The effects of racial injustice are ongoing in our society. It’s important for us to reflect on what each of us can do to help make things right. How can we be a good ally and actively fight racism? Listed below are some courses of action you can take to help.
Places to Donate: Seattle Area
- Black Lives Matter Seattle
- ACLU of Washington
- Northwest Tap Connection, a social justice oriented dance studio
- Community Passageways, a Seattle organization that helps youth through the legal process
Places to Donate: General Locations
- Black Visions Collective, a Minneapolis-based organization committed to transformative justice and building sustainable Black activist leadership
- Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
- Black Lives Matter
- Louisville Community Bail Fund
- The Okra Project, a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People
Petitions to sign and emails to write:
- Reform the Police
- Reform the Seattle Police Department
- If that doesn’t work use: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLx0UBq_-FmE6YQPgG2aGSmNOI7_LCjpGiNGH4HSq2nWpGSA/viewform
- An extensive google doc that has email and call scripts for elected officials in Seattle and King County: https://tinyurl.com/KingCountyResources
Support Black owned businesses
Support Black artists
- 26 Organizations You Can Donate to That Support Emerging Black Artists, Thinkers, and Change-Makers
- 10 Nonprofits You Can Support to Amplify Black Voices in the Arts
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu