Protest Options: A List of Links to Petitions, Donations, Resources and Education
Style Magazine Newswire | 6/2/2020, 10:44 a.m.
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Protest is powerful – so much so, it is listed as a right in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. But when marching is not an option, there are other ways to keep fighting for justice.
Good Black News offers sincere thanks to Jessie Davis and The Members of the UC San Diego Student Sustainability Collective (@sscucsd on Instagram & Facebook) for letting us share the relevant links and resources they have compiled:
SIGN PETITIONS
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD:
CHARGE THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS:
JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR:
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor/psf/promote_or_share?recruiter= (includes option to donate)
#JUSTICEFORBRE:
https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforbre-breonna-taylor-officers-fired?source=coc_main_website (includes the option to film a 30 second video)
FIGHT FOR BREONNA:
https://justiceforbreonna.org/
#RUNWITHMAUD:
https://www.runwithmaud.com/ (includes option to call)
JUSTICE FOR AHMAUD ARBERY:
https://www.change.org/p/liberty-county-distric-attorney-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery
JUSTICE FOR TONY MCDADE:
https://www.change.org/p/black-lives-matter-activists-justice-for-tony-mcdade
HANDS UP ACT PETITION:
https://www.change.org/p/us-senate-hands-up-act
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE INTERNATIONALLY:
Postal codes:
90015 – Los Angeles, California
10001 – New York City, New York
75001 – Dallas, Texas
TEXT:
TEXT JUSTICE TO 668366
TEXT FLOYD TO 55156
TEXT RESIST TO 50409
TEXT ENOUGH TO 55156
DONATE
AFFECTED FAMILIES
GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FUND:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
DONATION TO AHMAUD ARBERY’S FAMILY:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR:
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor/psf/promote_or_share?recruiter= (petition includes option to donate)
BAIL FUNDS
MINNESOTA PROTESTOR BAIL FUND:
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate (Minnesota Freedom Fund has received a huge influx of funds and is now encouraging donations to other organizations included below!)
LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY BAIL FUND
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund
NATIONAL BAIL FUND NETWORK:
bit.ly/localbailfunds (find any protesting city & contribute to their bail funds)
Cities to consider:
Atlanta, Georgia
Chicago, Illinois
Columbus, Ohio
Denver, Colorado
New York City, New York
Check the news for updates for MANY other cities where your donations can help.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE, MINNESOTA:
https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ (includes option to donate)
NORTH STAR HEALTH COLLECTIVE
https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/donate
RECLAIM THE BLOCK DONATION:
BLM DONATION:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.
CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES
CONTACT MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVES EMAILS:
citizeninfo@hennepin.us
police@minneapolismn.gov
minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov
policereview@minneapolismn.gov
MINNEAPOLIS SENATORS:
https://www.senate.mn/members/
HOUSE MEMBERS:
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/list
CONTACT KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVES:
Louisville Police Dept Twitter: @lmpdky Instagram: @lmpd.ky
Louisville Mayor Twitter: @louisvillemayor Instagram: @mayorgregfisher
Kentucky Governor Twitter: @govandybeshear
Instagram: @govandybeshear
DOCUMENTARIES/FILMS/SHOWS/PODCASTS
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (2016)
Director: Raoul Peck
Brief synopsis: “ The film explores the history of racism in the United States through James Baldwin’s reminiscences of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcom X, and Martin Luther King Jr. as well as his personal observations of American History ”
Let the Fire Burn (2013)
Director: Jason Osder
Brief synopsis: “A film about the events leading up to and surrounding a 1985 stand-off between the black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department.”
When They See Us (2019)
Director: Ava Duvernay
Brief synopsis: “It is based on events of the 1989 Central Park Jogger cae and explores the lives and families of the five male suspects who were falsely accused then prosecuted on charges related to the rape and assault of a woman in Central Park, New York City.”
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Director: Stanley Nelson Jr.
Brief synopsis: “The first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails.”
Ferguson: A report from occupied territory (2015)
Director: Orlando de Guzman
Brief synopsis: “This film goes to the frontlines of the national dialogue regarding racial profiling and police brutality; a dialogue triggered by the killing of Michael Brown in August of 2014and offers invaluable insights from Ferguson residents for whom the burdens of discrimination and injustice are a daily fact of life.”
Do Not Resist (2016)
Director: Craig Atkinson
Brief synopsis: “Filmed over two years in 11 states, this film examines the increasingly disturbing realities of the rapid militarization of police forces in the United States.”
13th (2016)
Director: Ava Duvernay
Brief synopsis: “The film explores the “intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States” it is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for conviction of a crime.”
Black Power Mixtape
Director: Göran Olsson
Brief synopsis: “A documentary film that examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in American society from 1967 to 1975 as viewed through Swedish journalists and filmmakers.”
What Matters
Podcast organized by BlackLivesMatter
https://blacklivesmatter.com/whatmatters/
Brief Synopsis: “What Matters combines documentary narrative with interviews to illuminate specific, timely issues, aiming to create safe dialogue to promote freedom, justice, and collective liberation.
What Matters is a salve and a safe place where we can connect, learn, think freely, and transform the world. New and upcoming episodes include interviews with Rep. Karen Bass, BLM South Bend, Donna Brazile, Dr. Cedric Dark, Jane Fonda, and Marc Lamont Hill.”
READING
The Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X
Martin and Malcolm by James Baldwin
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
Assata Shakur’s Autobiography
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House by Audre Lorde
No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear By Toni Morrison
Why I Won’t Vote by W. E. B. DuBois
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation by Angela Davis
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Black History Month Google Drive File:
Created by Black transperson, Charles Preston: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bz011IF2Pu9TUWIxVWxybGJ1Ync
