How Can You Help the Black Lives Matter Movement?
This list of Black women-owned businesses, resources, petitions, and donations has been put together to help you continue the conversation in your own communities beyond social media. We are ALL responsible for continuing education and supporting our Black community not just today or this week, but every single day for the rest of our lives. If we missed anything, please feel free to let us know! shopevolvestore@gmail.com
Black Women-Owned Businesses you can support:
Jennae Studios
https://www.jjennaestudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR1n6VpbVXDV2JX07fnZc7dqvAxE-Dg1epNfPoKbTH9W75kBuFKfF-20kgA
Faces by Shayla
www.instagram.com/facesbyshaylah
Brandy Page Makeup Artistry
https://www.thebrandypage.com/?fbclid=IwAR1TWNTotkohgFCDziiHbep4KmsrdqcVdJPuN1Ta6KbFgw-4JknGy-fN6nA
Channel Amorette Artistry
Nish Garcia
Mufasa Creative Co
https://www.mufasastyleagency.com/
Stitch by Chanel
https://www.stitchbychanel.com/
Very Ashley
Rumorz Boutique
Star Magic by Ashli
Ashli Nicole Walls Photography
Taylor Devynn Photography
Grace Eleyae
Ase Naturals
The Lip Bar
Jumping Jack Taxes
https://www.jumpingjacktaxes.com/
Curl Bible
Satori Notes Jewelry
Organigrow Hair Co
BombChel Factory
Black Girl Sunscreen
https://www.blackgirlsunscreen.com/
Savvy Esq
Pantora Bridal
https://www.pantorabridal.com/
Mess In A Bottle
https://www.messinabottle.com/
Mother Mindset
Avocurl
Milano di Rogue
https://shop.milanodirouge.com/
How you can support Black-owned businesses:
https://www.finimpact.com/
***THERE ARE MANY MANY MORE THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO FIT ON THIS LIST. KEEP RESEARCHING AND SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES!***
Petitions and Donations:
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD: http://chng.it/Rtpbxv2CdK
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD: https://go.theactionpac.com/sign/justice-for-george-floyd
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/justice-george-floyd-0
GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FUND: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor/psf/promote_or_share?recruiter=
#JUSTICEFORBRE: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforbre-breonna-taylor-officers-fired?source=coc_main_website (includes the option to film a 30 second video)
#RUNWITHMAUD: https://www.runwithmaud.com/ (includes option to call)
DONATION TO AHMAUD'S FAMILY: https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
JUSTICE FOR AHMAUD ARBERY: https://www.change.org/p/liberty-county-distric-attorney-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery
JUSTICE FOR JAMEE JOHNSON: https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/justice-for-jamee-johnson?bucket=&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign=&utm_source=twitter&share=f5385b3b-b7d1-47b5-afd3-079382a87ca2 (to release the unedited bodycam + dashcam footage)
JUSTICE FOR REGIS FUND: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/cggys2-justice-for-regis
DEFUND THE POLICE PETITION: https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/
CAMPAIGN ZERO DONATIONS: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/solutions#solutionsoverview
BLM DONATION: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
BLM MINNESOTA AFFILIATE DONATION: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
MINNESOTA PROTESTOR BAIL FUND: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
HANDS UP ACT PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/us-senate-hands-up-act
RECLAIM THE BLOCK DONATION: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2?fbclid=IwAR1mozFqHICrjSN7tPDAkjJAwnxdkw8VbVVI6xygTPscsvzC-lQfhEaey0U
BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE DONATION: https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=15780&_ga=2.209233111.496632409.1590767838-1184367471.1590767838
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: https://www.aclu.org/
HOMELESS BLACK TRANSWOMEN FUND: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet
LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY BAIL FUND: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/
NATIONAL BAIL OUT DONATION: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020
MENTAL HEALTH OF BLACK AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES: https://www.beam.community/
STREAM TO DONATE: https://youtu.be/bCgLa25fDHM (if you do not have the opportunity to donate! sit through and do not skip the ads)
PETITION TO CLASSIFY WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS AS DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS: https://www.change.org/p/clare-linkins-executive-director-of-national-counterterrorism-center-lift-the-hoods-classify-white-supremacist-groups-as-domestic-terrorist-organizations?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_22547593_en-US%3Av7&recruiter=664983596&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition
PETITION TO BAN OR RESTRICT TEAR GAS: https://www.change.org/p/ban-or-restrict-tear-gas?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=3632b700-e6e6-11e8-9dab-7b2bccf01f79
EMAIL TEMPLATE TO REPORT RACIST STUDENTS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Tv-EP_Vg0w7QtshAq3LHN1X2TyDfqO46VS87YbKpAk/edit?usp=drivesdk
TEXT JUSTICE TO 668366
TEXT FLOYD TO 55156
TEXT RESIST TO 50409
TEXT ENOUGH TO 55156
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE INTERNATIONALLY!
