Get Informed

• 11 Things You Can Do To Help Black Lives Matter End Police Violence (Teen Vogue)
• Anguish and Action : Learn about police violence and antiracism in America.
• CNN Live News Updates
• How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct (Teen Vogue)
• How to Talk to Your Kids About Race : Guide and resources for parents
• Racial Equity Tools : Toolkit designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.
• They’re Not Too Young : Guide and resources for parents talking to their kids
• “Talking About Race : Being Anti-racist“ (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
• “White Anti-Racism : Living the Legacy” : Teaching Tolerance - Resources for educators

Reading Lists

• Books to Read About Anti-racism (Time)
• Conversations About Race : eBooks / Audiobooks (always available on Hoopla)
• Do the Work : an Anti-racist Reading List (The Guardian)
• Standing Against Racism : eBooks / Audiobooks (always available on Hoopla)
• Talking to Kids about Race (always available on Hoopla)

Take Action

• Black Lives Matter : We are working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise.
• Anguish and Action (Obama Foundation) : The world needs changing. Learn what you can do to create a more just and equitable world.
• Campaign Zero : End police violence in America.
• Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others (Pepperdine University)
• Movement for Black Lives : We create a shared vision and policy agenda to win rights, recognition, and resources for Black people, to make it possible for us, and therefore everyone, to live healthy and fruitful lives.
• Race & Justice (NAACP) : Structural discrimination and unjust policing, prosecution, and incarceration practices unfairly impact Black communities. Building a just system urgently demands reform
• Racial Justice (ACLU) : Working to protect the civil liberties of people of color.

Where to Donate 

As of 6/8/2020

• George Floyd Memorial Fund
• Bail Funds for Protestors
• Black Lives Matter
• Black Visions Collective
• Movement for Black Lives
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• National Bail Out
• Reclaim the Block

What have the protests accomplished?

As of 6/8/2020:

