Black Lives Matter

We have dedicated this page to resources worth sharing with our community. There is more than one way to help. We recognize that this list is not exhaustive and welcome you to contact us if you would like us to add additional links. 

EDUCATION

Donations to the following organizations will help increase funds for creating better educational opportunities for minority youths.

• Black Lives Matter
• NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Black Girls Code
• The Conscious Kid

JUSTICE

Support and donations to the following organizations will help provide legal help to individuals who have been a victim of social injustices and police brutality and bring change to the justice system in the United States.

• Communities United for Police Reform
• The Legal Aid Society
• Youth Justice Coalition
• Color of Change

INCARCERATION REFORM

The following organizations welcome donations toward prison reforms. They specifically fight against mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and the formation of new penitential institutions.

• Release Aging People in Prison
• No New Jails NYC
• Equal Justice Initiative
• Prison Book Program
• Dream Defenders

HEALTHCARE

The links below list organizations that are collecting donations to provide physical and mental healthcare to black communities and other minority communities.

• National Black Disability Coalition
• BET & United Way COVID-19 Relief Fund
• Sister Song
• COVID Bailout NYC
• EMW Women's Surgical Center
• You Good Sis Yoga
• The Loveland Foundation

TO READ

The links below are list of books that will raise awareness on social injustices and racism across time in the United States.

• How to Be an Antiracist - Imram X. Kendi
• Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Y. Davis
• Embrace Race - List of children’s books
• Eloquent Rage - Dr. Brittney Cooper
• So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
• Black Skin White Masks - Frantz Fanon
• Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
• Solitary - Albert Woodfox
• Black is the Body - Emily Bernard
• Between the World and Me - Ta-nehisi Coates

TO WATCH

A list of movies, documentaries and talks available online to help understand the racial disparities among communities.

• 13th - Ava DuVernay
• American Son - Kenny Leon
• Blindspotting - Carlos López Estrada
• Dear White People - Justin Simien
• I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin
• If Beale Street Could Talk - Barry Jenkins
• See You Yesterday - Stefon Bristol
• When They See Us - Ava DuVernay
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Help Strengthen Compassion - Peggy McIntosh
• What if White People Led the Charge to End Racism - Nita Mosby Tyler
• Let's Get To the Root of Racial Injustice - Megan Ming Francis