Announcement - June 4, 2020

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#BlackLivesMatter

This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if you have other creators, resources, articles, actions or organizations that you would like for us to add, please feel free to reach out. 

Support Black creators in our communities. 

Cast & Content Creators

• The Hype's Watch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMRMaprM4O5WzAIQJnvz9g 
• A Don of Ice & Fire aka Don Willi  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC507i_iipyO50QZFk4s8brA 
• Alicia Kingston - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFINw6LLA-4NiycBCAhxxvQ 
• Chrissy of Oldstones - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SPSiaoyBsXF0bG4Jq8veg 
• Quinn - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ & https://obsidiannightspodcast.podbean.com/
  • Tadhya, Quinn’s upcoming graphic novel: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tadhya-graphic-novel/coming_soon
• I'ma Need More Wine Pod - http://morewinepod.buzzsprout.com/ 
• Tee Baby - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOlQn5fok-SSyschqNbjRA 
• Christina/the Sphinx - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuy1eNsQx0BIqLFWKhM2cw || https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLhsjfgjyvkjly8iHgrAWQ 
• Teflon TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7FuRHvd0CpH8vwKqU9Ruw 
• The Amber Spycast - https://www.theamberspycast.com/ 
• Critical Hit Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitShop 
• Drafturgy - https://www.drafturgy.com/about 
• ManaroGeek - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lo_HzhE8_5Q6gxn7h4cUA 
• Podcast Winterfell - https://podcastwinterfell.com/
• Misty aka AquaVenatus - https://mistyaquavenatus.com/
• A Thousand Eyes and One Podcast - https://thousandeyespodcast.com/
• Lady Diligence - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbuPUn7_XyRdQd6VoUnEBg
• Ser Hunts Reviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdSjDnWwcJp-DJUUBlIOFw

Support Black storytellers.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors

• Tomi Adeyemi
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Samuel R. Delaney
• N.K. Jemisin
• Nnedi Okorafor
• Tananarive Due
• Airea D. Matthews
• Walter Mosley
• Geoffrey Thorne
• Minister Faust
• Sheree R. Thomas
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Tochi Onyebuchi
• Karen Lord
• Steven Barnes
• Sofia Samatar
• David Anthony Durham
• Octavia Butler
• Maurice Broaddus
• Barry Nugent

 FURTHER LIST OF BOOKS TO READ, THANKS RACHELGOMES: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eT3U74lNb9KPLKA3mUmNauSPwbcK5LQv70KmBW7EwdA/edit#gid=0

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: CHECK OUT THIS LIST OF ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES COMPILED BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER AND ALYSSA KLEIN

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcqDhrCs*godMQCSHOqftXrgq3I8DGA

Sooooo many good resources already listed on here. You’ll see some overlap in the later sections but this is a great compilation that people have put a lot of great work into. 

SIMILARLY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also check out PLUS1.ORG’S ANTI-RACISM TOOLKIT. 

Again, people who are more knowledgeable than us have done this great work so that we can do more to actively dismantle white supremacy. Check it out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vMlmL9TCZJW9bDNfr_nBu8FZEc8LZQd2fi4hbD1s7dg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1GSNbcbw-KRtvhM-7OQmTt2HtuBUTcPbOMtAb-DDnXe3dBIapMpHWUmto 

Books About Anti-Racism, Racist Systems, Criminalization in America, etc. 

• Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Forman, Jr. 

• Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad

• How to be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi

• White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism - Robin DiAngelo

• Reproductive Justice - Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger

• So you want to talk about race  - Ijeoma Oluo

• How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander

• GO CHECK OUT THOSE LISTS WE LINKED ABOVE

Organizations You Can Donate To or Financially Support

• George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd?fbclid=IwAR342hEyNUlpvaJbtbm0qgLiXUmURvaq845KXTlvIjQtgm5207WIjwimsf0 
• Black Owned Bookstores in the United States - https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php 
• Black Visions Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ 
• Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home 
• Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In (MOODI) - https://www.givemn.org/story/Mxmjeg 
• Pimento Relief Fund - https://abepmpls.org/pimento-relief-fund 
• SANCTUARY Philadelphia - Sanctuaryphiladelphia.org 
• Philly for REAL Justice - http://phillyrealjustice.com/ 
• Philadelphia Resource Guide from REAL JUSTICE: - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c69EhaddDpb5X684S8Bk7B-XwsKg3EuYowbEoN39SRg/edit#gid=0 
• DONATE TO DOZENS OF BAIL PLACES AT ONCE - https://t.co/uscstATQLB?amp=1 
• Philly Bail Fund - OVERFLOWING - fund BLMPhilly.com - BLMPhilly.com 
• Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Project - http://www.yasproject.com/ 
• Reclaim Philadelphia / Judicial Accountability Table - reclaimphiladelphia.org 
• Movement Alliance Project - https://movementalliance.org/ 
• Black Lives Matter DC - https://www.blacklivesmatterdmv.org/fund-the-movement/
• Black Lives Matter DC Legal Support Fund ($800k goal, currently at $500k) - https://www.gofundme.com/f/defendblmdc?utm_source=fb_copy_link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR00qGS94DeimUwk_zrcWCIwhLfM_UUVqUeL4I84xq-exdOJL3PDMahcRg4
  • Please note: DC does not have cash bail (though money may be used for legal funds or post-and-forfeit, so do your research if someone is requesting funds for DC bail!)
• DC Black-Owned Restaurants Open During Covid-19 - https://www.feedthemalik.com/post/dc-black-owned-open-covid-19
• Black Mamas Bail Out - nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/ 
• Brooklyn Community Bail Fund - brooklynbailfund.org
• North Star Health Collective - northstarhealthcollective.org 
• The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/donate/
• Compiled list of bail funds and legal help - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/preview?pru=AAABcorfceg*78tcFXW3vT50KJh-VthBGA&fbclid=IwAR1pEfBcMbEiGLiVtP3hLlf-6sWQiTdG61PY-qBQV3-pdWluVNrqao5HTyc
• Femme Empowerment Project - https://www.instagram.com/femmeempowermentproject/ 
• Life After Release - https://lifeafterrelease.org/
• Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund - Venmo: @sheabutterfemme || Cashapp: $HSHA24

Direct Actions You Can Take

• • Click this link with a fully written email and placeholders with your name and city to demand the Minneapolis Police Department take all four of George Floyd’s killers and take them into custody - www.tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd/
  • Click this link to write an email demanding justice for Breonna Taylor - www.tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu
  • If you are in the DC area: 
    • More resources and guidance: instagram.com/avahmann
    • If you want to call your DC council member and don’t know how, send us a DM!
    • Submit a testimony to urge the DC council to divest from the DC Metropolitan Police Department - read this document about the issue, why this is important, and what actually works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2l7bdg6QeqtqVWDr5HFzVzieiT0vg6jZASN6syBNyY/preview?link_id=2&can_id=77140cfd7b3097e48a6e6fdd19b2f451&source=email-make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&email_referrer=email_819293&email_subject=make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&pru=AAABcpn9JGM*i99REKSEQVFf7imV8Riqog
    • Email/call the DC Council Committee on the judiciary and public affairs and demand they redirect the money into programs that help Black communities! (Dept of Health, Dept of Health Care Finance, Dept of Behavioral Health) - judiciary@dccouncil.us  -  202-350-1362
  • For everyone: Write your state representative! (Don't know your state delegate/representative or senator? Use this website or let us know, and I will help you!) 
    • Here’s a scripted email about no-knock warrants if you don’t know what to write: 
    • Hi [State Rep],
      
      My name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in your district. I’ve been moved by the protests against police brutality across the nation. One situation that breaks my heart is the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. She was killed in her own home when officers executed a no-knock warrant at the wrong home.
      
      Nothing can make up for her tragic loss of life. But no-knock warrants aren’t just a problem in Louisville. Police use no-knock warrants in our district! I’m writing to you in hopes that you will file legislation to ban no-knock warrants.
      
      Please see this 2014 ACLU report on police execution of warrants for more info: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/jus14-warcomeshome-report-web-rel1.pdf 

• [Please note that this email may not apply to your district if you live in Oregon or Florida.]

Some other articles and resources for non-black people of color regarding anti-blackness in non-white communities: 

• 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now - https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e
• Letters for Black lives - on talking to your family about why #BlackLivesMatter (with Tagalog translation) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5vzQopEiU/?igshid=qo3lluto6ncj 

This list was only possible because of the countless efforts and hours of many people paving the way. Credit to: @trishalvaro (IG), @Stanfordfraser (Twitter), @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y (IG), @ericachidi (IG), @mireillecharper (IG), @dciwoc (IG), @law4blacklivesdc (IG), @brige0x (IG), @soft_masc_shawty (IG) (I lost the account that drafted the instant email link demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in direct actions, and am working on recovering that)