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BLM Movement: Amplify Your Voice

Anjali Vijan, News
June 18, 2020

On May 25 of 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man living in Minneapolis was brutally murdered by a police officer, alongside 3 of his coworkers. For 8 minutes and 46 seconds, officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck, leading to a loss of air. “I can’t breathe,” he repeated until his last few seconds of life. Due to the tragic death of George Floyd and many other innocent black people over the years, a significant concern has arisen across the United States regarding racism. Not only has this deeply affected the black community, but has also been a call for action from the citizens of the United States.

It is important to take action and help in any way,no matter how big or small. Anything is better than staying silent. Through social media platforms, many have been educating themselves on what is going on, where this is happening, and how to help, however, not everyone has access to those platforms. Therefore, a list of petitions to sign, organizations to donate to, etc. have been listed below.

We encourage you to fight the fight and take action. Each and every one of your voices need to be heard. We, as Central, as Hunterdon County, and as America, need to make a difference for the better. There are more ways to help beyond this list, but here are plenty of ways to get started:

Petitions to sign

Justice for Floyd (change.org)
#JusticeForFloyd (act.colorofchange.org)
Justice for Breonna Taylor (change.org)
Educate Children on Racism Through Schools (change.org)
#JusticeforBigFloyd petition (Grassroots Law Project)

Calling, Texting, and Mailing

Text “FLOYD” to 55156
Text “JUSTICE” to 668366
Text “ENOUGH” To 55156
Call Minnesota’s Hennepin County District Attorney Mike Freeman at 612-348-5550 to request justice
Call Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison at 651-296-3353
Call Gov. of Minnesota Tim Walz at 651-201-3400.
Mayor of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser at [email protected] or 202-727-2643

Write to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey – request justice, accountability and/or policing changes
Write to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz – request justice, accountability and/or policing changes
Write to or call Minneapolis District Attorney, Mike Freeman (612) 348-5550 or [email protected]
Leave a message for Louisville Mayor and demand justice for Breonna Taylor 502-574-2003

Donating

Official George Floyd Memorial Fund (gofundme.com)
I Run With Maud fundraiser (gofundme.com)
Justice for Breonna Taylor (official)(#BREEWAYY) (gofundme.com)
Black Lives Matter
Unicorn Riot
The Bail Project
Black and Brown Founder
Black Visions Collective
Campaign Zero
National Bail Out
Reclaim The Block
The Innocent Project

Documentaries, Movies, and TV Shows

13th (Netflix)
See You Yesterday (Netflix)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Hulu)
The Hate You Give (Hulu)
American Son (Netflix)
Dear White People (Netflix)
When They See Us (Netflix)
Clemency
Black Power MixTape
Selma
I Am Not Your Negro
Hidden Figures

Organizations To Follow On Instagram

@blmhunterdon
@blmhunterdoncounty
@blklivesmatter
@shaunking
@rachel.cargle
@thedailyshow
@blackandembodied
@laylafsaad
@equalitylabs
@theconsciouskid
@homefromcollege
@civilrightsorg
@showingupforracialinjustice
@colorofchange

Protests In Hunterdon County

Clinton Peaceful Protest — June 4
Flemington Peaceful Protest — June 6

Podcasts

Seeing White
1919 – NY Times
About Race
Pod Save The People (Crooked Media)
Code Switch
The Diversity Gap
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod for the Cause
Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
Truth Be Told

Young Adult/Adult Books

The Hate You Give – Angie Thomas
So you Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
The Fire This Time – Jesmyn Ward
How to be an Anti-Racist – Ibram X. Kendi
The Color of Law – Richard Rothstein
Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
When They Call You a Terrorist’ by Patrisse Cullors & Asha Bandele
White Fragility -Robin DiAngelo
Stay Woke – Tehama Lopez Bunyasi & Candis Watts Smith
The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea – Christopher J. Lebron
Me and White Supremacy – Layla Saad & Robin DiAngelo

Children’s Books

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins – Carole Boston Weatherford
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom – Virginia Hamilton
Carter Reads the Newspaper – Deborah Hopkinson
We March – Shane W. Evans
Hands Up! – Breanna J. McDaniel

Black-Owned Small Business That You Can Support From Anywhere (Instagram accounts — but most have websites as well)