Ways to engage and have a meaningful, long lasting movement fighting for social justice. This is by no means an exhaustive list but simply a place to start, share, revisit, add and more.
SUPPORT UKRAINE
THE INTERNATIONAL FUND ‘КОЖЕН МОЖЕ’
THE INTERNATIONAL FUND ‘КОЖЕН МОЖЕ’ HELPS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AFFECTED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND IN NEED OF SUPPORT, AS WELL AS SUPPORTS HOSPITALS AND VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES IN UKRAINE.
THE UKRAINIAN FOUNDATION ‘ТЕРИТОРІЯ ДОБРА’
THE UKRAINIAN FOUNDATION ‘ТЕРИТОРІЯ ДОБРА’ HELPS THE ARMY OF UKRAINE AND CHILDREN LIVING IN THE WAR ZONES OF THE DONETSK AND LUHANSK REGIONS.
THE ‘RETURN ALIVE’ FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS HELPING AT THE UKRAINIAN FRONT.
THE ‘UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN FUND’
UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN FUND HELPS HUMANITARIAN NGOS AND UN AGENCIES IN UKRAINE TO ASSIST THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE, AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH URGENTLY NEEDED FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND OTHER BASIC SUPPORT.
SUPPORT BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES
181 Places to Start Online: https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/
The Strategist (NY Magazine): https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-owned-businesses-support-shop.html
CVLT NATION: One of the best, most influential website across all shades of extreme and dark music, culture and communities. https://cvltnation.com/
Organizations
Filing a Demand Letter Against Racial Discrimination - A Guide by GrowResolve: https://blog.capejustice.com/racial-discrimination-demand-letter/
A useful guide for all on how to file a demand letter against racial discrimination in various contexts.
Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatter.com/
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.
NAACP - https://www.naacp.org/
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
Black Visions Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
Since 2017, Black Visions Collective, has been putting into practice the lessons learned from organizations before us in order to shape a political home for Black people across Minnesota. We aim to center our work in healing and transformative justice principles, intentionally develop our organizations core “DNA” to ensure sustainability, and develop Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership to lead powerful campaigns. By building movements from the ground up with an integrated model, we are creating the conditions for long term success and transformation.
Audre Lorde Project - https://alp.org/
The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities.
Campaign Zero - https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
Funds donated to Campaign Zero support the analysis of policing practices across the country, research to identify effective solutions to end police violence, technical assistance to organizers leading police accountability campaigns and the development of model legislation and advocacy to end police violence nationwide.
People’s Budget LA - https://peoplesbudgetla.com/
The People’s Budget LA is a coalition convened by Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles. The coalition includes community organizations, faith leaders, parents, teachers, students, nonprofit leaders, and individuals from across Los Angeles.
National Bail Fund Network - https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory
The National Bail Fund Network is made up of over sixty community bail and bond funds across the country. They regularly update this listing of community bail funds that are freeing people by paying bail/bond and are also fighting to abolish the money bail system and pretrial detention.
Color of Change - https://colorofchange.org/
Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
10 Organizations Supporting Black Artists and Creators: https://artzealous.com/10-organizations-supporting-black-artists-creators-movers-shakers-you-can-donate-to-today/
Master List of Resistance Funds - click HERE.
PORTLAND, OR
In light of current events in Portland, we are adding more specific links for those who wish to learn and help more. Thank you to Patricia Wolf for her assistance.
PDX Protest Bail Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund
Don't Shoot PDX: https://www.dontshootpdx.org/
Black Portland Youth Movement: https://www.gofundme.com/f/21o0at70w0
Rosehip Medic Collective: https://www.rosehipmedics.org/
The Black Resilience Fund: https://www.blackresiliencefund.com/
Care Not Cops: https://www.carenotcops.org/
LGBTQ+
Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/
Marsha P. Johnson was an activist, self-identified drag queen, performer, and survivor. She was a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Marsha went by “Black Marsha” before settling on Marsha P. Johnson. The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind,” which is what Marsha would say in response to questions about her gender. The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.
We intend to reclaim Marsha P. Johnson and our relationship as BLACK trans people to her life and legacy. It is in our reclaiming of Marsha that we give ourselves permission to reclaim autonomy to our minds, to our bodies, and to our futures. We were founded both as a response to the murders of BLACK trans women and women of color and how that is connected to our exclusion from social justice issues, namely racial, gender, and reproductive justice, as well as gun violence.
The Okra Project - https://www.theokraproject.com/
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. Based on individual donations, The Okra Project pays Black Trans chefs to go into the homes of Black Trans people to cook them a healthy and home-cooked meal at absolutely no cost to our Black TGNC siblings. For those Black Trans folks currently experiencing homeless or whose homes cannot support our chef’s cooking, The Okra Project has partnered with institutions like Osborne Association and other community spaces to deliver foods.
COLOURS - http://coloursorganization.org/
COLOURS mission is to positively affect the decision making process of LGBTQ+ people of color through the development of activities, trainings, programs and reading materials aimed at attacking the underpinnings of disempowerment in our community. These mechanisms will improve communication and information sharing, enhance self esteem and support devices, while developing the talents, beauty, strength and courage of the community in the greater Philadelphia area.
Transgender Law Center - https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Transgender Law Center changes law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.
Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.
SNaPCO - https://www.snap4freedom.org/
SNaPCo builds power of Black trans and queer people to force systemic divestment from the prison industrial complex and invest in community support. A donation will help fund programs — like a 16-week internship program to create effective leaders to end the crisis of mass criminalization — support trans people that are in need, and bolster a SNAP4FREEDOM school that helps educate collaborators on how they can turn words into action.
