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June 5:
Julie Ing Stern suggests: ".... and write to your mayor, and your representatives at both the state and federal level, and make sure you and everyone you can think of is registered to vote!!"
Here are additional recommendations for Jackie Kacen:
"We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real."
"The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society."
"We monitor hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and expose their activities to the public, the media and law enforcement."
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June 4
George Floyd Memorial Fund - Started by his brother and started by his sister
The first was started by George Floyd’s brother, Philonese Floyd. The second was started by his sister, Bridgett Floyd. 100% of these funds will go to George Floyd’s family.
Minnesota Freedom Fund – has paused accepting donations on June 2nd as they don’t have the capacity to accept them just now – for future use: Information on Minnesota Freedom Fund
One week ago we were a small bail fund struggling to get anyone to listen about the harms of cash bail and pre-trial detention. We are now flooded with resources and we are going to take a beat while we marshal those. We have some big plays in mind.
By donating, you will support Reclaim the Block's work to make sure that our communities have the resources they need to thrive. Our grassroots group is up against the deep pockets of the Minneapolis police union, and we need your support.
National Bail Out is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration. In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are bailing out Black mamas and caregivers now through May, to ensure our people are alive, well and safe for Mother’s Day and beyond.
About Black Lives Matter and DONATE to Black Lives Matter
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.
Our goal is to put ourselves out of business. We look for a community of allies and supporters with a shared mission to combat mass incarceration and establish a pretrial alternative that is grounded in the presumption of innocence for all, regardless of race, income, or charge.
Since 2017, Black Visions Collective, has been putting into practice the lessons learned from organizations before us in order to shape a political home for Black people across Minnesota. We aim to center our work in healing and transformative justice principles, intentionally develop our organizations core “DNA” to ensure sustainability, and develop Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership to lead powerful campaigns. By building movements from the ground up with an integrated model, we are creating the conditions for long term success and transformation.
Black Visions Collective envisions a world in which ALL Black Lives Matter. We use the guidance and brilliance of our ancestors as well as the teachings of our own experiences to pursue our commitment to dismantling systems of oppression and violence. We are determined in our pursuit of dignity and equity for all.
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.
National Bail Fund Network and DONATE to National Bail Fund Network
The Innocence Project and DONATE to The Innocence Project
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
The Innocence Project's mission is to free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated, and to bring reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment.
Run With Maud and DONATE to Run With Maud
Ahmaud Arbery was out for a jog when he was chased down, shot, and killed by two white supremacists. We must demand the justice he deserves. Click below to get started or call 770.800.0689 to demand justice for Ahmaud right away.
Breonna Taylor was an award-winning EMT and first responder in Lousiville, KY, who loved helping her patients and her community. “She was an essential worker. She had to go to work,” her mother, Tamika Palmer said of her dedication to standing on the frontlines of this pandemic. “She didn’t have a problem with that.”
Breonna survived the frontlines of a pandemic that disproportionately kills Black people, only to have her life stolen by police.
Hands Up Act - DONATE to Hands Up Act
Hands Up Act would punish police for shooting unarmed citizens with a mandatory 15-year sentence.
Homeless Black Transwomen Fund Donate:
This is fund for the community of Black Trans women that live in Atlanta and are sex workers and/or homeless.
Jesse Pratt Lopez, founder, on the blog of her GoFundMe page says: “Call out and stamp out anti-Blackness at your job, in your family, where ever you may be. Use your privilege; decolonize, support local abolition movements. Let’s continue investing in Black lives and invest in Black folks while they are ALIVE. Black Trans women have a life expectancy of 35. Let’s change that.”
Louisville Community Bail Fund - DONATE to Louisville Community Bail Fund
To build transformative communities, we must perform transformative acts of liberation. Cash bail is one of the aspects of the criminal justice system that keeps communities wrapped up in systemic slavery and in debt. The need to end cash bail is not new. Thanks to the Ferguson Uprising and the Kalief Browder story, we know that the bail system creates financial barriers for those who find themselves against the criminal justice system. One of the largest barriers is not being able to afford bail.
VOTE. Register to Vote. Make sure everyone you know is registered to vote.
Call your Senator, Congressman, Councilmen and let them know the system must change.