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These resources will be updated regularly.
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Organizations to Follow and Support
Supporting Invest-Divest Model
- 8 To Abolition
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Black Visions Collective
- Black Youth Project 100
- Movement for Black Lives
- Color of Change
- National Black Justice Coalition
Supporting Police Reform
- Center for Policing Equity
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- National Police Accountability Project
- National Urban League
Civic Engagement and Voting Programs
This chart breaks down the difference between reformist reforms which continue or expand the reach of policing, and abolitionist steps that work to chip away and reduce its overall impact.
Minnesota Organizations to Follow and Support
- Minneapolis Freedom Fund They are helping with bail for protesters who get arrested, and other supplies like food and water.
- Black Visions Collective. They are organizing on police reform and are at the center of rebuilding and helping communities.
- Reclaim the Block
- MIGIZI Native American youth organization rebuilding community affected by protests.
- Native American Community Development Institute supporting the Native American community in Minneapolis.
- Unidos MN
- Minnesota Voice Donate to support Black-led and PoC-led organizations, and to help get important supplies that are needed for the community.
Black Faith Leaders, Organizers, and Activist to follow
- Adrienne Maree Brown – website – twitter – instagram
- Alicia Garza – website – twitter – instagram
- Andrea J. Ritchie – website – twitter
- Austin Channing Brown – website – twitter – instagram
- Blair Imani – website – twitter
- Brittany Packnett – website – twitter – instagram
- Bree Newsome – website – twitter
- Crystal Lewis – website – twitter
- Dasha Kennedy – website – instagram
- Giselle Buchanan – website – instagram
- Rev. Jacqui Lewis – website – twitter – instagram
- LaTosha Brown – website – twitter – instagram
- Rev. Lenny Duncan – website – twitter – instagram
- Lisa Sharon Harper – website – twitter – instagram
- Patrisse Cullors – website – twitter – instagram
- Rachel Cargle – website – twitter – instagram
- Rachel Ricketts – website – twitter – instagram
- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II – website – twitter
Bail Funds to Contribute to
- The Bail Project
- National Bail Fund Network | Find Local Bail Funds
- Crowd Sourced Lists
Petitions
- People of Faith Cry Out: Black Lives Matter
- Sign Color of Change’s petition to end the war on Black people
- Sign the Color of Change petition to get #JusticeforFloyd
- Sign the Color of Change petition to get #JusticeforBre
- The Action Network: #DefundThePolice
Call your Legislators
- Common Cause | Find Your Representatives
- Federal House of Representatives:
- Hi, my name is ________ and I am your constituent and a person of faith calling to urge you to support H.R. 4408 to prohibit the use of violent force by law enforcement. I would also like you to co-sponsor the House Resolution introduced by Rep. Pressley, to condemn racial profiling, anti-Black police brutality, and the use of excessive and militarized force throughout the country. I urge Rep. ______ to support the passage of this bill. Will the Representative do so?
- Local officials and Senators:
- Hello, my name is ______ and I am a constituent from the ____ District. I am contacting you because I want to know what you will do to protect Black lives and prevent further instances of police brutality. I am calling to urge you to condemn police brutality, racial profiling, and the use of excessive force by police.
Resources for Protesters
- ACLU | Know Your Rights as a Protester
- ACLU | Know Your Rights when you are stopped by police
- BLM | Advice and Resources for Protesters
- Vox | How to be a good white ally, according to activists
- Wired | How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
- TeenVogue | How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct
- Elle | How To Find A Pro Bono Lawyer If You're Arrested During A Protest
- Basic First Aid for Protests
Mental Health and Wellness Resources
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Emotional & Physical Safety in Protests | Just Healing
- Ethel’s Club
- Fireweed Collective
- Harriet’s Apothecary
- Healing in Action | BLM
- Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma | Association of Black Psychologists
- The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
Toolkits for Anti-Racism
- Alternatives to Calling the Police: Washington, DC
- Anti Police Terror Project
- Catalyst Project
- The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
- Critical Resistance | Abolitionist Tools, Abolishing Jailing and Policing
- Public Safety: An Advocacy Toolkit for Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
Articles and Essays
- 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence | Medium
- 12 Ideas For How Clergy Can Show Up | Femminary
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice | Medium
- The 1619 Project | The New York Times
- America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us | The Atlantic
- America Reckons With Racial Injustice | NPR
- A call to conscience for white Christian women | RNS
- How To Be a Good White Ally, According to Activists | Vox
- I Want to Be an Ally But I Don’t Know What to Do | IG
- Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? | Medium
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Podcasts
- NPR's Code Switch
- New York Times' 1619
- Equal Justice Initiative’s Lynching in America
- The Appeal’s Justice in America
- SURJ’s The Word is Resistance Christian lectionary based podcast combating white supremacy
Books
- Be the Bridge by LaTasha Morrison
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Movement by Ejeris Dixon, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea Ritchie
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Reading Lists