Organizations to follow/support:
- Audre Lorde Project: @audrelordeproject
- Black Women’s Blueprint: @blackwomensblueprint
- Color of Change: @colorofchange
- Colorlines: @colorlinesnews
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: @civilrightsorg
- Muslim Girl: @muslimgirl
- NAACP: @naacp
- RAICES: @raicetexas
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): @showingupforracialjustice
- SisterSong: @sistersong_woc
- United We Dream: @unitedwedream
- Black Visions Collective: @blackvisionscollective
- Movement for Black Lives: @mvmnt4blklives
- The Loveland Foundation: @thelovelandfoundation
- The show must be paused @theshowmustbepaused
- The Conscious Kid: @theconsiouskid
- Reclaim the Block: @reclaimtheblock
- Check Your Privilege: @ckyourprivilege
- From Privilege to Progress: @privtoprog
- ACLU: @aclu_nationwide
- New Kings Democrats: @newkingsdems
- Demand Justice: @demandjustice_
Films/Videos:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 available to rent
- Clemency (Chionye Chukwu) available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) available to rent
- King In The Wilderness HBO
- Rize (David LaChapelle) free on Vudu
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution available to rent
- The Hate U Give (Geoge Tilman Jr.) Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) Netflix
- I Am Not Your Negro – Youtube, Amazon, Google Play
- James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965) – Youtube
- James Baldwin on Dick Cavett – Youtube
- What Happens When I Try to Talk Race With White People – Youtube
- White People, Enough: A Look at Power and Control – Youtube
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion – Youtube
- Understanding Structural Racism – Youtube
- The Racism of the US Justice System in 10 Charts – Youtube
- How the US Justice System Creates Social Castes – Youtube
- The US Medical System Haunted by Slavery – Youtube
Podcasts:
- 1619 (NYT)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matter! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause (The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save The People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
- Dismantling White Fragility (The Goop Podcast)
- What A Day (Crooked Media)
Books:
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- The Miner’s Canary by Lant Guiner and Gerald Torres
- How To Be Antiracist by Ibran X Kendi
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
- They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
- Recitatif by Tont Morrison
- A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
- My Soul is Rested by Howell Raines
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittany Cooper
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- The Warmth of other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- On the Other Side of Freedom by DeRay Mckesson
- Feel Free by Zadie Smith
Take Action:
- Register to vote
- Check in on your black friends, family, partners and colleagues.
- Educate yourself and read about what it means to be anti-racist
- Screenshot, share and repost resources to educate those around you
- Stop supporting organisations that promote hate
- Be an ally and advocate after the outrage ends
- Call your local officials and demand justice
- Sign Petitions! – https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions
- This is a great resource for A LOT of petitions. Read through and sign the ones that resonate with you.
DONATE! and do your research on WHO you’re donating to:
- George Floyd Memorial Fund
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- Unicorn Riot
- Run with Maud
- Justice for Breonna
- National Bail Out
- Black Visions Collective
- Campaign Zero
- Reclaim the Block
- The Innocence Project
- Black Lives Matter
- The Loveland Foundation
- NACCP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Community Bail Funds
- The ACLU
- Color of Change
- Communities United Against Police Brutality
- The Equal Justice Initiative
- Fair Fight
- The Brennan Center
- The Committee to Protect Journalists
- The Southern Poverty Law Center
- Until Freedom
- Know Your Rights Camp
- Black Women’s Blueprint
- Brooklyn Bail Fund