All Black Lives Matter

Today, more people are rallying for Black Lives than I would have ever imagined. That in itself is a sign of progress. But to turn Black Lives Matter into more than a rally cry, we must roll up our sleeves and do the work. Let’s tear down systems that harm us and strengthen systems that will advance true equality - Patrisse Cullors 

Actions You Can Do Now:

• #JusticeForJake | ColorOfChange.org
• Milwaukee Freedom Fund
• Black National Convention 
• Free Tianna
• BLK Paper – BLKPAPER is art for organizing on racial justice, all day.
• Justice for Breonna Taylor
• Abolish the 1033 Program

Immediate reading:

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• An Uprising Was Inevitable 
• How white people can stop Black death #StopKillingForUs
• Why Police Reform Is Not Enough 
• Where do I donate for Black Lives Matter? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?
• White Supremacy Culture 
• A Police Free Future
• Rebellions Work - Yes! Magazine

Powerful Voices

• Tinu Abayomi-Paul 
• Talial A Lewis 
• Janaya Future Khan 
• Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
• Mariame Kaba

To watch:

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers
• Give The Police Departments To The Grandmothers
• Mayor Ras Baraka "What We Want" 
• "How We Can Win" Kimberley Jones
• Black Lives Matter Spoken Word- David Bianchi

Organizations to follow & donate to:

• The Audre Lorde Project
• Black Feminist Collective
• Black Alliance For Peace
• Black Alliance for Just Immigration: BAJI
• Poor People's Campaign  
• Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM) Collective
• The Rising Majority – We Are The Majority
• Newark Community Street Team
• Black Agenda Report
• National Bail Fund Network 
• The Okra Project

Other reading  

• Redefining Black Power, Michelle Alexander
• Me and My White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad
• The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House, Audre Lorde  
• A Life in the Struggle: Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition, George Lipsitz
• The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander 
• The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois 
• I Am Negro, James Baldwin 
• Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams 
• Are Prisons Obsolete?, Angela Davis 
• In The Case of Freedom, Minkah Makalani 
• My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter, Aja Monet
• Killing the Black Body, Dorothy Roberts
• Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism, Gerald Horn