BOOKS, FILM, MUSIC, TECH
How To Be Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi - https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.
So You Want To Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo - Seal Press
Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans–has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair–and how do you make it right? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?
Anything by Angela Davis - List of books: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/davis/publications
Angela Davis became a master scholar who studied at the Sorbonne. She joined the U.S. Communist Party and was jailed for charges related to a prison outbreak, though ultimately cleared. Known for books like Women, Race & Class, she has worked as a professor and activist who advocates gender equity, prison reform and alliances across color lines.
Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List - https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/06/09/schomburg-center-black-liberation-reading-list
For 95 years, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has preserved, protected, and fostered a greater understanding of the Black experience through its collections, exhibitions, programs, and scholarship. In response to the uprisings across the globe demanding justice for Black lives, the Schomburg Center has created a Black Liberation Reading List. The 95 titles on the list represent books we and the public turn to regularly as activists, students, archivists, and curators, with a particular focus on books by Black authors and those whose papers we steward.
Most of the #Schomburg95 books are available digitally for free via The New York Public Library’s SimplyE e-reader app on iOS and Android. Many are also available from the Schomburg Shop, along with a dedicated array of books and materials chronicling global Black culture. From James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time to The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward, these books speak to our time and are destined to be classics, addressing liberty across history, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
13th - "In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the US prison boom." Stream here.
I Am Not Your Negro - "Director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. It is a journey into black history that connects the civil rights movement to #BlackLivesMatter. It questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond." Stream here.
LA 92 - "Previously unseen footage is shaped into a fresh and timely retelling of the 1992 Rodney King trial — and the verdict that sparked civil unrest." Stream here.
When They See Us - Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story. Stream here.
ReMastered: The Lion’s Share - After discovering the family of Solomon Linda, the writer of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," a reporter tries to help them fight for fair compensation. Stream here.
Community Compiled list of 1000+ black artists/producers/labels to support directly. Click HERE.
Building Inclusive AI: Strategies for Training Against Racism: https://aifwd.com/field/building-inclusive-ai-strategies-for-training-against-racism/
SOCIAL MEDIA
CVLT NATION: https://www.instagram.com/cvltnation/
The AM: Detroit based DJ, promoter: https://www.instagram.com/i.am.the.am/
HE VALENCIA / MOMA PS5, DJ, lecturer, cultural historian: https://www.instagram.com/he_valencia/ https://www.instagram.com/moma.ps5/
Layla F. Saad, Author, Speaker, and Teacher - https://www.instagram.com/laylafsaad/
Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Activist, Educator, Writer - https://www.instagram.com/mspackyetti/
Ijeoma Oluo , Writer, Speaker, and NYT-Bestselling Author - https://www.instagram.com/ijeomaoluo/
Audre Lorde Project - https://www.instagram.com/audrelordeproject/
Monique Melton, Anti-racism Educator, Podcast Host, Author, Speaker: https://www.instagram.com/moemotivate/
VOTING
One way we can be sure our voices are heard is by voting at the local, state and federal level. In these times of constant flux, it is important to be vigilant about when, where and how your vote is cast in your city, county, state and country.
USA
When We All Vote - https://www.whenweallvote.org/voting-resources/
When We All Vote is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that is on a mission to increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap by changing the culture around voting, harnessing grassroots energy, and through strategic partnerships to reach every American.
Launched in 2018 by co-chairs Michelle Obama, Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Janelle Monae, Chris Paul, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, When We All Vote is changing the culture around voting using a data-driven and multifaceted approach to increase participation in elections.
U.S. Election Assistance Commission - https://www.eac.gov/
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of HAVA funds.
Other responsibilities include maintaining the national mail voter registration form developed in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
California Secretary of State - https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/
The Secretary of State's office is comprised of nearly 500 people who are dedicated to making government more transparent and accessible in the areas of elections, business, political campaigning, legislative advocacy, and historical treasures.
U.S. Citizens Living Abroad - Overseas Vote Foundation
U.S. Vote Foundation (US Vote), together with our Overseas Vote initiative, is dedicated to bringing best-in-class voter services to millions of American voters. We develop and provide online tools to assist US citizens living anywhere in the world to register to vote and request their absentee ballot using their state’s specific voter forms. This includes US citizens living within the US, living abroad or serving in the military. The comprehensive range of services offered by US Vote helps voters navigate today's complicated landscape of US voting regulations.
EUROPE
European Union - https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/living-another-eu-country/voting-local-national-and-european-elections_en
Voting in local, national and European elections .
Vote Watch EU - https://www.votewatch.eu/
VoteWatch Europe is shaping the EU policy debate with cutting-edge analysis which stems from a unique combination of big data and political insight.
We strongly believe that the stability of the European and international political and economic system is fundamentally dependent on quality and non-partisan information on how decisions are made at supranational level and by whom. As such, we report on what the real actions of each of the political actors are in the process of making decisions for half of billion EU citizens. We are therefore independent from any national or supranational governmental institution, businesses, political parties or any other entity. We self-finance our operating costs through subscriptions, paid-analyses and donations.
How To Vote EU - https://howtovote.eu/#
We strive to inform people in Europe, especially the youth, in order to equip them with the needed knowledge and to encourage them to be engaged in the democratic process in the future. We are therefore motivated to increase the participation and youth engagement in Europe and want to increase our understanding of the EU, tackle mistrust and apathy amongst the citizens through peer-to-peer education.
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