We need to be better. We shouldn’t just be disgusted by racism, we need to speak up against it. We need to act against it. And if we stand from a place of privilege, we need to use that privilege to shout in the face of it until it vanishes from assistance.
Ignorance by nature is just as loud as it is hideous. We NEED to be louder. Black lives matter. There is nothing controversial about that statement. The only acceptable response to it is, “Yes. They do.”
VICTIM MEMORIAL FUNDS:
George Floyd Memorial Fund
I Run With Maud
James Scurlock Memorial Fund
Tony Mcdade Memorial Fund
David McAtee Memorial Fund
Gianna Floyd Fund
Justice for Breonna Taylor
DEFUND THE POLICE:
The idea behind “defund the police” movement is to not spend as much funding on police budgets (military equipment, etc) and reallocate that money towards education, social-services, and dismantling racial inequality. Here, you will find emails to your representatives to address the matter.
https://defund12.org/
BAIL & LEGAL ASSISTANCE:
The Bail Project
National Bail Out
National Bail Fund Network COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
Atlanta Solidarity Fund
Louisville Community Bail Fund
Chicago Community Bond Fund
Philadelphia Bail Fund
Nashville Community Bail Fund
Dallas Bail Fund for Protesters
People’s Program Bail Out Fund
Columbus Freedom Fund
Split Community Bail Fund
YOUTH-ORIENTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
Integrate NYC
GirlTrek
Black Girls Code
Colin Kaepernick Know Your Rights Camp
The Conscious Kid
Pretty Brown Girl
Gyrl Wonder
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS:
black-voter education initiatives & political candidates
Fair Fight
Black Voters Matter Fund
Woke Vote
Higher Heights
The Collective Political Action Committee
POLICE REFORM ORGANIZATIONS:
The National Police Accountability Project
Campaign Zero
Communities United for Police Reform
Communities United Against Police Brutality
Equality for Flatbush (Brooklyn, New York)
INCARCERATION REFORM ORGANIZATIONS:
Release Aging People in Prison
No New Jails NYC
Equal Justice Initiative
Prison Book Program
Dream Defenders
LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDS & ORGANIZATIONS:
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Legal Rights Center
Amistad Law Project
Transgender Law Center Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
Moral Governance (San Diego, California)
Restoring Justice (Texas)
BLACK LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS & FUNDS:
House of GG (Arkansas)
Trans Justice Funding Project
Youth Breakout (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Solutions Not Punishment (Atlanta, Georgia)
Black AIDS Institute
Trans Cultural District (San Francisco, California)
The Audre Lorde Project (New York City)
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Vocal New York (New York State)
Gays and Lesbians Living In a Transgender Society
Princess Janae Place (New York City)
The Okra Project
MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS:
The Loveland Foundation
Black Girl in Om
Sista Afya
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
You Good Sis Yoga Collective
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
Peoples Oakland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
HEALTH CARE FUNDS AND ORGANIZATIONS:
National Black Disability Coalition
BET and United Way COVID-19 Relief Fund
Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In
Sister Song
COVID-19 Bail Out NYC (New York)
EMW Women’s Surgical Center
source & additional information: NYmag.com
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