Getting Engaged - Taking Action - Supporting Social Justice
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Get engaged locally:
Nor Cal Resist Activist Bail and ICE Bond Fund provides bail assistance to activists arrested in the course of protest
Black Zebra Productions Follow and give to Black Zebra Productions, a hyper local media group that has been documenting the protests on the ground and sharing on Facebook Live
Anti-Police Terror Project Consider giving to the APTP – Sacramento Chapter, Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color
Impact Sac invests in and engages with nonprofits to ensure all students in the Greater Sacramento Region are on a clear pathway to economic security and success
Decarcerate Sacramento is a coalition demanding that Sacramento County drastically reduce its jail populations, prevent any further jail expansion, and shift county fund to invest in vital social services
Here’s some Minneapolis groups and donation portals that are doing work on the ground.
Minnesota Freedom Fund—which pays bail in Minnesota:
Reclaim The Block—an Minneapolis collective working to divest from policing and invest in long-term alternatives
Black Visions—a Black-led, Queer and Trans centering organization based, in Twin Cities in Minnesota, whose mission is to organize powerful, connected Black communities and dismantle systems of violence. Featured on this segment of Democracy Now.
For more groups, see this google doc collectively put together by grassroots groups in Minneapolis
Nationally, we're following the work of Campaign Zero and Color of Change. Looking for ways to contribute now? Please check out these groups:
Sign a petition: Civil rights group Color of Change launched a petition asking that all the officers involved in Floyd’s death are brought to justice. Find it here
Black Lives Matter: You can find the main donation page here.
Support the National Police Accountability Project: This group, a project of the National Lawyers Guild, helps people find legal counsel. More info here.
Support Campaign Zero, a police reform group that has been working on policy solutions “informed by data and human rights principles. More info here.
And to report on or or donate to Stop AAPI Hate, the website dedicated to collecting incidents of anti-Asian hate incidents and crimes, go here