Resources Related to #BLM
The devastating events that have unfolded over the last week have again reminded the world of ugly truths underpinning our society, truths that some of us deal with every single day. We stand against racial injustice in all forms, and we are committed to driving and sustaining real change in our communities.
In addition to donating to organizations like the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and we are matching employee donations to others fighting this injustice. We are also encouraging our employees nationwide to use any volunteer paid time off for much-needed activism in their local communities. The most important thing we are working on right now is educating ourselves as much as we possibly can. We’ve listed resources here so we can learn, donate, sign, engage, vote, watch, and listen together. We will continue to update this list as we learn more.
We don’t have all the answers, but we want to be part of the solution. If you have suggestions for how we can best serve you and your community, you can leave a comment on this post or email us at [email protected]. Your input is highly valued. We recognize that this is an ongoing process and the fight for justice and equality is far from over. ShopKeep is fully dedicated to growing and evolving through what we learn in order to drive impactful change.
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Why Is Saying “All Lives Matter” So Controversial?
Why You Need to Stop Saying All Lives Matter
The Early History of the Black Lives Matter Movement
How to Talk to Your Family About Racism
10 Actions You Can Take to Promote Racial Justice
Why Some Black Lives Matter Supporters Are Upset About Those Black Squares on Instagram
DONATE HERE
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund *update: no longer accepting funds as of June 8
Reclaim the Block *update: no longer accepting funds as of June 8
update: no longer accepting funds as of June 8
SIGN HERE
Justice for George Floyd – Amnesty International
Charge the Officers – Change.org
Community-Led Solutions for Minneapolis
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
ELECTIONS COMING UP
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Presidential Primaries
June 9: Georgia, West Virginia
June 23: Kentucky, New York
July 7: Delaware, New Jersey
July 11: Louisiana
Aug 11: Connecticut
State Primaries
June 9: Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia
June 23: Virginia
June 30: Colorado. Utah, Oklahoma
July 7: New Jersey
July 14: Maine
August 4: Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri. Washington
Aug 6: Tennessee
Aug 8: Hawaii
Aug 11: Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin
Aug 18: Alaska, Florida, Wyoming
Sep 1: Massachusetts
Sep 8: New Hampshire, Rhode Island
Sep 15: Delaware
Nov 3: Louisiana
WHAT TO READ
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Between the World and Me
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
How to Be an Antiracist
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Killing the Black Body
Locking Up Our own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor
Men We Reaped
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying our Democracy
Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
Overcoming Everyday Racism: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions
Race After Technology
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Sister Outsider
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
The Bluest Eye
The Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban AMerica, with a New Preface
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
They Can’t Kill Us All: The Story of the Struggle for Black Lives
Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair
We Keep Us Safe” Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
White Tears/Brown Scars
Books for Ages 0 – 4
AntiRacist Baby
All Are Welcome
A is for Activist
Last Stop on Market Street
Let’s Talk About Race
We’re Different, We’re the Same
Books for Ages 5 – 8
Hidden Figures
Island Born
Let It Shine
The Other Side
The Story of Ruby Bridges
We March
Books for Ages 9 – 12
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
Rosa
We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March
Books for Teens and Young Adults
All-American Boys
March: Book One
The Hate U Give
The Rock and The River
To Kill a Mockingbird
WHAT TO WATCH
13th (Netflix)
Atlanta (on demand)
Clemency (on demand)
Do The Right Thing (on demand)
Fruitvale Situation (on demand)
“How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” (YouTube)
Journey to Justice (on demand)
Selma (on demand)
Stay Woke (on demand)
Strong Island (Netflix)
The Good Fight (on demand)
The Hate U Give (Hulu)
When They See Us (Netflix)
Whose Streets? (Hulu)
WHAT TO LISTEN TO
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
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