We wanted to share some resources for supporting protesters and Black-owned businesses during this time and beyond, and to find legal help as well as mental health support. Keep in mind that justice action may look different for different people. This outline put together by Rev Elizabeth Nguyen as part of the Love Resists online course provides a framework to work through what action might look like for you. As she points out, “Effective justice action requires risk, courage and discernment.”
Here are some National/International programs/links:
Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org/
Committee to Protect Journalists: https://cpj.org/
Black-Owned Bookstores in the US: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php
Black-Owned Bookstores & Publishers in the UK: https://ukblackwritersforum.wordpress.com/black-book-shopspublishers/
We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/
Black-Owned Publishers & Bookshops: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/june/support-black-authors-publishers-bookshops.html
Black Mental Health Alliance: https://www.blackmentalhealth.com/
Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective: https://www.beam.community/
While our editors work from multiple locations, our unofficial HQ is in Philadelphia. Here are some local resources if you happen to live in the Philadelphia area:
215 People’s Alliance: http://215pa.com/
Reclaim Philadelphia: https://www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/
Womanist Working Collective: https://www.womanistworkingcollective.org/
Black and Brown Workers Cooperative: https://blackandbrownworkerscoop.org/
Philly Bail Fund: https://www.phillybailfund.org/
We can make large change through small acts in our communities.
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