BLACK LIVES MATTER

In light of current events in our nation, we're pausing our podcast to support the Black Lives Matter movement, the protestors, and the systemic need for change in our criminal justice system. We are providing resources for people who would like to educate themselves, donate to the cause, or learn how to attend protests as safely as possible.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER: Become an Ally

If you benefit from a system of oppression that says white is good and black is bad, if you face less discrimination because the color of your skin offers you immediate protection, if you don’t have to warn your children about the dangers of having their skin-tone in public YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY to stand beside people of color and demand change in the system that keeps them in poverty, subjugation, and extreme risk of violence from the criminal justice system.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO ENDORSE RACIST IDEAS TO BENEFIT FROM WHITE SUPREMACY.

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Riots & Looting - A Different Context

So if I played 400 rounds of Monopoly with you and I had to play and give you every dime that I made, and then for 50 years everytime that I played, if you didn't like what I did you got to burn it, like they did in Tusla, like they did in Rosewood, HOW CAN YOU WIN?
Kimberly Jones, author of "I'm Not Dying with You Tonight"

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Description: On Saturday May 30th filmmaker and photographer David Jones of David Jones Media felt compelled to go out and serve the community in some way. He decided to use his art to try and explain the events that were currently impacting our lives. On day two, Sunday the 31st, he activated his dear friend author Kimberly Jones to tag along and conduct interviews. During a moment of downtime he captured these powerful words from her and felt the world couldn’t wait for the full length documentary, they needed to hear them now.

You can purchase Kimberly Jones’ book here.

Educate Yourself

Resources for Non-Black Allies

Victoria Alexander (@victoriaalxndr, TW IG) has created an amazing list of educational resources for non-black allies and people looking for ways to help the Black Lives Matter movement.

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So You Want To Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America. Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy have made it impossible to ignore the issue of race and it's past time to contront it.

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White Fragility

This book explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

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Resources & Education

Layla F. Saad is confronting the system of white supremacy and giving tools to cultivate anti-racism practices through her Good Ancestor program and her book "Me & White Supremacy."

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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

This book is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.

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Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person

Gina Crosley-Corcoran starts to untangle racial and class privilege; while related, one does not negate the other. This is an essential read.

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Protestor Resources

National Resource List

@botanicaldyke (TW IG) has created a national resource list for people detained by police during the protests. They also link out to reading lists and have resources available for Spanish speakers.

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Amnesty USA

This is another solid resource for advice on safely pro testing, your rights as a protestor, and health impact of various "non-lethal" military weapons.

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Right to Protest . org

This organization gives information on how to prepare for a protest. How do you deal with tear gas? What can you do if you witness human rights violations? What is the safest way to leave a protest?

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Bail Funds by City

If you have been detained during protest and need help making bail, there is a list of known and validated funds that is being updated and monitored.

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Donate

Campaign Zero – Over 1,000 people are killed by police every year in America. We are calling on local, state, and federal lawmakers to take immediate action to adopt data-driven policy solutions to end this violence and hold police accountable.

Community Justice Exchange – The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems.

The Bail Project – The Bail Project™ National Revolving Bail Fund is a critical tool to prevent incarceration and combat racial and economic disparities in the bail system.

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