Below are some resources to support the local, national, and global community now and moving forward. Click here for mental health resources for Black candidates.
Make a Donation
If you’re able, below are some organizations you can contribute to in order to help fund racial justice.
- Black Lives Matter
- George Floyd Memorial Fund
- The Bail Project
- Fair Fight
- The Liberty Fund
- Black Visions Collective
- Know Your Rights Camp
- Reclaim the Block
- I Run With Maud
- Campaign Zero
- Unicorn Riot
- American Civil Liberties Union
Sign a Petition
This is of the easiest ways to use the power of your voice in this country.
- Justice for George Floyd
- Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
- Justice for Breonna Taylor
- Justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet
- Justice For Tony McDade
Read & Share Articles
Below is a handful of articles that can help you — and your personal and professional networks — learn more and begin making an impact.
- Being antiracist (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
- Resources for parents: uplifting youth through healthy communication about race(American Psychological Association)
- Ways to help (Black Lives Matter)
- Social justice reform (Children’s Community School)
- Black owned businesses you can support today (Glamour)
- How to support the struggle against police brutality (The Cut)
- 75 things white people can do for racial injustice (Medium)
Educate Yourself
Learn more about Black history and the Black experience in the US by reading the following books. (And simultaneously support local small businesses by purchasing these books from Black-owned bookstores.)
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
- Dark Days by James Baldwin
- White Supremacy and Me by Layla F. Saad
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
- They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lord
- White Girls by Hilton Als
- Diversify by June Sarpong
- Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Tabiri
- How To Be Antiracist by Ibran X. Kendi
Watch & Listen
Educational videos, documentaries, and podcasts that document the Black experience.
- An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter (TED Talks)
- Supporting kids of color in the wake of radicalized violence (Embrace Race)
- Angela Davis on intersectional anti-racism (Roshni Goyate)
- Re-Righting History (National Geographic)
- 1619 by The New York Times
- Code Switch by NPR
- 13th by Netflix
- How studying privilege systems can strengthen compassion (TED Talks)
Use These Tools
Resources to help you take action now.
- Anti-racism resource collection (Resource Sharing Project)
- Protesting safely during a pandemic (VICE)
- Addressing racial privilege: a mental model for white anti-racists (Resource Sharing Center)
- Dismantling racism: a resource book (Resource Sharing Center)
- An antiracist reading list (The New York Times)
- Transform allyship into action: a toolkit for non-black people (Social Justice in Medicine Coalition at USC)
Follow These Accounts
For continued awareness and education, stay up-to-date by following these Instagram and Twitter accounts.
- Ibram X. Kendi
- Entry Level Activist
- Color Of Change
- We the Urban
- BlackVisions
- Lee Merrit (Civil Rights Lawyer)
- Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
- Check Your Privilege
- The Great Unlearn
