How You Can Support The #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of the resources our team has been relying on to educate ourselves and take action. This is a working list and will be edited as more resources are brought to our attention.
Take Action
Petition:
- Super-petition for justice for Breonna Taylor
- Justice for George Floyd (from Change.com)
- Justice for George Floyd (from Color of Change)
- Justice for Emerald Black
Contact officials and representatives to demand action and accountability:
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (612-673-2100)
- Minneapolis District Attorney (612-348-5550)
- Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (jenny.durkan@seattle.gov)
- Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (here and here)
- Seattle Police Department/Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best (206-648-8797 or opa@seattle.gov)
- File an employee complaint to the Seattle Police Department (here)
- Senator Patty Murray (here)
- Senator Maria Cantwell (here)
Donate
- Black Lives Matter
- Seattle/King County Black Lives Matter Chapter
- Black Lives Matter Seattle Freedom Fund
- Memorial Fundraiser in Honor of Manuel Ellis
- Memorial Fundraiser in Honor of Said Joquin
- Louisville Community Bail Fund
- Northstar Health Collective
- Black Visions Collective
- Reclaim the Block
- Campaign Zero
- The Bail Project
- National Bail Fund Network (to help locate bail funds nation-wide)
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- Communities United Against Police Brutality
- No New Jails NYC
- Unicorn Riot
- National Police Accountability Project
Follow Black Activists & Creators
- SassyBlack
- Tanya DePass
- Rachel Cargle
- Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Sassy Latte
- Tami Sawyer
- DaShaun Harrison
- Delaney Vandergrift
- Clarissa Brooks
- Bree Newsome Bass
- Ericka Hart
- Black Nerd Problems
- Ijeoma Oluo
- Nikkita Oliver
- Sherae Lascelles
- Shaun Scott
- Aretha Basu
Educate Yourselves
- Building a Police-Free Future: Frequently Asked Questions (from MPD150)
- What to Know Before Heading to a Protest (from Teen Vogue)
- Abolition Organizing Toolkit (from Critical Resistance)
- How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic (from Vice)
- Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma (from Teaching Tolerance)
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
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