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WAYS YOU CAN JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE & POLICE BRUTALITY
Sunday, Mar 13, 2022

The tension between police and the communities they’re supposed to protect continues as former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to only two years in prison for shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright at a traffic stop for two infractions: expired registration and illegally hanging an air freshener from his rearview mirror. Just over a year before Daunte’s death, George Floyd, another unarmed black man, died after Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. This sparked protests all over the world, not just for George, but for the countless others who have suffered or have senselessly lost their lives at the hands of an unjust system, such as 26-year-old Breonna Taylor who was shot 8 times during a botched drug raid while she slept in her home, Ahmaud Arbery who was gunned down by two white men while jogging, 23-year-old Elijah McClain who was simply going to the store to buy his brother some iced tea, and 29-year-old Jacob Blake who was walking away when officers shot him seven times in the back in front of his kids.

The unsettling tension and cries for change have left many wondering how they can help. Below are a few ways to do your part in the fight against inequality, injustice, and police brutality.

Participate In Organized Actions For Breonna Taylor

 

Organizers launched #BirthdayforBreonna, a 10-step plan of action to bring awareness to her senseless death and plead for justice. The plan includes posting on social media and updating your bios to commemorate her life, signing a petition, demanding that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron charge the officers responsible for her death, donating to her Go FundMe, and more.

Click here for the full details.

Donate

 

As financial activism is a great way to support the cause, you can always put your money where your mouth is and donate to advocacy groups. To help spread the wealth, you can challenge friends and family to match your donation or simply share ways to donate on social media. Color of Change and Campaign Zero, are a few options. See below for more.

Bail Funds:

The Minnesota Freedom Fund

Emergency Release Fund

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

National Bail Fund Network

Bail Project

Direct Aid to Families:

Daunte Wright’s Memorial Fund

Darnella Frazier Fund (17-year-old woman who filmed George Floyd’s death)

Elijah McClain Fund

Go Fund Me for Jacob Blake

Police Accountability

 

Demand that police officers are held accountable for their actions by researching current laws, proposed changes, and contacting your representatives at the local, state, and national levels. Campaign Zero is a good place to start as they have a comprehensive data and research-backed solution to ending police brutality.

 

 

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✊🏿✊🏾Hey fam, many of you have been asking what more you can do and we’ve heard you. Today we launch a new campaign: #8CANTWAIT. Together these 8 use of force policies can reduce police violence by 72%. And your Mayor has the power to adopt them all right now. We need YOU to call and email your mayors, wherever you are, and tell them to adopt these 8 life-saving policies RIGHT NOW! We cannot standby any longer while the police kill people. Visit 8CANTWAIT.ORG and use our tools to find your Mayor’s contact info, and see if your city already has any of these policies in place. Help us spread the word and tag 10 people you want to see this policy! Together we CAN END police violence in America.✊🏿✊🏾

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You can also research your city’s budget for law enforcement and demand funds to be relocated to more crucial areas like education and housing. To directly support Minneapolis police accountability, Reclaim the Block, an organization that aims to defund police and reallocate funds into underserved communities, is a great resource. Communities United Against Police Brutalityis another great resource.

Protest

 

Showing up and making your voice heard is always a great way to stand in solidarity. But if you’re going to protest, you should be well-versed on your rights. In addition to BlackLivesMatter, ACLU has a comprehensive list that details your protestors’ rights.

 

 

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Heading to protest tonight? Make sure you’re prepared by knowing your rights.

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Social Media Accounts To Follow

 

Here are a few social media accounts you can follow that highlight the current climate, raise awareness about racial injustice, and provide knowledge for those who would like to learn more about what’s going on and how they can get involved.

 

@blklivesmatter

@foxsoul

 

Shop Black-Owned Businesses

Official Black Wall Street, Buy From A Black Woman, WeBuyBlack, and EcoWatch are great platforms for finding and supporting black-owned businesses. You can find more resources here.

 

What To Read

Here’s a great “anti-racism” book list from The New York Times that aims to dismantle racism by empowering the people with knowledge on its insidious heritage. The list includes classics such as Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God,  Langston Hughes’ The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and more. Read the full list here.
Click here for additional book suggestions.

 

What To Watch

If you’re scrolling through Netflix this weekend, here are a few things you can watch. Ava Duvernay’s NAACP Image award-winning documentary 13th and Emmy award-winning limited series When They See Us are both powerful and informative on the history of systemic oppression and bias of a flawed justice system. The six-episode Netflix documentary Time: The Kalief Browder Story, executive produced by Jay-Z, is a must-see as it details the story of a student from the Bronx who was imprisoned at Rikers for 3 years, in solitary confinement for 2 of them, but was never convicted of a crime. He later committed suicide upon his release.
Below are a few more:

 

Music You Can Listen To 

Jay-Z published a curated Tidal playlist entitled Songs for Survival 2, a follow-up to the first one, which includes social activist musical artists such as Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Kendricks, Tracy Chapman, Curtis Mayfield, and more. There’s also a Peaceful Protest Hip-hop playlist that includes conscious artists such as Talib Kweli, Tupac, Childish Gambino and Arrested Development.
Listen to both playlists below.
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