Bonus- DYBP Blackout

A Just Jen bonus episode. After a week of pause and protests, thoughts on protesting, using your voice to amplify the voices of others without silencing them, and checking your gut when getting things wrong as an ally.

DONATE TO EBONY THEATRE AT K-STATE

When donating to Ebony Theatre at the link above, make sure to “Specify Designation” as THEATRE FUND, and “Give in Honor of ” EBONY THEATRE. Your donation will pay for refreshments at First Fridays and scholarships for students of color.

Guidelines For Safe Protesting During COVID-19

Ways You Can Help

How to financially support Black Lives Matter without donating money

Donate

Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
Justice for Breonna Taylor
I Run With Maud [Ahmaud Marquez Arbery]
Donate to families of other victims
Reclaim The Block is requesting donations be directed to organizations on this list
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Donate to Black Lives Matter
Black-led Queer and Trans Organization- Black Visions Collective
Promote Policies of Equality- Color of Change
Donate and Subscribe to the ACLU & ACLU of Minnesota
Dignity and Power Now- Dedicated to Dignity and Power to all incarcerated. Donate and learn more.
The Okra Project-Feed Black Trans People and Gender Non-conforming
The Loveland Foundation– Aims to help Black-women and Girls

Petitions

US-based funds and organizations

Equal Justice Initiative
National Bail Fund Network
70+ community bail funds, mutual aid funds and racial justice organizers donation splitter
List of bail funds
Emergency Release Fund: For trans people in New York City
Black Trans Femmes In The Arts (BTFA) Collective: Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund
LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund
Anti-Police Terror Project
Black Youth Project 100
Unicorn Riot
NAACP / NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Some funds are currently not accepting donations—including Reclaim The Block (who are requesting donations be directed to organizations on this list), MPD150 and Brooklyn Community Bail Fund—due to an influx in donations, but are worth supporting in the long term.

Music

Bandcamp will be donating its share of sales this Juneteenth (June 19th, from midnight to midnight PDT) to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. This will become an annual practice.
Ahead of Bandcamp’s next no-fees day this Friday, June 5th, they’ve shared a list of all the labels and artists who will be donating sales to racial justice organizations and causes. RA will also post a guide to the day’s new releases, highlighting black artists and labels who will be donating to black causes.
The community has also created spreadsheets to highlight black artists ahead of Bandcamp’s donation drive days: 500+ Black Producers / Artists / Labels for Bandcamp Day, BLM Bandcamp Friday Producers/Labels, Black Femme Identifying Electronic DJs/Producers/Artists
Music Worker’s Alliance resource list

Other Resources

Including protest guides, mental health support for black people and educational materials for white people and NBPOC.

Reading list

A list of black-owned, independent book stores in the US
The End Of Policing by Alex S. Vitale (available as a free download via Verso)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colourblindness by Michelle Alexander
Me And White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Black History Month Library
Space/Race Reading List

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