Postal codes:
90015 - Los Angeles, California
10001 - New York City, New York
75001 - Dallas, Texas
CONTACT MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVES EMAILS: citizeninfo@hennepin.us police@minneapolismn.gov minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov policereview@minneapolismn.gov
MINNEAPOLIS SENATORS: https://www.senate.mn/members/
HOUSE MEMBERS:
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/list
CONTACT KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVES:
Louisville Police Dept Twitter: @lmpdky Instagram: @lmpd.ky
Louisville Mayor Twitter: @louisvillemayor Instagram: @mayorgregfisher
Kentucky Governor Twitter: @govandybeshear
Instagram: @govandybeshear
SAMPLE EMAIL FOR REGIS:
(courtesy of @gylIlenhaal on twt)
I am contacting you regarding the incident that occurred at 100 High Park Avenue on May 27th, 2020. I am a concerned Canadian citizen who would like to express my anger and concern over the death of 29 year old Regis Korchinski-Paquet. She has died after allegedly falling off her balcony, despite police being present. As a concerned citizen, I am very upset and disturbed at the events that took place and the allegations that this was caused on the part of the police. I want justice for her death and I demand answers. As a citizen, I demand for the "transparency and accountability" as well as the "disclosure of as much information as possible to the public" that have on all accounts been specified on the SIU webpage. Charges need to be brought to all the officers involved, and all information and evidence should be made available to the public.
Sincerely,
[insert your name]
CONTACT CANADA REPRESENTATIVES FOR REGIS EMAIL:
officeofthechief@torontopolice.on.ca
sylvia.jones@pc.ola.org
mayor_tory@toronto.ca
arif.virani@parl.gc.ca
doug.downey@pc.ola.org
councillor_perks@toronto.ca
attorneygeneral@ontario.ca
BKarpoche-CO@ndp.on.ca
*Thank you to @yanliism on Twitter for compiling the original list
Resources to continue education:
Here is a large Black History Google Drive file created by a Black transperson, Charles Preston: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bz011IF2Pu9TUWIxVWxybGJ1Ync
A great resource to learn about Black activism!
Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/mobilebasic
How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi: https://bookshop.org/books/how-to-be-an-antiracist/9780525509288
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g32733124/best-books-on-anti-racism/
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates:
https://bookshop.org/books/between-the-world-and-me/9780812993547
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race, edited by Jesmyn Ward: https://bookshop.org/books/the-fire-this-time-a-new-generation-speaks-about-race/9781501126352
Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine: https://bookshop.org/books/citizen-an-american-lyric/9781555976903
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo: https://bookshop.org/books/white-fragility-why-it-s-so-hard-for-white-people-to-talk-about-racism/9780807047415
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement, by Wesley Lowery: https://bookshop.org/books/they-can-t-kill-us-all-the-story-of-the-struggle-for-black-lives/9780316312493
Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Laymon: https://bookshop.org/books/heavy-an-american-memoir/9781501125669
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander: https://bookshop.org/books/the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-anniversary/9781620971932
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, by Carol Anderson: https://bookshop.org/books/white-rage-the-unspoken-truth-of-our-racial-divide/9781632864130
Movies and Documentaries:
When They See Us
The 13th
Just Mercy
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
The Hate U Give
Selma
The House I Live In
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
I Am Not Your Negro
The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson
Fruitvale Station
Whose Streets
Dear White People
Do the Right Thing
Resources on being better support:
75 THINGS WHITE PEOPLE CAN DO FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
GUIDELINES FOR BEING STRONG WHITE ALLIES: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/kivel3.pdf
THE GUIDE TO ALLYSHIP: https://guidetoallyship.com/