48 WAYS YOU CAN HELP TODAY!

Help end the systemic oppression of people of color in the United States and around the world. Use your privilege, access, and opportunities to take immediate action now. Here are forty-eight ways you can help, now! #BlackLivesMatter #KnowJusticeKnowPeace

CONTRIBUTE TO ORGANIZATIONS

• George Floyd Memorial Fund

• Minnesota Freedom Fund

• Reclaim the Block

• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

• Justice for Breonna

• Black Visions Collective

• The Innocence Project

• LIST OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESS DESTROYED DURING UNREST

• GLOBAL GUIDE TO BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES

• FIND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITY

FOLLOW ORGANIZATIONS

• Ally Cooperative (@allycooperative)

• Black Lives Matter (@blklivesmatter)

• Color of Change (@colorofchange)

• NAACP (naacp)

• Showing-up for Racial Justice (@showingupforracialjustice)

• CivilRights.org (@civilrightsorg)

• Reclaim the Block (@reclaimtheblock)

• United We Dream (@unitedwedream)

SIGN PETITIONS

• BLM #DefundThePolice Petition

• Sign the Tallahassee Dream Defenders’ Petition for Tony McDade

• Text “ENOUGH” to 55156 or sign this petition to demand justice for Breonna Taylor

• Text “JUSTICE” to 668366 to sign MoveOn’s petition for George Floyd or sign here

• Sign Color of Change’s Petition for George Floyd

• Hand’s Up Act to punish police for shooting unarmed citizens

• NAACP #WeAreDoneDying Petition

• Justice for Belly Mujinga

• Justice for João Pedro

• Sign the Movement for Black Lives’ petition to push elected officials to fight against the militarization in communities of color

• Use this template to contact your representative and push them to consider changing police training to decrease police brutality

• Defund12.org: a site with links to prefilled emails about decarceration you can send to your elected officials.

• Petition to Ban the Use of Rubber Bullets

• Birthday for Breonna Initiative

ASK YOURSELF TOUGH QUESTIONS

• What can I do to support people of color in my community?

• What positions and policies do my local elected leaders hold on police use of force?

• When was I taught about race and culture?

• How do I plan to fight systemic racism and oppression?

• How can I use anti-racist knowledge to engage in constructive dialogue with family, friends, and my community?

• How can I be actively anti-racist, rather than simply "not racist"?

• What do I want to learn more about?

COMMIT TO THESE ACTIONS TODAY

• Register to vote

• Check-in on friends, family, connections, and neighbors of color

• Educate yourself on what it means to be anti-racist

• Share and post resources regularly to help educate those you are connected with

• Avoid making the narrative about you–you are an ally whose job it is to amplify and raise up those who have been systemically disadvantaged

• Actively evaluate daily circumstances. in your life to better understand the privilege you have

• Stop supporting businesses and organizations whos values do not align with your own

• Prepare to continue allyship and advocacy after the news headlines fade and the outrage subsides

• If you have the means, continue to donate your time or financial contributions