06/05/2020
Thank you to members of our class who have helped share time, energy, and money in support of Black lives. Here is a list of resources and organizations compiled by class members that we found helpful and wanted to share.
Resources for Learning about Systemic Racism:
Examining Whiteness: An Anti-Racism Curriculum (Harvard Graduate School of Education): https://rides.gse.harvard.edu/links/examining-whiteness-anti-racism-curriculum?utm_source=HARVARD+COLLEGE+STAFF&utm_campaign=04513d72b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_03_02_40_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7ef3bc4c5f-04513d72b2-170602909
Fighting Anti-Blackness Resource List (Harvard Women in Tech + Allies): https://wit.abcd.harvard.edu/fighting-anti-blackness-harvardwit-resource-list?utm_source=HARVARD+COLLEGE+STAFF&utm_campaign=04513d72b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_03_02_40_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7ef3bc4c5f-04513d72b2-170602909
Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability (Harvard Kennedy School of Government): https://shorensteincenter.org/about-us/areas-of-focus/news-equity-race-gender/?utm_source=HARVARD+COLLEGE+STAFF&utm_campaign=04513d72b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_03_02_40_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7ef3bc4c5f-04513d72b2-170602909
Possible Organizations for Donations:
Harvard Helps: Black Solidarity Charities: https://www.gofundme.com/f/harvard-helps-black-solidarity-charities?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
Fund to distribute donations equally across six organizations: Black Visions Collective, Reclaim The Block, North Star Health Collective, Louisville Bail Fund, Minnesota Freedom Fund, and Atlanta Bail Fund. The Undergraduate Council will match up to $10,000 in donations by the student body.
Black Visions Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
Organization based on healing and transformative justice principles working to develop Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership to lead powerful campaigns.
Reclaim the Block: https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home
Organization working to provide safety and service to the people of Minneapolis, particularly Black, indigenous, and people of color; immigrants; and LGBTQ community members. Calls for the city to allocate resources to housing, youth services, harm reduction, and protections for low-wage workers instead of its increasing police budget.
Massachusetts Bail Fund: https://www.massbailfund.org/
The Massachusetts Bail Fund posts bails of up to $2000 in Essex & Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts.
North Star Health Collective: https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/
Supports health providers and community organizers to provide health care services, resources, and training to ensure the safety of events, specifically protests.
George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
This fund is established to cover funeral and burial expenses, mental and grief counseling, lodging and travel for all court proceedings, and to assist George Floyd’s family in the days to come as they continue to seek justice for George. A portion of these funds will also go to the Estate of George Floyd for the benefit and care of his children and their educational fund.
I Run With Maud: https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
This fundraiser was designed to assist Ahmaud's mother; Ms. Wanda Cooper-Jones and her immediate family with financial support during this extreme difficult time and in their struggle for justice for the murder of Ahmaud Marquez Arbery.
Justice for Regis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cggys2-justice-for-regis?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
To support the family of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who was thrown from a balcony by a Toronto police officer.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP: Legal Defense Initiative: https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/legal
Mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders. Also teams up with the top defense lawyers in the Minneapolis area to provide legal resources for those in need.
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org/?_ga=2.167955428.476743110.1590968024-1738162612.1590968024
America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.
8 Can't Wait:https://8cantwait.org/
Campaign Zero initiative to provide solutions for ending police violence.
Phillips Brooks House Association: http://pbha.org/
The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) is a student-run, community-based, nonprofit public service organization affiliated with Harvard College.
Harvard College Fund: https://community.alumni.harvard.edu/give/16040771
The Harvard College Fund has provided—and will continue to provide—critical, flexible funds to support Harvard students throughout this crisis.
Non-Financial Ways to Contribute and Resources:
- Text “JUSTICE” to 668366 to sign MoveOn’s petition for George Floyd
- Text “ENOUGH” to 55156 to demand justice for Breonna Taylor
- Leave a message for Louisville Mayor and demand justice for Breonna Taylor: 502-574-2003
- Justice for George Floyd: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd
- Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
- Justice for Ahmaud Arbery: https://www.change.org/p/glynn-county-distric-attorney-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery
- Justice for Belly Mujinga: https://www.change.org/p/govia-thameslink-justice-for-belly-mujinga-justiceforbellymujinga
- Justice for João Pedro: https://www.change.org/p/prefeitura-do-rio-de-janeiro-justice-for-jo%C4%81o-pedro?signed=true
- Raise the Degree: https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-district-attorney-raise-the-degree?recruiter=1098599238&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=960efe90-a206-11ea-8907-8fc7af712ec3
- Mandatory Life Sentence for Police Brutality: https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-district-attorney-raise-the-degree?recruiter=1098599238&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=960efe90-a206-11ea-8907-8fc7af712ec3
- Sign the Tallahassee Dream Defenders’ Petition for Tony McDade: https://secure.everyaction.com/BAMRHpdpAUS8Rle7I00UrA2
- Sign Color of Change’s Petition for George Floyd: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforfloyd_george_floyd_minneapolis/?source=dm_sms_optin_5-26-20
- Hand’s Up Act to punish police for shooting unarmed citizens: https://www.change.org/p/us-senate-hands-up-act
- Sign the NAACP Petition: https://www.naacp.org/campaigns/we-are-done-dying/
- Sign the Movement for Black Lives’ petition to push elected officials to fight against the militarization in communities of color: https://m4bl.org/join-our-movement/
- Use this template to contact your representative and push them to consider changing police training to decrease police brutality: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z6P7fwyAgRYFD4YXu22YIIfCUSLDKxyyNzp2cU0eMkI/mobilebasic
- Email NYC Mayor de Blasio here: https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/mayor-contact.page
- Stream these videos (all ad revenue will be donated to the Black Lives Matter movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Xe8N0FNTs & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM
- Racial Equity Tools: Books and Film list: https://www.racialequitytools.org/fundamentals/resource-lists/book-and-film-lists
