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๐ธ Funds & Mutual Aid ๐ธ
Funds
Change Today, Change Tomorrow (Louisville)
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
List of Portland orgs to support
Bailbloc
Bailbloc is a cryptocurrency scheme against bail.
Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund
Louisville Community Bail Fund
Peoples City Council Freedom Fund (LA)
Safety Freedom Fund (New Orleans)
Silicon Valley DSA (Silicon Valley, San Jose, Oakland)
Make an ongoing, monthly donation to an organization
Black Women Lead
(Black Women Lead GoFundMe here)
Mutual Aid Hub
Find Mutual Aid Networks and other community self-support projects near you. Join these important efforts, offer resources, or submit needs requests.
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๐ Jail Support & Legal Services ๐
๐ Petitions ๐
#JusticeforBre: Police officers who killed Breonna Taylor must be FIRED
Julius Jones is innocent. Don’t let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.
Justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who was murdered by Toronto Police.ย
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery- Pass Georgia Hate Crime Bill
Disbarment of George E. Barnhill (Judge in Ahmaud Arbery case)
Justice For Tony McDade (Tallahassee)
Justice For Joฤo Pedro (Rio de Janeiro)
Justice for Elijah McClain (Colorado)
Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery
Expand Voting Access During COVID-19 (ACLU)
Stop Hate for Profit: Boycott Advertising on Facebook
Pending petitions that haven’t met their goal
๐ท Defund the Police ๐ท
TogetherLA.work – Los Angeles City Council Contact List
Demand that our City Council defund the LAPD and adopt the Peopleโs Budget.
Defund TPD
Tell Tucson City Council to Defund the Police
๐ธ TW: Evidence of Police Brutality ๐ธ
๐ค Podcasts & Media ๐ค
QAnon Anonymous
The QAnon Anonymous Podcast chops & screws the best conspiracy theories of the post-truth era.
NPR: Code Switch
Fearless conversations about race that you’ve been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on.
It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
NPR: Nancy
BFFs Kathy Tu and Tobin Low are super queer, super fun and ready to take over your podcast feed.
๐ Critical Readings ๐
Racial Justice Bookshelf
Anti-racist books you can buy from independent Black-owned bookstores
Black, Radical & Tactical Literature
Black Radical Theories & Critical Race Studies
Politics, Aesthetics, and Tactics: Radical Theories
The First 4 Redistributed Texts
Prison and Policing Readings
Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Davis
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
Color Race Theory
North African / Middle East (MENA Studies)
The Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (Seminal text on White Privilege)
๐ฅง Support Black Owned Businesses ๐ฅง
Jewelry and Clothing
Black Lives Matter gear and clothing
Oma The Label (Jewelry)
THIRD CROWN (Jewelry)
Riot Swim (Swimwear)
ZOU XOU (Footwear)
Restaurants and Coffee Shops
LAโs Black-Owned Restaurants Spreadsheet: Created byย Kat Hongย of theย Infatuation
LA’s Black-Owned Restaurant Interactive Map
VanillaBlack Coffee (Echo Park, Los Angeles)
Black Book LA (curated list of black-owned restaurants by category)
Black-owned restaurants in New York City
Black-owned Restaurants in the Bay Area by Soleil Ho
Food Trucks
City Specific
Wellness
Community Healing Guide by Balanced Black Girl
Bodyrock Bootcamp (Philadelphia)
Skin Care
KLUR (Sustainable Skincare Products)
PLANT Apothecary (Organic, Eco-Friendly Self-Care)
Bookstores
Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre
Semicolon Bookstore and Gallery (Chicago, IL)
Black Stone Bookstore (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Smith & Hannon Book Store (Cincinnati, OH)
Brain Lair Books (South Bend, IN)
Cafe con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)
The Lit. Bar (Bronx, NY)
The Sister’s Uptown Bookstore (Manhattan, NY)
Harriet’s Bookshop (Pennsylvania)
Eso Won Books (Los Angeles, CA)
Pyramid Books (Florida)
Pets!
Home Goods
Timeless Goods (Puzzles and Prints)
Lichen NYC (Curated Selection of Midcentury/Postmodern Home Goods)
๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐จ Support Black Artists ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐จ
Hire Black Creatives
Updated frequently
Design Studios
YOWIE (Original Pieces + Curated Home Goods)
Blume and Plume (Floral Design Studio)
Plot Twist Interiors (Interior Design)
Ceramicists
Fiber Artists
Graphic Artists
3D Artists
Multidisciplinary Artists
Photographers
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ LGBTQIA+ Resources ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ Indigenous Resources ๐
NDN Collective
A national organization dedicated to building Indigenous power.
๐ซ Anti-OpSec ๐ซ
CryptPad
CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All the content stored on CryptPad is encrypted before being sent, which means nobody can access your data unless you give them the keys (not even us).
Webrecorder
Create high-fidelity, interactive web archives of any web site you browse.
NordVPN
Affordable/protected VPN
Faceblur
Recognize and blur all face in photo.
Broadcastify
Listen Live to Police, Fire, EMS, Aviation, and Rail Audio Feeds
systemli.org
Non-commercial provider of privacy friendly communication. Without surveillance.
ObscuraCam
Blur faces and remove camera and location metadata with this privacy camera app
Jitsi.org
Develop and deploy full-featured video conferencing
โ๐ฝ Advice for Protesting โ๐ฝ
Anti Surveillance Protest Guide
HUDSGuide
Mobile friendly protest tips
Riot Medicine
Free resource for street medics
Medical Support & Sanitation / PPE Information
How to protect phone privacy at a protest
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