how can i help?
here you can find donation links, petitions, how to educate yourself, etc.
if you can afford to donate:
official george floyd memorial fund here
minnesota freedom fund here
stephen lawrence charitable trust here
the NAACP legal defense fund here
black lives matter here
petitions you can sign:
justice for george floyd here, here & here
get the officers charged here
reclaim the block — minneapolis here
justice for breonna taylor here, here & here
justice for ahmaud arbery here, here & here
pass the georgia hate crime bill here
**if you are international and aren’t able to sign, here are some zip codes to use:
90015 — los angeles, california
10001 — new york city, new york
75001 — dallas, texas
text or call:
text “JUSTICE” 688366
text “FLOYD” to 55156
get in contact with the district attorney and minneapolis mayor. leave a message demanding that 4 officers including derek chauvin (badge #1087) and tou thao (badge #7162) be arrested for the murder of george floyd.
minneapolis mayor’s office, jacob frey: (612) 673-2100
minneapolis district attorney, mike freeman: (612) 348-5550 OR citizeninfo@hennepin.us
minneapolis PD emails: police@minneapolismn.gov
minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov
policereview@minneapolismn.gov
you can find the email template here
breonna taylor was murdered in her sleep by policemen (jonathan mattingly, brett hankison and myles cosgrove) who raided the wrong house and shot her 8 times. call the louisville mayor’s office and police department to demand that the police be fired and charged.
louisville mayor’s office, greg fischer: (502) 574-2003
louisville metro police department: (502) 574-7111
undercover cop, jacob pedersen of the st. paul PD was seen smashing windows as the catalyst to many of the riots that occurred in minneapolis. email the st. paul PD and report his actions.
st. paul PD email: policeinfo@ci.stpaul.mn.us
proof of smashing windows here
proof it was pedersen here
want to learn more?
i strongly recommend the book “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by reni eddo-lodge. you can find an extract here.
list of resources:
black lives matter google doc here
black lives matter carrd here
elle osili-wood on twitter here
