Compiled by Hector Gomez and Craig Stevenson here at the library, we know the protests are still going on. Just because the news isn’t reporting on them as often, they’re still there and work still needs to be done. As such, take some time to consider some of these links, even as you go about your day.
Source Guides
Alternatives to Incarceration
Prison Abolition and Alternatives to Incarceration Starter Resources
Protests
Medicine Guide
Education Links
Timeline of Events Leading to the Floyd Protests
“Ferguson and the Criminalization of American Life”
Ferguson and the Criminalization of American Life
Very brief summary of Slavery and American Police
A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing | Police Studies Online
Police Have NO Legal Obligation to Protect, NYT Article
Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone
“75 Things White People Can do for Racial Justice”
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Alternatives to Calling the Police blog post
What To Do Instead of Calling the Police — Aaron Rose
Alternatives to Calling the Police handbook
Alternatives to Calling the Police | Safe Congregations Handbook
“The Abolitionist Toolkit”
The Abolitionist Toolkit – Critical Resistance
De-escalation and Intervention
Deescalation and Interventions
Wealth shown to scale
Productivity and the Workweek
Productivity and the Workweek – shorter hours
Books & Longform Text/Media
Gore Capitalism, Sayak Valencia (Latinx academic writing on the Global South)
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
The South Side (audiobook), Natalie Moore
Additional Booklists
Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List for Teens | The New York Public Library
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/schomburg/teens
Antiracist Graphic Novel Reading List
Black Literature Beyond Black Struggle
Antiracist Reading List of Ibram X. Kendi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html?fbclid=IwAR0E4Eo8Rh5etvWcfbZD8SuklcPiEJRxKD4zqqquuSNnvBa3WGOYMlY6xmU
Petitions
#JusticeforFloyd
#JusticeforFloyd: Demand the officers who killed George Floyd are charged with murder.
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
#JusticeforAhmaud: District Attorneys George Barnhill & Jackie Johnson must be REMOVED from office
Justice for Breonna Taylor
Petition · Justice for Breonna Taylor
Donations Links
George Floyd Memorial Fund (funds for his family)
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund organized by Philonise Floyd
“I run with Maud” (funds for Ahmaud’s family)
I Run With Maud organized by Akeem Baker
COVID19 testing and advocacy
COVID19 testing, advocacy & education organized by Dr. Ala Stanford
Black doctors consortium to test hardest hit areas–Black neighborhoods
Black Lives Matter
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
Fund for Homeless Black Trans women
Homeless Black Trans women fund organized by Jesse Pratt López
Know Your Rights Camp
Know Your Rights Camp – Donate
National Bail Fund Network
National Bail Fund Network — Community Justice Exchange
Chicago Bond Fund
Black-Owned Business Relief Fund
Black-Owned Business Relief Fund organized by Art Hoe Collective
Campaign Zero (to end police violence)
https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#campaign
Social Media
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks)
Noname Book Club
Noname Book Club (@NonameBooks)
