Black Lives Matter – Resources to help us all listen, learn & unlearn

Now is the time to fight for change. How do we do that? Educate yourself. Donate to organizations and fundraisers. Sign petitions and email your elected officials. Support Black businesses. Vote. Here are some resources to these ends. There are many more than we list here but this is a start.

EDUCATE yourself:

• Read How to Make this Moment a Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama
• Read White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  
• Read So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Watch When They See Us
• Watch 13th
• Watch Just Mercy

DONATE to organizations and fundraisers:

• Black Lives Matter
• Campaign Zero
• Community Bail Funds

SIGN PETITIONS and email your elected officials:

• Contact your local officials to demand change and accountability
• Sign the Petition: Justice for Breonna Taylor
• Sign the Petition: Justice for Ahmaud Arbery- Pass Georgia Hate Crime Bill
• Sign any or all of the Petitions listed here

SUPPORT Black owned businesses:

• Check out our recent post of Seattle black owned restaurants
• Visit Intentionalist to find businesses in your community that are black owned

VOTE:

• Click here to register to vote
• Click here to find out when your state and local elections occur