#BlackLivesMatter
Contents
- Safety During Protests
- Petitions to sign
- Donate to #BLMCauses
- Educational Tools: Videos, Movies, Articles, and Books, Movies
Safety During Protests
- What to do
- Knowing your rights
- Dealing with teargas
- What to wear
- What to bring
- What not to do
Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOCC)
“The Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOCC) uplifts the voices and leadership of trans people of color. They lead restorative justice initiatives for trans communities around the globe and invest in capacity-building and education for trans people in the Southern and Midwestern U.S. Crucially, they also raise money for basic survival needs of the people they support, including for transportation, clothing, or food. Donate to support their work to cherish and uplift trans people (Change.org, 2020).
Educational Tools
Short Videos
Systemic Racism Explained
Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | NPR
Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies.
I love being a police officer, but we need reform | Melvin Russell
Movies & Documentaries
- Dear White People (2019) - Netflix
- The Hate U Give (2018) - HBO GO
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story (2017) - Netflix
- Do The Right Thing (1989) - Amazon, iTunes, Youtube, Vudu
- Just Mercy (2020) - Amazon, iTunes, Vudu
- Selma (2015) - Amazon, iTunes, Youtube, Vudu
- American Son (Netflix)
- Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2018) - HBO GO
- American Son, Kenny Leon - Netflix
- When They See Us (2019) - Netflix
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017), David France - Netflix
- 13th (2016), Ava Duvernay - Documentary on Netflix
Articles
Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead)
8 Mental Health Resources for Black Folks – Because You Deserve Support
20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
Amy Cooper Knew Exactly What She Was Doing
The Real Difference Between Performative & True Allyship
Books
- ‘Between the World and Me’ - Ta-Nehisi Coates
- ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf’ - Ntozake Shange
- ‘Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement’ - Angela Y. Davis
- ‘I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness’ - Austin Channing Brown
- ‘White Fragility’ by Robin DiAngelo
- ‘America's Original Sin’ by Jim Wallis
- ‘Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?’ by Beverly Tatum
- ‘When They Call You a Terrorist’ - Patrisse Cullors and Asha Bandele
- ‘So You Want To Talk About Race’ - Ijeoma Olou
- ‘The Color of Law’ - Richard Rothstein
- ‘How to be an Antiracist’ - Ibram X. Kendi
- ‘The New Jim Crow’ - Michelle Alexander