[✊🏾] the uprisings: 25 things u need 2 know rn
be safe 🗝 be strong 🗝be informed
this is your special Sunday edition
San Jose, California | photo by Dai Sugano
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newsflashes — see what’s happening in Los Angeles. Brooklyn. Minneapolis. DC. Oakland. Atlanta. Nashville. Memphis. Vegas. Miami. Boston. Martha’s Vineyard. Toronto. Philly. Dallas. Houston. Chicago. Montgomery. B-More. Seattle. Milwaukee. The D. Ferguson. Wilmington. London. U.S. Embassy in Berlin.
know that there is an actual plan in place to end police brutality. it’s called Campaign Zero and it’s right here
learn more about/donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund. while we’re on it, here are a bunch of bail funds, and other organizations to know about
here are 7 virtual mental health resources supporting black people right now [Jesse Sparks]
Michelle Obama on our recent tragedies ⬇️
read Louis Hunter (he’s in Minneapolis): ‘I Nearly Went to Prison for Philando Castile. I Closed My Restaurant for George Floyd.’ and flash back to the killing of Castile and the police officer who was acquitted
get your whole life real quick as this child speaks ⤵️
bond with Danielle Cadet — she reminds people who are not black that while ‘your black colleagues may look like they’re okay, chances are they’re not’
learn more about/donate to the George Floyd Memorial Fund.
sign the petition Beyoncé is talking about ⏬
physically protest as safely as you can ⏬and also here’s a guide to protesting safely during a pandemic
if you find yourself in a situation, lawyers are offering pro bono services in Minneapolis, Houston, New York City, Atlanta and Los Angeles
listen to Tamika D. Mallory speak ⤵️
nod to this word from Ayesha ⤵️
experience LZ Granderson’s life: ‘I was 12 when an officer placed his gun to the back of my head while his knee rested in the center of my back. I had been sent to the store to buy a gallon of milk’
recall the 2015 Baltimore uprising — around the death of Freddie Gray ⬇️
you probably read this — it’s a masterpiece of vision, commitment, reporting, photography, and design. but if you haven’t, soak your mind in the award-winning 1619 Project: “it aims to reframe [our] country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative”
learn from Doreen St. Félix about the black latin reporter who was arrested live on CNN
read C. Vernon Coleman II: he writes about J. Cole joining protestors ⤵️
remember opinionated journalist Larry Aubry
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