• 5/26 4 officers fired for murdering George Floyd
• 5/27 Charges dropped for Kenneth Walker (Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who police accused of killing her)
• 5/28 University of Minnesota cancels contract with police
• 5/28 3rd precinct police station neutralized by protesters
• 5/28 Minneapolis transit union refuses to bring police officers to protests or transport arrested protesters
• 5/29 Activists commandeer Minneapolis hotel to provide shelter to homeless
• 5/29 Former officer Chauvin arrested and charged with murder
• 5/29 Louisville Mayor suspends “no-knock” warrants
• 5/30 US Embassies across Africa condemn police murder of George Floyd
• 5/30 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison takes over prosecution of the murdering officer
• 5/30 Transport Workers Union refuses to help NYPD transport arrests protesters
• 5/30 Maryland lawmakers forming work group on police reform, accountability
• 5/31 2 abusive officers fired for pulling a couple out of their car and tasing them – Atlanta, GA
• 6/1 Minneapolis public schools end contract with police
• 6/1 Confederate monument removed after being toppled by protesters – Birmingham, AL
• 6/1 CA prosecutors launch campaign to stop DAs from accepting police union money
• 6/1 Tulsa Mayor agrees to not renew Live PD contract
• 6/1 Louisville police chief fired after shooting of David Mcatee
• 6/1 Congress begins bipartisan push to cut off police access to military gear
• 6/1 Atlanta announces plans to create a task force and public database to track police brutality in metro Atlanta area
• 6/2 Minneapolis AFL-CIO calls for resignation of police union president Bob Kroll, a vocal white supremest
• 6/2 Pittsburgh transit union announces refusal to transport police officers or arrest protesters
• 6/2 Racist ex-mayor Frank Rizzo statue removed in Philadelphia
• 6/2 6 abusive officers charged for violence against residents and protesters – Atlanta, GA
• 6/2 Civil rights investigation of Minneapolis Police Dept launched
• 6/2 San Francisco resolution to prevent law enforcement from hiring officers with history of misconduct
• 6/2 Survey indicates that 64% of those polled are sympathetic to protesters, 47% disapprove of police handling of the protests, and 54% think the burning down of the Minneapolis police precinct was fully or partially justified
• 6/2 Trenton NJ announces policing reforms
• 6/2 Minneapolis City Council members consider disbanding the police
• 6/2 Confederate statue removed from Alexandria, VA
• 6/3 Officer fired for tweets promoting violence against protesters – Denver, CO
• 6/3 Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art cut ties with the MPD
• 6/3 Chauvin charges upgraded to second degree murder, remaining 3 officers also charged and taken into custody
• 6/3 Richmond VA Mayor Stoney announces RPD reform measures: establish “Marcus” alert for folks experiencing mental health crises, establish independent Citizen Review Board, an ordinance to remove Confederate monuments, and implement racial equity study
• 6/3 County commissioners deny proposal for $23 million expansion of Fulton County jail
• 6/3 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board unanimously votes to sever ties with MPD
• 6/3 Seattle withdraws request to end federal oversight/consent decree of police department
• 6/3 Breonna Taylor’s case reopened
• 6/3 Louisville police department (Breonna Taylor’s murderers) will now be under review from an outside agency, which will include review on training, bias-free policing and accountability
• 6/3 Colorado lawmakers introduce a police reform bill that includes body cam laws, repealing the “fleeing felon” statute, and banning chokeholds
• 6/3 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces plans to reduce funding to police department by $150M and instead invest in minority communities
• 6/4 Virginia governor announces plans to remove Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond
• 6/4 Portland schools superintendent discontinues presence of armed police officers in schools
• 6/4 MBTA (Metro Boston) board orders that buses wont transport police to protests, or protesters to police
• 6/4 King County Labor Federation issues ultimatum to police unions: admit to and address racism in Seattle PD, or be removed
• 6/5 City of Minneapolis bans all chokeholds by police
• 6/5 Racist ex-mayor Hubbard statue removed – Dearborn, MI
• 6/5 NFL condemns racism and admits it should have listened to players’ protests
• 6/5 California Governor Gavin Newsom calls for statewide use-of-force standard made along with community leaders and ban on carotid holds
• 6/5 2 Buffalo officers suspended within a day of pushing 75 year old protester to the ground, and lying about it
• 6/5 2 NYPD officers suspended after videos of violence to protesters
• 6/5 The US Marines bans display of the Confederate flag
• 6/5 Dallas adopts a “duty to intervene” rule that requires officers to stop other cops who are engaging in excessive use of force
• 6/5 Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax releases an 11-point action plan for immediate police reforms
• 6/6 Statue of Confederate general Williams Carter Wickham torn down - Richmond, VA
• 6/6 2 Buffalo officers charged with second-degree assault for shoving elderly man
• 6/6 San Francisco Mayor London Breed announces effort to defund police and redirect funds to Black community
• 6/7 Frank Rizzo mural removed, to be replaced with new artwork - Philadelphia, PA
• 6/7 Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disband the police department, invest in proven community-led public safety
• 6/7 Protesters in Bristol topple statue of slave trader Edward Colston, throw it in the river
• 6/7 NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vows for the first time to cut funding for NYPD, redirect to social services
• 6/7 A Virginia police officer faces charges after using a stun gun on a black man
• 6/8 NY State Assembly passes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act
• 6/8 Democrats in Congress unveil a bill to rein in bias and excessive force in policing
• 6/8 Black lawmakers block a legislative session in Pennsylvania to demand action on police reform
• 6/8 France bans police use of chokeholds
• 6/8 Seattle council members join calls to defund police department
• 6/8 Boston reevaluates how it funds police department
• 6/8 Honolulu Police Commission nominees voice support for more transparency, reforms
• 6/8 Rights groups and Floyd’s family call for a UN inquiry into American policing and help with systemic police reform

(This list comes from Mara Ahmed’s blog post and was compiled by Fahd Ahmed, with some additions.)