In response to the grief and outcries we’ve seen nationwide over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others, we’ve compiled a list of actions and resources. Below you’ll find some actions you can take to get involved in demanding justice for Black lives taken too early at the hands of white supremacy and police brutality. We’ve also included resources to help you educate yourself and others about the historic violence against Black bodies in our country, the non-Black community’s complicity in that violence, legislative measures that could provide some relief and accountability, how to protect yourself while protesting, what intersectional solidarity looks like in this moment, and much more.
Actions
National
- Young Black protestor, James Scurlock, shot to death by bar owner Jake Gardner and Gardner was let off with no charges
- Call county Attorney Don Kleine and Mayor Stothert. Demand justice and demand Jake Gardner be held responsible for the murder.
- Don Kleine: 402 444-7040
- Stothert: 402-444-5555
- Omaha Mayor Hotline: 402-444-5555
- OPD: 402-444-5600
- Send an email
- Call Gov. Walz at 651-201-3400 and demand that he appoint Attorney General Keith Ellison special prosecutor in the murder of George Floyd
- Sign the Black Lives Matter petition to defund the police
- Sign on to demand the Minneapolis City Council defund the police
- Search for your local Black Lives Matter chapter and their work on defunding plans
- Visit https://justiceforbreonna.org to demand justice for Breonna Taylor
- Write a letter to demand justice for Tony McDade
- Support Black Mama’s National Bail Out
- Join the Movement for Black Lives
- Sign the petition to demand justice for Jennifer Jeffley
- Sign the petition to demand the resignation of City Councilman Bob Kellar
- Sign the petition asking the Department of Justice to launch a federal investigation into prosecutor McGinty’s handling of the grand jury process and for the killing of 12 year old Tamir Rice.
- Sign the petition to stop the execution of Julias Jones
- Sign the petition to free Albert N. Wilson who was unjustly sentenced
- Sign the petition demanding justice for Lennon Lacy
- Sign Petition: Demand Florida lawmakers stop shielding the cop who killed trans Black man, Tony McDade! Reveal his identity NOW!
- Sign the petition demanding racist professor Mike Adams be fired from UNC Wilmington
- Sign the petition demanding charges be brought against Brandon McCormick who threatened protestors with a bow and arrow
- Visit 8cantwait.org and contact your mayor about enacting policies that curb police violence
- Local Minnesota groups to support and donate to:
- Black Visions Collective
- Centro de Trabajores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL)
- Black Immigrant Collective
- Reclaim the Block
- Racial Justice Network
- Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund
- Black Lives Matter MN
- COPAL
- TakeAction MN
- Minnesota Voice
- Isuroon
- Black Lives Matter Twin Cities
- Communities United Against Police Brutality
- MOODI
- Pimento Relief Fund
- Black Table Arts
- AIM Interpretative Center
- Migizi
- Little Earth Residents Association
- Minnesota Healing Justice Network
- Northside Business Support
- Pimento Relief Fund
- We Love Lake Street
- Southside Harm Reduction
- Unicorn Riot
- Spiral Collective
- North Star Health Collective
- Women for Political Change
- NAACP MPLS
- National organizations to support:
- House of GG
- The Trans Justice Funding Project
- The Okra Project
- Youth Breakout
- SNaPCo
- Black AIDS Institute
- Trans Cultural District
- Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD)
- Blackout Collective
- Color of Change
- Freedom Inc.
- Organization for Black Struggle
- Project South
- Southerners on New Ground
- UndocuBlack Network
- Movement for Black Lives
- BYP100
- Emergency Release Fund
- Chicago Torture Justice Center
- Freedom Fund
- Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
California
- Support the People’s Budget LA
- Adopt a People’s Budget Toolkit
- Call, tweet, and email your City Councilmember
- California groups to support:
- Demand an Oakland #BlackNewDeal
- Sign on in support of the C.R.I.S.E.S. Act
- Join the movement to Check the Sheriff in Los Angeles
- Master list of local actions, organizations, and fundraisers in Northern California
- Sign the petition to the University of California: End all UC Police and Imperial Contracts
- Contact Governor Newsom and demand he recall the National Guard and defund the police in his statewide budget
- Call: (916) 445-2841
International
Donate
National
- Donate to Ahmaud Arbery’s memorial fund
- Donate to George Floyd memorial fund
- Donate to James Scurlock’s memorial fund
- Donate to bail funds/legal help in various cities
- Donate to bail funds in various cities
- Donate to a young Black protestor who was shot
- Donate to bail out funds for Atlanta protestors
- Donate to Bukit Bail Fund
- Donate to JailBreak PGH
- Donate to Baltimore Action Legal Fund
- Donate to Philly Community Bail Fund
- Donate to Kansas City Community Bail Fund Project
- Donate to Dauphin County Bail Fund
- Donate to Chicago Community Bond Fund
- Donate to Knoxville Black Mama’s Bailout’s bail fund – be sure to write “BLM” in the note
- Donate to Black Trans Femmes in the Arts raising funds for Black trans protestors
- Donate to housing Black trans women fund
- Donate to help a Black trans woman with advanced cancer
- Donate to TGI Justice
California
- Donate to LA action bail fund
- Donate to Black Lives Matter Los Angeles
- Donate to Anti-Terror Police Project
- Donate to NorCal Resist’s Bail & ICE Bond fund
- Donate to People’s Breakfast Oakland
- Donate to Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee
- Donate to Black Earth Farms
International
Resources
General
- Support Black-owned Businesses: 181 places to start online
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
- Black Lives Matter’s master list
- National Resources master list
- Master list of resources, actions, and bail funds (1)
- Master list of resources, actions, and bail funds (2)
- Statement from Reclaim the Block
- Check out this mutual aid master list
- Spread the word about the app called Solomon’s Shield which could protect Black and Brown lives killed at the hands of the police
- VIDEO: Asian and Black solidarity and struggle in the time of Covid-19
Black mental health and healing
Protesting, safety & security
- ACLU’s “Know Your Rights” while protesting
- Resources for non-citizens who are protesting
- DIY feminist cybersecurity
- Radicalizing Care: Street Medics and Solidarity
- New “Riot Medicine” Street Medic Manuel
- How to organize and participate in direct action
- Leading during traumatic and triggering events
- How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct
Rioting, looting, uprising, rebellion, & revolution
- Teach-in: The Fire This Time
- Article: In Defense of Looting
- Article: Forget “Looting.” Capitalism Is the Real Robbery
- Article: Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide
- Article: Violent protests are not the story. Police violence is.
- Article: How to respond to “riots never solve anything!”
- Article: Caught on camera, police explode in rage and violence across the US
- Article: Are Riots Effective? 9 Times Violent Demonstration Changed American Politics
Anti-racism and abolitionist education
- Anti-Racism Resource Master List
- Read through MPD 150: A People’s Project Evaluation Police
- Read through this compilation of Black Revolutionary texts
- Read through this compilation for abolition study
- Read through this compilation of Mental Health, Police Violence, and Revolutionary Action
- Check out The Oakland Power Projects and the resources they’ve compiled
- What to do instead of calling the police
- Tips for Non-Black neighbors: Don’t Recreate Policing With Our Community Watch
- Thread: Legislation passed across the nation that attempts to hold police accountable
- Article: 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Article: 5 Steps Latinos Can Take to Combat Anti-Blackness
- Article: The Pandemic Is the Right Time to Defund the Police
- Article: The answer to police violence is not ‘reform’. It’s defunding. Here’s why
- Article: Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.
- BLOG: Anti-Black microaggressions