Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a social and political movement protesting against all racially motivated violence against black people, including police brutality. #BlackLivesMatter began in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer.
Organizations
- Association of Black Anthropologists
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Black Lives Matter
- National Action Network
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Lawyers Guild New York City Chapter
- National Urban League
- New York City Commission on Human Rights
- New York Historical Society Museum and Library
- Obama Foundation: Anguish and Action – Get Engaged and Get Resources
- Racial Equity Tools
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture – The New York City Library
- Showing Up for Racial Injustice
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- This is Not a Riot! – MutualAid.NYC
Related Articles, Publications and Multi-media
- Black Lives Matter: Meditations, Candice Nicole Hargons, University of Kentucky
- Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism – From Ferguson to Charleston, Jon Greenberg, Citizenship & Social Justice
- Healing Toolkits, Black Lives Matter
- Healing Justice is How We Can Sustain Black Lives, Prentis Hemphill, Director of Justice at Black Lives Matter
- A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, Alicia Garza, The Feminist Wire
- How to Easily be a White Ally to Marginalized Communities, Christopher Keelty, Medium
- The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism, Audre Lorde, Black Past
- Understanding White Privilege, Francis E. Kendall, PhD
For Protesters
- Guidelines for Protesters, Black Lives Matter
- Toolkit for Resisting Law Enforcement Violence, INCITE!
- Toolkit for Organizing for Community Accountability INCITE!
- Safety During Protest: Amnesty International US
- Safety Protocols: Best practices for before, during, and after protests
- Know Your Rights while demanding justice for George Floyd, ACLU
Resources for Latin Americans and Latinx
- Five Campaigns for Black Lives in Latin America, Latina
- Nacionalistas boicotean acto contra el racismo en República Dominicana, Youtube (in Spanish)
- Acto contra racismo en capital dominicana termina con incidente, Youtube (Agencia Efe, in Spanish)
- Racismo no Brasil: todo mundo sabe que existe, mas ninguém acha que é racista, diz Djamila Ribeiro, BBC video (in Spanish)
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration reports (The State of Black Immigrants in California; Black Lives at the Border; The State of Black Immigrants; Black Immigrant Women & Girls in the U.S)
- Afro-Paradise: Blackness, Violence, and Performance in Brazil – Christen Smith
Resources for Asians and Asian Americans
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now, Dr. Imani J. Walker, Awaken
- 30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday, Awaken – Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
- Asian American Anti-Blackness is Real – And so Is Our Responsibility to End it, Densho (Densho is an org that emerged from the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.)
- Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (pdf)
- How Asian-Americans Can Support Black Lives Matter, Podcast: The Dave Chang Show
- Letters for Black Lives (A crowd sourced resource stared by Asian N. Americans and expanded beyond. Letters to engender honest conversations in family and community, translated into 30+ languages)
- Nail Salon Brawls & Boycotts: Unpacking The Black-Asian Conflict In America, Tiffany Diane Tso
- Open Letter from Coalition of Asian American Leaders in Minnesota, Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL)
- Secret History of South Asian and African American Solidarity, Anirvan Chatterjee
- South Asians for Black Lives: A Call for Action, Accountability and Introspection, Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Resources for Parents and Children
- CNN /Sesame Street Town Hall on Race
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids, compiled by Sujei Lugo Vázquez and Alia Jones
- Parents Need to Have Conversations About Race, Marisa Lascala
- Why Teaching Black Lives Matter Matters, Jamilah Pitts, Teaching Tolerance (resource for eduactors)
- Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence (podcast)
Age Appropriate Resources for Children
- Young /Elementary Children:
- Black Lives Matter Read Alouds (includes Spanish language books)
- Elementary Children
- Middle School Children
- Teens
