish Translations)
- What To Do If A Family Member Is Racist & Says Something Racist (English & Spanish Translations)
- Letters for Black Lives: Tagalog Translation (English Subtitles)
- To Filipinos who do not support Black Lives Matter
- What To Say When People Deny The Reality Of What’s Happening Right Now
- Why The Refusal To Post Online Is Often Inherently Racist
- 14 Black funds and 23 creative ecosystems to support
- How to advocate for policy change in your city
- BLACK Leaders in the Outdoor Community
- What has the uprising accomplished?
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Black LGBTQ Resources |
- Black-Led LGBTQ Organizations
- Trans Justice Funding Project
- Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund
- In partnership with Black Trans Travel Fund, For the Gworls and The Okra Project
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Articles, Blogs, and Statements |
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
- Michelle Kim - May 8th, 2020
- 30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday
- Michelle Kim - May 28th, 2020
- Here’s a list of more than 85 black-owned food businesses in L.A.
- Jenn Harris - May 31st, 2020
- Black OTs Matter: Changing Your OT Practice to Combat Racism, Address Racial Trauma, and Promote Healing
- Lauren Jones (lej1123) - May 31st, 2020
- AOTA Statement on Justice and Systemic Racism
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- The AOTA Board of Directors - May 31st, 2020
- Thousands around the world protest George Floyd's death in global display of solidarity
- Zamira Rahim and Rob Picheta - June 1st, 2020
- The Anti-Racist Podcast List
- Brea Baker - June 2nd, 2020
- How to Talk to Your Parents About Black Lives Matter
- Carina Hsieh and Abbey Adkison - June 2nd, 2020
- Black-owned restaurants, pop-ups and caterers in the Bay Area
- Soleil Ho - June 2nd, 2020
- How black and white families are talking about racism in a time of reckoning
- Tonya Russell - June 3rd, 2020
- Do the work: an anti-racist reading list
- Layla F Saad - June 3rd, 2020
- Black Lives Matter: If You’re White, Pass The Mic
- Stephen Frost - June 3rd, 2020
- Q&A: How To Talk To Kids About Black Lives And Police Violence
- Anya Kamenetz - June 4th, 2020
- Bay Area political events: Black Lives Matter rallies, gun violence awareness
- Chronicle Staff Report - June 4th, 2020
- Protests hit close to home as students raise concern with university practices
- Aiyonna White - June 6th, 2020
- Majority of Minneapolis City Council commits to dismantling city's police department
- Tim Stelloh - June 7th, 2020
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Non-Monetary Support |
- “Being an ally doesn’t stop when we are in a bind financially.”
- 13th (Netflix)
- When They See Us (Netflix)
- Just Mercy (Amazon Prime)
- The Skin We’re In (CBC)
- Black Lives Matter activist videos
- Equal Justice Initiative Public Education
- Black Lives Matter toolkits
- James Baldwin: How to Cool It
- Books To Read (@avidreaderpress)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5v-jZgN8R/
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Noble
- If They Come In The Morning… by Angela Y. Davis
- How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
- Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
- How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Justice for Breonna Taylor
- National Action Against Police Brutality
- Ban the use of inhumane rubber bullets
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