Sharing some of the resources I’ve collected in the past ten days. Wherever possible I’ve credited the creator of the resource. For donation links, I have made an effort to personally vet. I will continue to update these lists.
Organizations I’ve supported:
- Black Lives Matter Toronto
- LGBTQ Freedom Fund
- Community Justice Exchange – Emergency Release Fund (keep trans persons out of jail)
- Black Visions Collective
- Reclaim the Block
- Minnesota Freedom Fund – they are currently at capacity re: new donations
- Donate to 60+ bail funds and other aid simultaneously – this link via Gabalexa
- Louisville bail fund
- Black Mental Health Matters – a fund for Black-led mental health supports (new donations currently disabled)
- Regent Park Film Festival – close to my home and close to my heart
- Unist’ot’en Camp support – legal action ongoing against oppressive Canadian government
- Black Trans Protesters’ Emergency Fund
- Native Womens’ Resource Centre (Toronto)
- Native Youth Sexual Health Network
- GoFundMes:
Political action letters:
- Defund.ca – this automated system allows you to email your councillor plus a LOT of other decisionmakers simultaneously
- Actions against police brutality (City of Toronto) – these templates created by sofisms
- 2020 Toronto Police Budget – call for action/defunding – this template created by Sara Wylie
- Defund the OPP
- Wet’suwet’en Land Rights
Community resources:
- Black-owned businesses and restaurants in Toronto (open during COVID-19) – this project led by j.a.l.i.l.
- Fundraising / bail funds – this list created by DJ Skype Williams
- The End of Policing (free ebook)
- Next Wave community actions – via amirightfolks
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance – free via the NFB
Self-care resources for people engaging in this work for the first time: