ACTION STEPS FOR ASIANS TO SHOW UP FOR BLACK LIVES

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1. Call, Text, and Email

   • Text “FLOYD” to 55156, “JUSTICE” to 668366, “ENOUGH” to 55156

   • Contact Outline and Information: Justice for George Floyd

2. Raise Awareness on Social Media

   • Do not share Black Trauma

   • Do not share videos or pictures of him being killed

   • Instead share images or art created for the movement or informational posts

3. Sign Petitions

   • Change.org: Justice for George Floyd

   • ColorofChange.org: #JusticeForFloyd or text "FLOYD" to 55156 

     • Demand the officers who killed George Floyd are charged with murder

   • Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)

     • Seeks to reach millions, mobilize hundreds of thousands, and organize tens of thousands, so that Black political power is a force able to influence national and local agendas.

4. Donate

   • Support/Donations toward families directly affected

     • Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

     • I Run With Maud

     • Stand with Bre

       • Donate

     • Justice for Kenneth Walker

       • *No longer taking donations

   • The NAACP Legal Defense Fund

     • Helps "win landmark legal battles, protect voters across the nation, and advance the cause of racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society."

   • The Minnesota Freedom Fund

     • Helps pay for jail bonds for protestors in Minnesota who cannot afford it

     • “The financial needs for protester bails has almost certainly been met. Starting June 5, donations may be used to expand legal support for those arrested or incarcerated protesting the murder of George Floyd, and our core values and mission. Further donations will help pay cash bail and immigration bonds for those who cannot afford to do so, and advance our efforts to end the unjust practice of cash bail in Minnesota.” - Minnesota Freedom Fund

   • Black Visions Collective

     • A black, trans, and queer-led social justice organization and legal fund based in Minnesota that is dedicated towards justice and black liberation)

   • Reclaim the Block

     • Invests in community-led safety initiatives in Minneapolis

   • Northstar Health Collective (medics)

     • Supports street medics, radical health organizers, and community health trainers

   • The Bail Project

     • Helps locate bail funds for your own community

   • Black Lives Matter

   • National Bail Out 

   • Campaign Zero

     • Seeks to put an end to police brutality.

   • National Police Accountability Project

     • Dedicated to holding law enforcement/police accountable.

   • Mass Bail Fund

     • Specifically for Boston and the state of Massachusetts

5. Educate Yourself

   How Asians can support the Black community

   • Black and Asian Solidarity in NYC: What We've Learned (05/26/2020 Live panel streamed by BUFU)

   • Medium article: 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now by Michelle Kim

   • Black and Asian-American Feminist Solidarities: A Reading List

   • Letters for Black Lives (How to talk to your family about Black Lives Matter in different languages)

     • Asian-American version (English)

   • A system that doesn’t value black lives can never truly value Asian American lives by Jenna Fang, Quartz

   • 6 Ways Asian Americans Can Tackle Anti-Black Racism in Their Families by Kim Tran, Everyday Feminism

   • NYU Gallatin course syllabus: "Black Power, Yellow Peril: Towards a Politics of Afro-Asian Solidarity"

   • A Letter from a Yale student to the Chinese American Community

   
   General Allyship Resources

• What to do instead of calling the cops by Malikah

Additional Resources

• Protest guide: Really good guide on what to bring, what not to bring, and what your organizing rights are Amnesty USA

  *What they didn’t mention: TURN CELLULAR DATA OFF

• Additional mass list of action steps: Action Steps

• List of resources for non-Black Asians on Anti-Blackness: Resources for non-Black Asians on Anti-Blackness

• List of resources for how non-Black people can support the Black community: Anti-racism Resources

• List of resources by UMD AASU: AASU - List of Resources