We’ve compiled a list of places/bail funds/organizations to donate to, petitions to sign, lawyers willing to help, sample emails, educational resources, and organization to get involved in. This is a running list, we will be updating it throughout the weeks to come. If you have any resources you would like to add, please email [email protected].
Where To Donate:
GoFundMe for Regis Korchinski-Paquet
Fund for Darnella Frazier who filmed George Floyd’s murder
New York Bail Out Fund: Venmo/Cashapp: $bailoutnycmay
Charlotte Bail Out Fund: Cashapp: $WereStillHere Venmo: ResistanceisBeautiful
Louisville Community Bail Fund
Fayetteville Police Accountability Community Taskforce
NC Community Bail Fund of Durham
Donations — Take Action Chapel Hill
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha
Communities United for Police Reform
STREAM TO DONATE: how to help with no money or leaving your house.
Homeless Black Trans women fund organized by Jesse Pratt López
Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund: Cashapp- $btfacollective, PayPal: [email protected]
Petitions To Sign
Text ENOUGH to 55156
Text FLOYD to 55156
Text JUSTICE to 668366
George Floyd – https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti…
Raise The Degree – https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti…
Arrest All Four – https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti…
Raise The Degree – https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-…
George Floyd – https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-…
George Floyd – https://t.co/ENgYhM2oEC
George Floyd – https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/ju…
Get The Officers Charged – https://t.co/lPsRQq6GqD
Charge All Four Officers https://www.change.org/p/change-org-t…
Breonna Taylor – https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/jus…
Breonna Taylor – https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/ju…
Ahmaud Arbery – https://www.change.org/p/federal-bure…
Ahmaud Arbery – https://www.change.org/p/human-rights…
Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill https://www.change.org/p/governor-bri…
Defund MPD https://secure.everyaction.com/eR7GA7…
Life Sentence For Police Brutality https://www.change.org/p/department-o…
Life Sentence for Police Brutality https://www.change.org/p/department-o…
Regis Korchinski – https://t.co/fqxvTJ76gE
Tony McDade – https://www.change.org/p/black-lives-…
Joao Pedro – http://chng.it/FjJ7ZD4q5p
Julius Jones – https://www.change.org/p/julius-jones…
Belly Mujinga – https://www.change.org/p/govia-thames…
Willie Simmons – https://www.change.org/p/alabama-gove…
Hands Up Act – https://www.change.org/p/us-senate-ha…
National Action Against Police Brutality https://www.change.org/p/national-act…
Kyjuanzi Harris –https://www.change.org/p/illinois-gov…
Alejandro Vargas Martinez – https://www.change.org/p/florida-poli…
Censorship Of Police Brutality In France https://www.change.org/p/gouvernement…
Educational Resources
Readings:
Political Education (Provided by UNC’s Black Congress):
“Afro-Pessimism: An Introduction” Frank B. Wilderson III
“Are Prisons Obsolete?” Angela Y. Davis
“Black Feminist Thought” Patricia Hill Collins
“Concerning Violence” film, 2014
“Feminist Theory: From Margin” to Center Bell Hooks
“Scenes of Subjection” Saidiya Hartman
“Sojourning for Freedom Black Women, American Communism and the Making of the Black Left Feminism” Erik McDuffie
“White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo
“How To Be an Anti-Racist” by Ibram X. Kendi
“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander
“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
“They Can’t Kill Us All” by Wesley Lowery
“Black On Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity” by C. Riley Horton
“Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production And The Politics of Visibility” by Reina Gosset (Editor)
“Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History” by Kadji Amin
“Ezili’s Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders” by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley
“Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect” free ebook
“The End of Policing” Alex Vitale, free ebook
Prison Abolition Syllabus 2.0 – AAIHS
Books on anti-racism that you can read right now
10 Best Books on Anti-Racism – Essential Anti-Racism Reading List
Websites and Articles:
http://www.criticalresistance.org/resources/
For A World Without Police: Disempower, Disarm, Disband
Resource Guide: Prisons, Policing, and Punishment – Micah Herskind
TransformHarm.org | Welcome | A Resource Hub about Ending Violence
Police Violence: New Jersey Bill Puts Onus and Blame On Children
Why the Texas Police-Stop Video Is a Problem
Why Teaching Black Lives Matter Matters | Part I
Teaching about Racism, Violence, Inequity and the Criminal Justice System
Black Trans Women and Black Trans Femmes: Leading & Living Fiercely
News Sources:
Netflix Series:
Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
When They See Us
13th
Who Killed Malcolm X
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Strong Island
American Son
See You Yesterday
Other Shows, Movies and Documentaries:
The Central Park Five (PBS)
16 Shots (Showtime)
Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement (BET)
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1875
I Am Not Your Negro
Let The Fire Burn
Crime+Punishment
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Ferguson: A Report From Occupied Territory
Podcasts:
About — Beyond Prisons Podcast
20 Podcasts That Confront Racism in America
How To Get Involved
Get Involved in Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh by joining or supporting:
BSM’s Political Action Committee
Take Action Chapel Hill and the Anti-Racist Activist Fund
Email Templates:
(Provided by the Atlanta Resistance Revival Chorus)
Fill with appropriate names and contacts. Can also be used as a script for calling.
