Be the Change

Here are ways you can be involved and take action today!

• Pre-register to vote if you’re turning 18 before Election Day: Vote.gov

• Info about voter suppression

• Ballot proposition information

• VOTE 

• For a more detailed list of resources, please look at the document linked here and a webpage here. Below are only a few of the many ways to help. 

• Start the difficult conversations with people who are different than you.

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6K4IBA5zV/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDvfuNjsgv/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CBG0P-GJKZ0/

  • https://thegloriasirens.com/2020/06/03/so-you-want-to-talk-to-your-racist-loved-one-about-blm-heres-how/

  • https://blacklivesmatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Toolkit-WhitePpl-Trayvon.pdf

  • https://www.vox.com/a/thanksgiving-family-debates-2015/black-lives-matter

• Support Black/Brown owned business nationally.

  • https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-owned-businesses-support-shop.html

  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/elisabethbrier/2020/06/05/75-black-owned-businesses-to-support/#cb842a03814f

  • https://officialblackwallstreet.com/directory/

  • https://www.glamour.com/story/support-black-owned-business

  • https://www.phenomenalgirl.com/blackowned-bookstores

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CBLypltHXr3/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6AGDJpLRi/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQ82uBhXRz/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CBHrD73gY2D/

• Sign Petitions

  Things they might ask you for: Name, Email, Zip Code, Phone Number, and Comment (always optional).

  • http://lil.ms/4rdr/6qncrl

  • http://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/#petition

  • https://www.runwithmaud.com/

  • https://www.standwithbre.com/

  • https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justice_for_jacob/?sp_ref=667413729.176.210226.f.658651.2&referring_akid=44780.11497622.osseGs&source=fb_sp

  • https://www.change.org/p/human-rights-campaign-justice-for-ahmuad-aubrey-2?signed=true

  • change.org - Justice for George Floyd 

  • change.org - The Minneapolis Police Officers to be charged for murder after killing innocent black man

• Email/Text

  • City of Minneapolis PD: police@minneapolismn.gov

  • Office of Police Conduct Review: policereview@minneapolismn.gov

  • Minneapolis 311: minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov

  • Text JUSTICE to 668366

• Resources to Read

  • White Fragility

    • Robin DiAngelo

  • Me and White Supremacy

    • Layla F. Saad

  • Women, Race, and Class

    • Angela Y. David 

  • So You Want to Talk About Race

    • Ijeoma Oluo

  • The New Jim Crow

    • Michelle Alexander

  • Six Ways Asian-Americans Can Tackle Anti-Blackness in Their Families

    • Article by Kim Tran

  • Useful resource: https://usccarecollective.wordpress.com/radical-reading-list/

• Donate

  • NAACP Legal Defense Fund- Legal organization fighting for racial injustice

  • The American Civil Liberties Union- Provides legal assistance wherever civil liberties are at risk

  • Fair Fight- Ensures fair elections and combats voter suppression

  • Know Your Rights Camp- Provide resources for black/brown communities, including hiring defense attorneys  for anyone arrested protesting police brutality

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CBG0JYnDP5N/

• Call

  • Gov Tim Walz………………………………………….(612) 201-3400

  • Minneapolis PD……………………………………….(612) 673-3000

  • Mayor Jacob Frey……………………………………...(612) 673-2100

  • MPD of Int’l Affairs……………………………………(612) 673-2074

  • Mike Freeman………………………………………….(612) 348-3550

  • Minneapolis Dept of Civil Rights…………………….(612) 348-3550

  • Police Cheif Arendondo……………………………….(612) 673-3550

  • Sheriff Dave Hutch…………………………………….(612) 348-3744

• Don’t know what to say? These website will walk you through it

  • www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/make-calls

  • www.runwithmaud.com/call

  • www.standwithbre.com/call

• Helpful instagram graphics

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CETBvSsBjL_/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvbZyVh1xc/

FOLLOW

• @nowhitesaviors

• @amandaseales

• @blmlosangeles

• @justicelanow

• @blackvisioncollective

• @rachel.cargle

• @colorofchange

• @tamikadmallory

• @diveinwell

• @theccnyc

SUPPORT

Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

(LA Chapter:https://www.blmla.org/) 

National Police Accountability Project: https://www.nlg-npap.org/