Some groups you may wish to donate to and become involved:
SURJ – Stand Up for Racial Justice - https://www.surjbayarea.org/
Community Justice Exchange – https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/
Their mission is to end forms of unjust criminalization, incarceration, surveillance, and detention that disproportionally affect POC.
Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/
This organization organizes the Minneapolis community and city council with the goal of reallocating money from the overfunded police department to other areas within the city budget that truly promote community health and safety.
Black Visions Collective – https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
Supports and organizes local movements and events that promote racial equality and challenge those in positions of power whose actions harm communities of color.
George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
Self-explanatory. This is a good one to donate to, but a popular one.
Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Their mission is to eradicate systemic forms of white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities.
Know Your Rights Campaign – https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/
Their mission is to advance the well-being of Black and Brown communities through education and the implementation of new systems that will elevate the next generation.
Anti-Police Terror Project - http://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/
Supports families surviving police terror, documenting police abuse, and connecting impacted families and communities with legal resources and opportunities for healing.
SRVDC’S RESPONSE TO THE BRUTAL KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD
Once again, our country faces the ugly history of inequality and racism that led to the murder of George Floyd. We cannot ignore the deaths and unjust treatment of black people in our communities, including the recent murders of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor in her home. We need to acknowledge and realize the full extent of systematic racism. We must recognize and begin to address our own racial biases. We need to acknowledge the benefits that “white privilege” affords us, and work to rectify the disparity in racial inequality. We cannot rely only on electing progressive candidates. We each should play a role in rooting out the systemic racism that occurs in education, employment, the criminal justice system and pervades all life experiences. At this moment in our history, we cannot understand and we cannot pretend to understand all that is needed, but we must work together for change. Let us remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words:
“Let me say as I’ve always said, and I will always continue to say, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. … But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.