Dear District Attorney Freeman,
I am contacting you today to demand justice for George Floyd who was brutally murdered by those who swore to protect him. As a concerned citizen, I demand the immediate charge of Derek Chauvin, Tuo Thao, and all other officers involved in this grisly killing. Their inaction proved to be as deadly as Chauvin’s actions.
When you took office you swore to protect all victims of crimes in Minneapolis. George Floyd is the victim of a most heinous crime. His life was cut short as he was denied every liberty bestowed upon him as an American citizen. Due process, the right to seek justice, and the right to live, all stolen from him by a public servant.
Now, as you face the crossroads of this important decision, I trust you will make the right choice and bring charges against those officers who wrongfully and willfully murdered George Floyd on that fateful day. George Floyd deserves justice and you can deliver it. You must deliver it.
Regards,
Your name
Scripts for calls available here and here
Provided By Kat Myers:
[email protected]; [email protected]
To the Chancellor, Vice Provost, and the NC State Administration at large,
My name is (Your Name), member of the class of (Year). As a (former/current) student of North Carolina State University, I am not satisfied.
Your statements in response to the police violence against and murder of Black people happening all across our country were not enough. To begin, neither of your statements contained the word “police.” They made no explicit mention of the lethal force used by police against George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others. To “denounce racism,” you must acknowledge and hold accountable those who are committing these violent acts of racism: the police.
You must also take responsibility for the ways that our university has failed and continues to fail its Black students. Nubian Message has called on you to try again. I am standing in solidarity with my Black classmates and neighbors. If you haven’t read their latest letter from the editor, please do so here: https://www.thenubianmessage.com/2020/06/01/a-letter-from-the-editor-please-try-again-chancellor-woodson/
It is time to scale back NC State’s relationship with RPD. Raleigh police faced an ILLEGALLY armed group of white protestors (see State v. Huntley & State v. Dawson) demanding that we “Reopen NC” without violence and in plain clothes. This same police department, in riot gear, tear-gassed and harrassed peaceful crowds protesting the murder of Black people by police. RPD should not and cannot be part of our community if we truly wish to support our Black students, neighbors, and fellow citizens.
Thank you for your time and consideration. We are working to make NC State a better place, and to do so, we must support our Black students.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)
Link to an automatic, fill-in format to email to Minneapolis PD:
Lawyers willing to help those who were detained (for free)
NC Based:
Ed Bartholomew – Raleigh: The Law Office of E.M. Bartholomew II, PLLC – (919) 853-7467
Scott Holmes – Durham/Raleigh: NCCU School of Law – (919) 599-1963
Robert Corbett – Charlotte: The Corbett Law Firm – (704) 401-5299
Charlotte Uprising – Charlotte: Organizers forwarding names to local attorneys – (704) 288-8840
Brenton Boyce – Greensboro: The Boyce Firm – (336) 254-4417
Jason Keith – Greensboro: KCA Law Firm – (336) 574-0368
Tom Cadwallader – Raleigh: (650) 759-8196
Greg Doucette – Durham/Raleigh: (919) 606-7158
George Gibbs – Charlotte: Gibbs Law – (980) 228-6387
Ana Nunez – Raleigh: (919) 828-5570
John McWilliam – Raleigh: (919) 772-4000
Damon Chetson – Raleigh: (919) 946-5392
Malcolm Matheson – Raleigh: (919) 335-5291
Paige Miles – Raleigh: (919) 747-3244
Tiffany Scott – Charlotte: The Snow Legal Group, PLLC – (704) 358-0026
Ed Martin – Charlotte: Seifer Flatlow, PLLC – (704) 512-0606
Richard Faulkner – Pitt County/Greenville: Faulkner Law Offices, PLLC – (919) 618-2779
Lindsey Bivens Granados – Raleigh: The Law Offices of Wiley Nickel, PLLC – (919) 650-2851
Ryan Stowe – Salisbury/Charlotte: Stowe Law Firm, PLLC – (704) 856-9502
Kahran Myers Davis – Greensboro: The Law Offices of T. Greg Doucette – (727) 742-5193
Fred Adams – Winston Salem (336) 725-6559
James Quander – Winston Salem (336) 725-6600
Helen Parsonage – Winston-Salem: (336) 714-4480
Asi Jackson – Raleigh/Durham: (919) 729-2742
Charles Kunz – Statewide: (919) 479-3490
Elizabeth Stephenson – Raleigh/Durham: (919) 719-3470
Kellie Mannette — Orange/Chatham counties: (919) 351-5586
Saleisha Averhart – Raleigh: (919) 741-6798
Out Of State Legal Counsel:
Lion’s Den Legal – Atlanta: (404) 431-9398
Jasmine Crockett – Dallas: (469) 527-4100
Ross Ziev – Colorado: (720) 355-0025
Rier Jordan – Miami: (305) 899-1212
Saeed and Little – Chicago, Louisville, or Indianapolis: Contact @saeedandlittle on Twitter or visit https://sllawfirm.com/contact-us/
Joy Thomas – Houston: (281) 444-0330
Deric Childress, Jr. – Houston: (281) 444-0330
San Antonio: (210) 858-7997
Houston: (713) 229-9997
New York: Contact @nyctaper on Twitter
Nick Mermiges – Columbia/Richland County, SC: (803) 587-0472
Already Compiled Lists Of Resources
(Some Info May Be Repeated)
How to Support Black Lives Matter and Bring Justice to George Floyd’s Death
