Sign These Petitions:
Murder Charges for all 4 Officers
Text or Call:
Text “JUSTICE” to 668366
Text “FLOYD” to 55156 - demand justice for Floyd
Text “ENOUGH” to 55156 - demand justice for Breonna Taylor
Get in contact with the Minneapolis District Attorney to demand justice for the killing of George Floyd.
Contact your local Representative to make sure your local police department is taking the necessary preventative measures to ensure that incidents like this will not occur in the future. Commit to calling your rep today.
Simple Action Steps:
- Make sure you are registered to vote and request an absentee ballot if necessary.
- Examine who you follow on social media, and diversify the voices that are present.
- If you are feeling overwhelmed, find one cause to donate to today. Tomorrow, choose one resource to read and digest. Make a commitment to educate yourself daily.
- LISTEN.
Show Up and Protest:
White People: Create a Physical Barrier
If you cannot show up physically, you can still show support by donating to the National Bail Out Fund, or your local Bail Out Fund and by sharing these resources on social media.
Donate to These Causes:
Follow, Listen and Amplify Black Voices:
*Do not DM or email these people looking for further help. Instead, read and learn from the resources they’ve provided. Give them credit and amplify their voices!
Food and Racism:
What is vegan racism? Vegan Race Wars: how the mainstream ignores vegans of color.
“COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting the health of Black and Latino communities largely due to underlying, diet-related health issues. These poor diets are the result of generations of racially-biased systemic issues that have led to disproportionate access to healthy, fresh food, and quality healthcare. Thankfully, not only have diets rich in plant-based foods been proven to improve immune systems, but they also have been shown to reverse many of these diet-related illnesses over time.” - Kimberly Renee, Food Love
Donate to Food Love by Might Be Vegan. Splendid Spoon is choosing to donate to this organization to help people (especially Black, Brown, and those living in low-income communities) who are experiencing food insecurity, gain direct-to-door access to fresh, healthy plant-based food.
Local (NYC and Brooklyn) resources about community gardens, food deserts, etc can be found at Urban Harvest and Central Brooklyn’s Food Coop.
Central Brooklyn Food Coop (CBFC) is one of the only urban Black-led food cooperatives in the nation – and the only one in New York City. After six years of surveying and planning, they are ready to take root and open our doors in Summer 2020. Help them take the critical step of raising funds for their inaugural down payment so they can secure their home.
Organizations to Follow:
Communities United for Police Reform
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Reading Assignments:
End Police Violence in America
How to Be Actively Anti-Racist
Rachel Cargle: The Great Unlearn
Stop Saying “All Lives Matter”
America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us
Books and Articles:
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
So You Want to Talk About Race
Layla Saad: Me & My White Supremacy
My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
The Combahee River Collective Statement
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
News Resources, Podcasts, and Videos to Consume:
Loud and Clear with Eugene Puryear on Sputnik News
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
Movies to Watch:
13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
King In The Wilderness — HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Resources for Talking to Children:
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Fare of the Free Child podcast
PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
More Anti-Racism Resources to Check Out:
Anti-Racism Articles, Books, Films, Podcasts
Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
“Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
See our Instagram post for Splendid Spoon's statement of solidarity and action.