Organizations Serving the Immediate Effects and Root Causes
We acknowledge that #BlackLivesMatter is an ongoing movement to overcome centuries of insidious practices, which demands actively combating racism and speaking out against injustice. We need to raise our voices and continue to be vocal in support of widespread systemic change. If you’re able to, consider a contribution to the numerous organizations that are leading the movement for racial equality, or serving the immediate needs as a fallout to police violence. We’ve compiled a list of some suggested places to start.
In this guide:
Organizations Advocating for Systemic Change
Organizations Providing Social Services
The following text was taken from this live document (“Demand Justice for Black Lives Now”) and this live document (“May/June MN Bail Fund and Support List (Updated Daily)”).
- National
- Unicorn Riot (on the ground independent media)
- Campaign Zero (pushing for research-based policy solutions to end police violence) – Check out #8CAN’TWAIT!
- Advocacy and activism on the intersection of Immigration and Black Americans
- Advocacy and activism on the intersection of feminism, LGBTQ+, and Black Americans
- BYP100 – National, member-based youth-led organization
- In Minnesota
- Reclaim the Block (organizing)
- Reclaim the Block has shared another local fund list to follow! We will add from there as well.
- Black Visions Collective (organizing and mutual aid)
- Minnesota Youth Collective (organizing and space)
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha, CTUL_TC (organizing and space)
- Black Immigrant Collective (amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota.)
- Elsewhere
- In Minneapolis
- MN Healing Justice Network / Spiral Collective (long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods and Moon Palace Medic Relief)
- Divine Natural Ancestry (free food for the people, local farm led by Black womxn)
- Minnesota Freedom Fund (bail funds) – NO MORE DONATIONS HERE
- Northstar Health Collective (medical donation): – NO MORE DONATIONS HERE
- Twin Cities Recovery Project (Grief and trauma support, long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods and Moon Palace Medic Relief)
- Twin Cities DSA (groceries for meals for community members)
- Black Table Arts (Gathering Black communities through the arts, towards better black futures.)
- National
- Women for Political Change Mutual Aid Fund (mutual aid and resource coordination)