How You can Help Support the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.
#BlackLivesMatter
#NoJusticeNoPeace
Watch
"13TH" on Netflix
"TIME: The Kalief Browder Story" on Netflix
"Strong Island" on Netflix
"When They See Us" on Netflix
"The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson" on Netflix
"Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992" on Netflix
"LA 92" on Netflix
"The Hate U Give" on HBO/Hulu
"Detroit" on Netflix
"If Beale Street Could Talk" on Hulu
Some YouTube video essays that I found powerful.
"Police" by Last Week Tonight's John Oliver
"George Floyd, Amy Cooper, and Racism in Society" by The Daily Show's Trevor Noah
"Who is the thug here?" by CNN's Anderson Cooper
Listen
Podcasts-
"1619" by The New York Times
"Lynching in America" by EJI
"Code Switch" by NPR
"Beyond Prisons" by Kim Wilson & Brian Sonenstein
"Justice in America" by The Appeal
Music-
Read
Books-
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander
"The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou
"Girl, Woman, Other" by Bernardine Evaristo
"When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" by Asha Bandele & Patrisse Cullors
"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
"Citizen" by Claudia Rankine
"And Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
"Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
"They Can't Kill Us All" by Wesley Lowery
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
Articles-
"George Floyd: What we know about the arrest, video and investigation
https://globalnews.ca/news/7010572/george-floyd-arrest-explained/
"Here's What You Need To Know About Breonna Taylor's Death"
https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html
"What We Know About the Killing of Elijah McClain"
https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/the-killing-of-elijah-mcclain-everything-we-know.html
"The Black Lives Matter movement explained"
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/08/black-lives-matter-movement-explained/
"How the Black Lives Matter movement went mainstream"
"What Exactly Does It Mean to Defund the Police?"
https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-the-phrase-explained.html
Petitions-
Justice for George Floyd.
https://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/#petition
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery.
https://www.runwithmaud.com/#petition
Justice for Breonna Taylor.
https://www.standwithbre.com/#petition
Justice for Elijah McClain.
https://www.change.org/p/adams-county-district-attorney-justice-for-elijah-mcclain-2
Reclaim The Block.
https://secure.everyaction.com/kDBJXNCYskqT8AuXIA7YiA2
"8 Can't Wait"
(Defunding the police.)
Donate
For anyone who cannot afford to donate, here's a YouTube playlist of videos by creators donating their ad revenue to fundraisers, non-profits, and charities that support Black Lives Matter.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcDplauF7vDlElCMqroco3-AYD45FdryH
Fundraisers and Non-profit Organizations-
Hamilton:
Hamilton's Centre for Civic Inclusion:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/8017
Afro Canadian Caribbean Association Hamilton
https://accahamilton.wixsite.com/info/donate
Rafiki Hamilton
https://www.rafikihamilton.com/support
The SPACE Youth Centre
https://www.spaceyouth.ca/support
Empowerment Squared
https://empowermentsquared.org/how-you-can-help/donate/
Toronto:
Toronto's Black Lives Matter
https://blacklivesmatter.ca/donate/
Toronto Protester Bail Fund
https://ca.gofundme.com/f/toronto-protestor-bail-fund
The Innocence Project Canada
https://www.innocencecanada.com/
Black Youth Helpline
https://blackyouth.ca//get-involved/#donations
NIA Centre for The Arts
Black Legal Action Centre
https://www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca
America:
George Floyd Memorial Fund- Fundraiser for the family of George Floyd
https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
I Run With Maud- Fundraiser for the family of Ahmaud Arbery
https://ca.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
Justice for Regis- Fundraiser for the family of Regis Paquet
https://ca.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis
The Innocence Project America
https://www.innocenceproject.org/
The Bail Project
Black Mamas' Bail Out
Reclaim The Block
https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/
Black Lives Matter of NYC
https://www.blacklivesmattergreaterny.com/
Minnesota Freedom Fund
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund