Written By: Niroshini Mather
DONATIONS:
For the Victims
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund – The Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
I Run With Maud – I Run with Maud
Justice for Breonna Taylor – Justice for Breonna Taylor
For Protestors :
https://bailfunds.github.io/ – A list of Community Bail Funds Organized by States & Cities
Donating Without Money:
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ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT:
International Organizations →
NAACP Legal Defense Fund – an American llegal organization fighting for racial justice
National Police Accountability Project – a non-profit organization promoting the accountability of law enforcement officers & their superiors
Canadian Organizations →
Black Legal Action Centre – a non-profit community legal clinic that provides free legal services to low/no-income Black Canadians in Ontario
Black Health Alliance – reducing health disparities and promoting the well-being of black communities
Freedom School Toronto – initiative by youth and parents to reduce anti-Black racism in the school system
Black Women in Motion – Toronto based organization focused on empowering black women
Harriet Tubman Community Organization – empowering black youth in the community
PETITIONS TO SIGN:
Justice for George Floyd Petition – Justice for George Floyd
Amnesty International Petition for George Floyd
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1roduncOZ_y0C_oWIMIQ6yV-13fZqck0i54RZoPSwYBw/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR2iMrvISKMENy2NlunDQQx8_03q9GCdbzodDh8Vowt5ofcTc97DwYliynQ – Toronto Police Call for Action/Defunding
Justice for Breonna Taylor Petition– Justice for Breonna Taylor
Hands Up Act Petition – The proposed Hands Up Act would ensure a mandatory sentence for police officers who shoot unarmed citizens
Demand racial data on police involved deaths in Canada
Justice for Regis Korchinski Petition – Justice for Regis Petition
SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES:
FILMS TO WATCH:
13th – The documentary explores racial injustice in the United States with a focus on mass incarceration.
I am Not Your Negro – The 2016 documentary explores the history of racial injustice in the United States
Selma – A historical drama film which is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches.
The Hate You Give – An American drama film that takes on the issue of police brutality
If Beale Street Could Talk – A drama film following a woman seeking to clear her wrongly charged partner’s name
Just Mercy – A legal drama film retelling the story of Walter McMillian, a youg defense attorney who helps appeal Brian Stevenson’s murder conviction
Fruitvale Station – A biographical drama film retelling the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant
Malcom X – A biographical drama film about the African-American activist, Malcom X
12 Years A Slave – A dramatic film adaptation of the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a African-American man kidnapped into slavery
BOOKS TO READ:
Fiction →
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel by Zora Neale Hurston
Non-Fiction →
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
How To Be AntiRacist by Ibram X.Kendi
Why I Am No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
When They Tell Call You a Terrorist: A BLACK LIVES MATTER MEMOIR by Patrisse Cullors & Asha Bandele
POETRY TO READ:
The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraquib
Citizen by Claudia Rankine
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
American Sonnets For My Past & Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
PODCASTS TO LISTEN TO:
Seeing White
NPR’s CodeSwitch
1619
About Race
Pod Save The People
T.V. SHOWS TO WATCH:
When They See Us – A drama miniseries based on the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger case
Dear White People – A comedy-drama tv series following a group of black college students
Educational Resources To Check Out:
https://oyc.yale.edu/african-american-studies/afam-162
(Yale University is offering an open course called African American History; From Emancipation to the Present that explores the history of African Americans)
Anti-racism resources for white people
Twitter Thread on How Check on Your Black Friends & Family
Google Drive with BLM & Anti-Racist Resources for Teachers
ADDITIONAL LISTS OF RESOURCES:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
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