Resources: Take Action to Fight Racism
Organizations and actions you can take today to fight oppression and support the Black Lives Matter movement! You can also find many of these groups on Facebook and Twitter to get timely updates on actions and campaigns.
- We the Protesters – fantastic site with a list of demands of the Black Lives Matter Movement, activist toolkits, mapping police violence, and policy briefs.
- 60+ Resources for Talking to Kids About Racism
- Organization for Black Struggle
- Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression – St. Louis based group organizing on the ground to establish an effective Civilian Review Board of the St. Louis police.
- Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment
- Ferguson Action
- Hands Up United
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (anti-racism organizing for white folks)
- Black Lives Matter
- Campaign Zero – the new campaign and website, is informed by the demands of protesters nationwide, the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, recommendations from research organizations and comprehensive data on the causes and impact of police violence.
- Campaign Zero also includes local, state and federal policy agendas as well as a tracker for the 2016 Presidential Candidates.
- Racial Equity Tools – tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
- Great List of Black Led Racial Justice Organizations
- Practice Showing Up – writing, meditation, embodied movement, prayer, reflection and other practices to help build our collective resilience
- Black owned businesses – St. Louis and online
26 Ways To Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets – “There are and always have been people who cannot attend protests but who contribute to ending police and state violence against black people. This list is designed to celebrate all the ways that our communities can engage in liberation.”
What To Do Instead of Calling the Police: A Guide, A Syllabus, A Conversation, A Process – “The police exist to protect white people and respond to white fear. That is their core function. That is what white supremacy means in practical terms. So until white people say “We don’t need you, we don’t want you killing for us anymore, we are going to stop paying you to kill for us, you’re fired.” Then the killing will likely continue and escalate.”
15 Things Your City Can Do Right Now to End Police Brutality – Great article. “There’s a strong case that the problem with policing isn’t actually the police, but us — the police are merely enforcing our democratic will. Yet the real-life benefits of this umbrella term we’ve dubbed “police reform” — decriminalization, commitment to reducing prison populations and community oversight, to name a few — can still be impactful, if not quite a cure-all.”