TOGETHER AGAINST RACISM

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

Below is a list of resources that have been offered in light of recent events.

  1. ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS

  2. ACTIVISM

  3. COMPANIES OFFERING HELP

  4. FILM/TV

  5. PODCASTS

  6. BOOKS

ACTIVISM

Note: the Minnesota Freedom Fund and Brooklyn Community Bail fund are urging people to donate elsewhere, as they’ve each received an outpouring of donations.)

  • Action Bail Fund, also organized by Black Lives Matter LA, is supported by White People 4 Black Lives. 100% of donations go directly to support bail, fees, and medical costs associated with actions. Donate here.

  • Donate to a bail fund: Some Twitter users are crowd-sourcing lists of local organizations that help bail out protesters who get arrested. Thread here.

  • Or another bail fund: This crowd-sourced Google Doc of bail funds keeps getting bigger.

  • BLM protest finder near you. Only applicable for California

  • Donate to Black Lives Matter: You can find the main donation page here.

  • Black Visions Collective is “a Black-led, Queer and Trans centering organization whose mission is to organize powerful, connected Black communities and dismantle systems of violence…through building strategic campaigns, investing in Black leadership, and engaging in cultural and narrative organizing.” Donate via the organization’s website here.

  • Campaign Zero- online platform & organization that utilizes research based policy solutions to end police brutality in America

  • George Floyd Memorial Fund- official GoFundMe to support the Floyd Family

  • Free Them All For Public Health is raising money for protesters who have been arrested in New York. Venmo: @BailOutNYCMay.

  • Minnesota Freedom Fund- community-based nonprofit that pays criminal bail & immigration bonds for individuals who have been arrested while protesting police brutality

  • Reclaim the Block- Coalition that advocates for & invests in community-led safety initiatives in Minneapolis neighborhoods

  • The Brooklyn Bail Fund is “committed to challenging the racism, inequality, and injustice of a criminal legal system and immigration and deportation regime that disproportionately target and harm low-income communities of color.” Donate here.

  • The Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter is currently supporting organizers, endeavoring to adopt a “People’s Budget” that reallocates police funding to communities that need it. Donate via the Black Lives Matter LA website.

  • The National Bail Out is “a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.” Donate here.

  • The Peoples City Council Freedom Fund is another Los Angeles offering. Per the fundraiser’s GoFundMe page, “As the mayor and city council have sought to increase the LAPD’s budget during a pandemic, and as police around the country continue to kill innocent Black people, we have taken to the street to protest the funding of state sanctioned murder. This fund will be used for supplies that will keep us safe, things that will amplify our noise, transportation for protestors support for other organizations, bail relief, and other necessary resources as we fight this battle.”

  • Unicorn Riot is a non-profit media organization dedicated to fair, on-the-ground reporting on civil disobedience, police brutality and white supremacy. Donate here. Donate via the organization’s website.

  • Support the National Police Accountability Project: This group, a project of the National Lawyers Guild, helps people find legal counsel. More info here.

  • Support Campaign Zero, a police reform group that has been working on policy solutions “informed by data and human rights principles. More info here.

  • Petitions

    • Sign a petition: Civil rights group Color of Change launched a petition asking that all the officers involved in Floyd’s death are brought to justice. Find it here.

    • Sign The “Justice for George Floyd” petition on Change.org; it already has 8.5 million supporters. That sends a big message. Find it here.

  • Los Angeles

    • In This Together Los Angeles- find out when the protests are

    • Medical services

      • Dr. Amir is offering free eye and vision examinations and provide treatment and prescriptions from a legal and ethical standard for those injured during protests.

      • Dr. Bastian is offering free healthcare to the best of his abilities from a legal and ethical standard. For non-orthopedic issues, he will do his best to guide you in the right direction.

      • Dr. Rivkin / Westside Aesthetics: FREE medical services for those injured during protests.

    • Paint the City Peaceful- Creating peace through paint (mainly in Los Angeles)

  • More ways to help: www.blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

COMPANIES OFFERING HELP

  • @Aritzia is donating $100,000 to Black Lives Matter and NAACP.

  • @BurtsBees is donating $100,000 to NAACP.

  • @eosproducts will be donating $10,000 to Color of Change and also matching every dollar that their employees give to organizations creating a better world for all.

  • In honor of this city and the community, @facefoundrie will be matching donations up to $10,000. 

  • @Glossier will be donating $500k across organizations focused on combating racial injustice: Black Lives Matter, The NAACP Legal Defense an Education Fund, The Equal Justice Initiative, The Marsha P. Johnson Institue and We The Protestors. In an effort to make an impact within their own industry, they will be allocating an additional $500K in the form of grants to Black-owned beauty businesses - more details to come on this initiative in June. For those looking for ways to take action, you can find resources for engagement and education in @Glossier’s stories.

  • @JAANUU is donating $10,000 to the NAACP. They would also like to make 100,000 masks available for protestors. DM or comment to recommend local organizations.

  • @Patagonia is making a $100,000 donation to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Tomorrow, and in the weeks to follow, they will intensify our efforts to ensure that voting, the most basic civil right we have, is safe for everyone. ⁠

FILM/TV

  • 13th - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.

  • American Son- Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

  • Dear White People - Students of color navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college that's not nearly as "post-racial" as it thinks.

  • Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap

  • Fruitvale Station - This Sundance award-winner follows the true events of a 22-year-old loving father and beloved son on the last day of his life before being fatally shot by police on New Year's Day 2009.

  • Gook - In a predominantly African-American community in LA, two Korean-American brothers run a shoe store where they strike up a unique and unlikely friendship with a young African-American girl, Kamilla. As one brother dreams of becoming a recording artist and the other struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the "infamous" L.A. Riots break out.

    I Am Not Your Negro

  • If Beale Street Could Talk- Based on the novel by James Baldwin, "If Beale Street Could Talk" is a soulful drama about a young couple fighting for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.

  • “Justice Now: A BET News Special” will air Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 8 PM ET/PT, hosted by Marc Lamont Hill and featuring dialogue with George Floyd’s family and leading African American voices in activism, politics and entertainment

  • Just Mercy - Warner Bros. has released this film free to encourcage “systemic racism” education. A powerful true story that follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his battle for justice as he defends a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence.

  • Remember The Titans - True story of a newly integrated high school football team.

  • See You Yesterday - As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a series of dangerous trips to the past.

  • Selma - From the Oscar-winning producers of 12 Years a Slave and acclaimed director Ava DuVernay comes the true story of courage and hope that changed the world forever. Currently streaming FREE on FandangoNow.

    The Big Sick - based on the real-life courtship between Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (Nanjiani) and grad student Emily Gordon (Zoe Kazan) who fall in love but struggle while dealing with Emily's mysterious illness and their families’ culture clash. Also staring Ray Romano, Holly Hunter.

  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - 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.

  • The Hate U Give - A teen witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend by a trigger-happy cop and must decide whether to testify or not.

  • The Namesake - A young Indian boy living in New Jersey rebels against his traditional parents and struggles with identity and love.

  • Time: The Kalief Browder Story: This series traces the tragic case of Kalief Browder, a Bronx teen who spent three horrific years in jail, despite never being convicted of a crime.

  • When They See Us - Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.

  • Who Killed Malcolm X: An insight into Malcolm X, his believes and his mysterious death.

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