“slumber party” + self-referencing

there were massive explosions at the port of Beirut, Lebanon today. Here are a few links to twitter threads I have found with gofundme links etc. please help if you can.

video twitter thread of what happened (tw for explosions, this only shows what happened)

thread one with multiple gofundme

Lebanon Needs gofundme

Another thread of where you can donate

a carrd on how to help Lebanon

another carrd 

another carrd

blood donation info and contact numbers tweet

tweet with a link to a website that donates on your behalf, just click the link!!!

signing petitions will NOT help

if i find more, this will keep being updated. please keep them in your prayers and help out if you are able to.

If you were arrested for protesting in Chicago, Indianapolis, or Louisville, the law firm of Derrick Morgan Jr, Esq will represent you pro bono

Here is a thread of lawyers and law firms representing protesters pro bono

also donate to local free legal aid organizations, because as great as it is that these lawyers are providing free services rn, many legal aid orgs already provide free services every day to people who can’t afford to pay for legal help, and rely entirely on donations. bail is important but its only step one in what will be for many a very long and expensive legal process. there are often dozens or more in each state so i wont compile a list but you can easily find the ones in your area by googling. and dont forget about the legal aid orgs geared towards immigrants, because many protestors may face deportation or other retaliation that jeapordizes their ability to stay in the US.

You’re right! Here are two that I’ve found:

Legal Defense Initiative of Know Your Rights Camp: Created by Colin Kaepernick and focused on getting legal resources and lawyers to protesters in Minneapolis

NAACP Legal Defense Fund: legal aid fund dedicated to fighting for racial justice

Guys please add on more if you know any!!

Two more I’ve found:

Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project by Transgender Law Center:  Project dedicated to ensuring “the liberation of all Black people through community-building, political education, creating access to direct services, and organizing across borders”. You can also check out and donate to the other projects the Transgender Law Center has on their website (linked).

Baltimore Legal Action Team:  Dedicated to legal action that “serves grassroots movements” and promotes race equity.

I know it’s been a while but the protests are still going on and Derrick Morgan Jr. Esq now has a pro bono legal fund so uh

yemen is the worst humanitarian crisis of our generation. and right now they’re battling an epidemic (cholera), a pandemic, and a famine, all while a war is being fought. please do anything you can to help!

donate:

sign the petition:

even if you can’t donate, please sign the petitions and share

List of Black Lives Matter and Racial Equality Petitions to sign:

Donation Links

* this list is constantly updated (new links added at the bottom) so please keep checking back for new information on petitions and ways to donate!!

Today, Breonna Taylor would have turned 27. In honor of her, please consider donating to the gofundme her family has set up, and help those in her community who are fighting for her by donating to Louisville Community Bail Fund . Also, please sign petitions: including the petition set up by the Action PAC (it is aiming for 1 million signatures), the petition that’s been going around social media (it is aiming for 4.5 million signatures), the MoveOn petition (it is aiming for 600,000 signatures), and the ColorofChange petition (it has reached it’s goal of 750,000 signatures, but you can still sign). All of these petitions urge the Kentucky government to hire a special prosecutor to investigate the three police officers responsible for her death, to investigate the Louisville police department, to ensure the LMPD pays her family, and to get Congress to discuss the constitutionality of no-knock warrants. Additionally, visit the website set up by the political committee her family contacted, where you can make calls to key officials.

I got this from a Google Doc but I think it’s hard to access because of how many people who has requested it but here is the tweet with the links to every petition you need to sign (not just ones concerning Breonna) and other place to donate. There are templates provided on that document to help you write an email or make a call to certain officials. I provided links to their emails/websites, in case that’s easier to make use of than making phone calls.

Also consider looking at these:

With the FBI opening the case again, let’s ensure that the 3 officers involved in the murder  face jail time, and that the demands in these petitions are met.

APPALACHIAN BAIL FUNDS

if you can, please take the time to donate to these bail funds in appalachia, or at least reblog. appalachia is a deeply impoverished part of this country and these people could use all the help you can give. this post includes links for cities that may not be in appalachia but another part of the state is. this is by no means comprehensive. if you have any links to funds from these states feel free to reply with a link, especially if they are for virginia, west virginia, or maryland. please do not hesitate to tell me if any of these are fake.

ALABAMA:

GEORGIA:

KENTUCKY:

MARYLAND:

MISSISSIPI:

NEW YORK:

NORTH CAROLINA:

OHIO:

PENNSYLVANIA:

SOUTH CAROLINA:

TENNESSEE:

VIRGINIA:

WEST VIRGINIA:

OTHERS:

please pay attention to what is going on in these states, especially the smaller ones. do not let it slip by just because it isn’t happening in a bigger city. again, if people find more i will be adding to this post.

HOW TO DONATE TO BLM WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity

turn off your adblocker and put the video on repeat. do not skip ads. let it play on loop whether you’re listening or not. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere. but let. it. play.

youtube will donate to blm for you.

please, please reblog. for people who don’t have money to spare, this is incredibly important information to have.

pride month starts tomorrow, but don’t let that distract from continuing to protest and donate in support of black lives matter. here are some black lgbt funds to donate to if you are able:

also, i know many pride events have been cancelled due to covid-19, but if you are going in public to protest or to another event, please be careful and wear a mask. covid is still going on through all this

donations masterpost

i've composed a list of all of the donation fund i could find. i will stand with black lives forever and always and everybody should do the same.

donate to the minneapolis bail fund here

donate to the black lives matter movement here

donate to the george floyd memorial fund here

donate to george floyd's family here

donate to the justice for regis fund here

donate to reclaim the block here

donate to the i run with maud fund here

donate to justice for jamee here

donate to the eric rosalia fund here

donate to campaign zero here

donate to the north star collective here

donate to black visions here

donate to the national police accountability project here

donate to the unicorn riot fund here

if i've missed any then please add them onto this post! if you're a black person with your own donation fund then feel free to add that too!

share if you can't donate, share if you can

so direct action is not an option available to you. what can you do right now instead?

Be mindful of the content you’re putting on your social media accounts. Stop retweeting/reposting violent images and videos of black people dying. Know that content like this, even with trigger warnings included, can be very emotionally disturbing/distressing and yes, even traumatic, for black people navigating the internet right now.

Report any images and videos you see where protestors’ faces are visible/unblurred, particularly in content surrounding the lootings. Don’t retweet or repost these images and videos. This can be a death sentence. 

DONATE, PARTICULARLY TO MINNESOTA-BASED BLACK YOUTH MOVEMENTS / MUTUAL AID FUNDS WHO ARE DOING WORK ON THE GROUND. FOLLOW/BOOST IF YOU CAN’T.

• The Minnesota Freedom Fund, a mutual aid group fighting back against the unjust MN bail system, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• The Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based freedom fighter organization creating campaigns for justice, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Reclaim the Block, a coalition to demand that Minneapolis divest from policing, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Crowdfunding for black trans people in need thread. 

• Comprehensive Minnesota bail fund/support document for May and June.

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY to the Oops!… I Did It Again (album)

HUSTLERS (2019) dir. Lorene Scafaria

some underrated and under-appreciated britney spears video looks