Updated 7/22/20
Hey, y’all. We’ve shared this across our socials and newsletter, but it’s also important to us that it lives here, as we come across additional information and resources, and as a note on where we stand. We’re usually here to bring you fun and exciting experiences to take part in, in this one of a kind city of ours (which we love doing!), but this past weekend was a hard one for a lot of us…scratch that, it’s been hard for a very long time…too long.
NYC Plugged is Black-Owned and Woman-Owned. Like many of you, we are filled with so many emotions, trying to find the words. It’s okay not to be okay. It’s okay to feel uncomfortable. Racial injustice and divide, systematic racism, and police brutality didn’t just start with George Floyd…it’s BEEN time for action and change, as individuals, and as a community.
So, What Can We Do? Educate Ourselves (Read, Watch, and Listen) Sign Petitions, Contact Gov’t Officials, Donate if You Can, Support Black-Owned Businesses to name a few. We decided to put together a few resources to do just that while supporting the organizations and individuals who are as well!
Black Lives Matter
Sign, Donate, Learn and Support with Purpose
- If you have any other resources we should add, don’t hesitate to share! Shoot us an email at contact@nycplugged.com
Sign Petitions
Petitions for Justice & Change
✊ Run with Maud
✊ Justice for Big Floyd
✊ Stand with Bre
✊ Justice for Breonna
✊ Justice for Elijah McClain
✊ Demand Justice for Elijah McClain
✊ ColorofChange.org
✊ Change.org
Contact Gov’t Officials
Justice for George Floyd
✊ Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
✊ Minnesota Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
✊ Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
✊ Not sure what to say? This can help
Justice for Breonna Taylor
✊ Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer
✊ Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
✊ Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
✊ Email all three with this template
Justice for Elijah McClain
✊ Colorado Officials
✊ Send an email with this template
New York State
✊ Mayor Bill de Blasio
✊ Governor Andrew Cuomo
VOTE
✊ Register to VOTE in NYS Outside NYS?
✊ Already Registered? NYS Board of Elections with Important Dates
✊ NYT’s 2020 Presidential Primary Election Calendar
Support/Volunteer/Donate If You Can
✊ Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
✊ Justice for Breonna Taylor GoFundMe
✊ I Run with Maud GoFundMe
✊ Elijah McClain GoFundMe
Empowerment of Black Communities/Racial Justice
✊ Black Lives Matter
✊ Black Lives Matter Greater NY
✊ Know Your Rights Camp
✊ Black Futures Lab
✊ Black Visions Collective
✊ Reclaim the Block
✊ Color of Change
✊ Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
✊ Black Led- LGBTQ+ Organizations (pfpicardi)
✊ The Loveland Foundation
✊ The Movement for Black Lives
End Police Brutality/ Injustice within Mass Incarceration
✊ Campaign Zero
✊ Communities United Against Police Brutality
✊ NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
✊ Minnesota Freedom Fund
✊ Innocence Project
✊ Equal Justice Initiative
✊ Justice League NYC
✊ What’s the 50-A Repeal about? (Refinery 29)
✊ What Does it Mean to Defund the Police? (NYT)
Civil and Human Rights Organizations
✊ ACLU
✊ Civil Rights.Org
Advocate for Fair Elections
✊ Fair Fight
Alternative Reporting
✊ Unicorn Riot
Learn: Read, Watch, Listen
✊ Mireille Charper’s 10 Step’s to Non-Optical Allyship
✊ Anti-Racism Resource List * This one is great if you are at the beginning of your journey
✊ Glitter Guide: A Resource Guide For Anti-Racism + Being An Educated Ally For BIPOC
✊ Anti-Racism Resources
✊ 41 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance via The Conscious Kid Patreon
✊ Black Art in America’s Books on Black Art
✊ Rolling Stone’s Songs of Black Lives Matter: 22 Anthems
✊ MindBodyGreen’s 9 Racial Justice Educators To Follow, Learn From & Support Right Now
✊ Child Mind Institute’s Racism+Violence: Helping Kids Handle the News
✊ The Conscious Kid: How to Talk To Kids About Race
Mental Health Resources
✊ NYC Well
✊ HIMS Online Therapy
✊ 1 free year of Headspace if unemployed, or 2-week trial
✊ 7 Mental Health Resources for the Black Community
✊ Caring for yourself to Care for Others (@lrsphm)
✊ Soulace App
✊ BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health
Protest Resources
✊ Amnesty International’s Safety During a Protest
✊ Amnesty International’s The Right To Protest Resource Packet for Staff & Members
✊ The Bail Project
✊ Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
✊ National Bail Network Fund
✊ The Liberty Fund
✊ COVID Bail Out NYC
Stay Up to Date
✊ Justice for George Floyd NYC Instagram
✊ Justice for Elijah McClain Instagram
✊ BLM Greater NY Instagram
✊ Signs for BLM
Support Black-Owned Businesses
✊ Black-Owned Brooklyn
✊ Buy Black 30’s #BUYBLACK30Challenge
✊ Aurora James’ 15 Percent Pledge
Food and Drink
✊ Eat Okra App
✊ Hannah Goldfield & Rachel Karten’s List of Black Owned-NYC Restaurants
✊ Rose Wine Mansion’s List of Black-Owned Wineries
✊ Equality at the Table
✊ Museum of Ice Cream’s List of Black Owned Ice Cream Shops
✊ Vinepair’s List of Black-Owned Business in Drink Industry
Lifestyle
✊ Shoppe Black
✊ Ethel’s Club
✊ Black Nation App
✊ Lingua Franca’s Running List of Black-Owned Businesses
✊ Palm’s Directory of Black-Owned Brands to Support
✊ Official Black Wall Street App
✊ MindBodyGreens’s list of Incredible Black Trainers, Yogis & Fitness Accounts to Support
✊ Buy Black-Owned Instagram
✊ Black Owned Everything Instagram
✊ Beyonce Black Parade Route
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