If you have been impacted by the recent events, take a break - there is a lot going on and sometimes we all just need a minute. Take that minute. Take that hour. Take what you need for self-care.
For BIPOC
Mental Health for BIPOC - 4 Ways People of Color can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
LBGTQ+ Resources, Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
More resources for BIPOC - Self Care and Resources
““One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an antiracist. There is no in-between safe space of “not racist.” The claim of “not racist” neutrality is a mask for racism.” ”
What can you do
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute: Donate to help employ black trans people.
Help the family of George Floyd HERE.
Fight for Breonna Taylor HERE.
Help the family of Ahmaud Arbery HERE.
Demand Justice for Tony McDade: HERE
Support the Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund: HERE
Learn about Trans Justice Funding Project
Want to help protesters? Donate to one or more community bail funds HERE.
Black Lives Seattle: HERE
Visit Movement For Black Lives for additional ways you can help the cause.
Want to connect with leaders building grassroots campaigns? Click HERE.
Eddie Moore Jr.’s 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
Learn more about race and systemic racism
Excellent 14-episode podcast on the history of race and systemic racism in the US. It's from 2017, shortly after the last election: Seeing White
Booklists: Buzzfeednews.com
**Anti-racism Resource Guide, Tasha K.
Are you an ally and want to learn more? Here are some anti-racism resources.
How the Supreme Court Case, Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America:
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising:
21-day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
What White and other people with privilege CAN DO RIGHT NOW
75 Things People Can Do for Racial Justice: Medium.com
Anti-racism resources (including organizations to which to donate): HERE.
A Practical Guide for White Allies and Accomplices by Taharee A. Jackson, PhD
4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions: HERE
Racial Equity Tools: HERE
An Anti-racist Reading List: HERE
How to Be a Better White Person in 2020: HERE
Anti-Racism Resource Project
What you need to understand about your own privilege.
Understanding that you, too, are racist: BlackGirlMaine.com
Race Forward
You Can Have A Black Friend, Partner, Or Child And Still Be Racist: HERE
For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies: HERE
Read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Testimony on Reparations: The Atlantic.
Social media makes it easy for those who don’t want to hear the truth: HERE
Immigrant privilege: HERE
Class vs. racial privilege: Explaining privileged to a broke white person.
5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses “Good” White Women Give to Viral Posts: HERE
Resources for Children and Youth
Black Lives Matter - Instructional Library
Colours of Us: All about multicultural children’s books.
Books and other resources to promote racial equity in education. HERE
Anti-Racism Parenting Resources. LINK
“The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward.
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