June 10, 2020education

Black Lives Matter + Allyship Resources

Written by Leighana Lynn

RESOURCES
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- Black Lives Matter Resources
- Resources for Anti-Rasict Protesters
- Note: You can also use this list to find organizations to donate to that are providing relief for your local and nationwide protestors.
- Resources Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement

Mental Health Resources for POC:

Gurls talk
@gurlstalk
Gurls talk is an online community for young women to discuss issues such as depression, racism, sexuality, relationships, and more.

Ethel’s Club
@ethelsclub
Ethel Lucas was a matriarch figure in a tight-knit Black community whose home offered warmth, laughter, and care. Her belief in community as a practice lives on in her granddaughter, our Founder and CEO, Naj Austin. Their mission is inspired by Ethel to create healing spaces that center and celebrate people of color through conversation, wellness, and creativity.

Metalust
@_metalust
Metalust is A wellness haven created for BIPOC, by BIPOC. With a mission to Empower and restore our mental health and honor the diversity of relationships and identity. Metalust hosts weekly circles via zoom that create a safe space for all bipoc.

Therapy for Black Girls
@therapyforblackgirls
Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.

The Loveland Foundation
@thelovelandfoundation
Loveland Foundation is committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. Their resources and initiatives are collaborative and prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing.

TAKING ACTION

Info from Color of Change team (thank you!):
Demand that Mayor Jacob Frey must:

1. block their pensions and
2. ban them from ever getting reinstated.

Phone # List:
Hennepin County Attorney's Office: (612)-348-5550
Deputy Chief of Professional Standards Bureau, Henry Halverson: 612-673-2735
DA Mike Freeman: 612-348-5550
MPLS City Council - 612-673-2244
MPLS Mayor’s Office - 612-673-2100
MN Governor’s Office 651-201-3400
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Office 612-333-1272
MN State House Rep Jim Davnie 651-296-0173
MN State House Rep Aisha Gomez 651-296-7152
MN State Senator Jeff Hayden - 651-296-4261
MN State Senator Patricia Torres Ray 651-296-4274
OPCR # For Complaints: 612-673-3012
Internal Affairs: 612-673-2735
Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey:
Personal #: 612-968-4443
Office #: 612-673-2100

Email List:
policepio@minneapolismn.gov
police@minneapolismn.gov
citizeninfo@hennepin.us
sean.mcginty@minneapolisMN.gov
katie.blackwell@minneapolisMN.gov

PETITIONS TO SIGN

P.s.: Make sure you know what petitions you are signing and not to double sign, in some states double signing makes your signature invalid

George Floyd

Link to sign a petition & call County Attorney Michael Freeman: https://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/

Link to sign a petition to defund Minneapolis police:
https://secure.everyaction.com/eR7GA7oz70GL8doBq19LrA2

Change.org
Color of Change
We Can't Breathe
NAACP
You can also text "FLOYD" to 55156 to sign the petition.

Breonna Taylor
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
Color of Change

Ahmaud Arbery
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
#JusticeforAhmaud - Color of Change

New York Petitions
Buffalo Police Department: Fire Police Officer Aaron Torgalski
Demand that the NYPD fire Officer Michael J. Reynolds

DONATE

The following organizations have received a flood of funding & recommend you reroute your donations to other action organizations for the moment --

Minnesota Freedom Fund
Reclaim the Block
Northstar Health Collective