Protestor and Activist Resources
- Action Tools, Dismantling Racism Works"This page includes the following tools: Giving Feedback, information about the role of Change Teams and Caucuses in race equity work, race equity principles for taking action, and a race equity tool for organizations in developing explicit goals."
- Get Involved, Fight Racism, United NationsAdvocates for and outlines the following strategies to fight racism, xenophobia and intolerance: Talk and Advocate, Educate and Reflect, Support, and Exercise Your Rights.
- Natl Resource List -- Minneapolis Uprising & Beyond, Indigo (@botanicaldyke)This Google document, created by an activist, covers: Legal Services and Bail Support; Advice for Protesting and Social Media; Bail Funds, Memorial Funds, Organizations & Mutual Aid; International Solidarity and Resources; and Misc Mutual Aid and Community Projects.
- Protestors' Rights, American Civil Liberties UnionThe First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exercise of speech rights. Make sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets.
- Ways You Can Help, NicoWondering what you can do? This page from the Black Lives Matter website provides links to ways one can be meaningfully, actively, anti-racist.
Activism Books and Readings
Reparative Universities: Why Diversity Alone Won't Solve Racism in Higher Ed by Call Number: E-BOOKPublication Date: 2023
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Call Number: Level 2 305.0973 B4681vPublication Date: 2022
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement by Call Number: E-BOOKPublication Date: 2018
Grassroots Leadership and the Arts for Social Change by Call Number: 303.4 G769 and E-BOOKPublication Date: 2017
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Call Number: 323.119733 S6136aPublication Date: 2017
Organizations
United States
- American Civil Liberties Union"The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920 and is our nation's guardian of liberty. The ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
- Black Lives MatterBlack Lives Matter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities.
- Black Visions CollectiveBased in Twin Cities and Minnesota, this black, trans, and queer-led organization is committed to dismantling systems of oppression and violence. They aim to shift the public narrative to create transformative and long-term change.
- Campaign ZeroAn online platform and organization that uses research-based policy solutions in attempts to end police brutality in America.
- Color Of ChangeColor Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. They move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights"The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse civil and human rights coalition. From the beginning, we were forged to fight the intractable — together."
International
- International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)"International non-profit, non-governmental human rights organization devoted to eliminating discrimination and racism, forging international solidarity among discriminated minorities and advancing the international human rights system."