Like many of you, we are greatly feeling these times. There is a huge awakening happening that runs deep and feels somewhat multi-dimensional. Many are fighting for justice and for their lives right now. Many are leaning in to learn, grow, and do better.
We value this global Moon Deck community and thank you for being here. We are sending love to each and everyone of you during these trying times, and trust that we will heal, grow and become stronger than ever through all of this - individually and collectively. We will continue to hold a vision at the forefront of our intentions and our actions for a healthy, beautiful, plentiful, and fair world for all.
Please take a moment to explore, activate, and share this list below. We have highlighted ways you can donate and support black and brown centered organizations. We have also included links to learn from educators and leaders + support and follow artists, healers, and entrepreneurs. Thank you.
DONATE:
Black Visions Collective is fighting for Black and collective liberation. They believe in a Minnesota and a country in which ALL Black lives not only matter but thrive.
The Bail Project is a non-profit organization designed to combat mass incarceration by disrupting the money bail system ‒ one person at a time.
Communities United Against Police Brutality was created to deal with police brutality in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area on an ongoing basis. They work on the day-to-day abuses as well as taking on the more extreme cases.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.
Reclaim the Block is organizing in Minneapolis to move money from the police department into community health and safety.
The American Civil Liberties Union The ACLU has been at the center of nearly every major civil liberties battle in the U.S. for over 100 years. This vital work depends on the support of ACLU members in all 50 states and beyond.
PROTEST:
How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic
MOVEMENT LEADERS TO FOLLOW:
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Tarana J. Burke: Instagram Servant Leader + Girl's Advocate + Founder of the ‘me too.’ Movement
- Ashlee Marie Preston: Instagram | Website Journalist + Activist
- Patrisse Cullors-Brignac: Instagram Founder of Black Lives Matter
- Layla Thee Ancestress Instagram | Website Author + Podcast Host
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham: Instagram Activist + Podcast Cohost
- Tamika D. Mallory: Instagram | Website Activist
- Rachel Elizabeth Cargle: Instagram | Website Teacher + Storyteller
ORGANIZATIONS TO FOLLOW:
- ACLU: Website | Instagram
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Instagram | Facebook
- Black Lives Matter Instagram
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance Instagram | Website
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Instagram | Facebook
- The Great Unlearn: Instagram
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Instagram | Facebook
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Wear Your Voice: Instagram
ENTREPRENEURS + ARTISTS + HEALERS TO FOLLOW:
ENTREPRENEURS
- Sonya Renee Taylor Instagram Author
- Nia: Instagram | Website Recovery Fighter + Writer + Creator + Speaker + Activist
- Justina Blakeney | Instagram | Website Designer, Artist, Entrepreneur
- Chani Nicholas: Instagram | Website Astrologer, Writer, Teacher
- Cleo Wade: Instagram | Website Author + Poet
- Dr. Jennifer Mullan: Instagram | Website Clinical Psychologist + Ancestral Trauma Worker + Community Organizer
- Lalah Delia: Instagram Website Author + Educator
- Rev. Porsha D: Instagram | Website Podcaster + Producer + Preacher + Healer + Writer.
- Golde: Instagram | Website Superfood Health + Beauty for all
- Nyakio Beauty: Instagram | Website Clean + Green Skincare
- The Honey Pot Company: Instagram Plant-based Feminine Care
- Haus of Hoodoo: Instagram | Website Apothecary + Botánica
ARTISTS
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Delacyn Instagram Dancer + Resource for Designers, Creatives, Businesses
- Jillian: Instagram Artist + Painter + Creator
- Donnie Evans: Instagram Artist
- Notty: Instagram | Website NSFW ART + Witch & Rootworker
- Mike Ham: Instagram | Website Artist
- Tiffanie Anderson: Instagram | Website Realism, Pop + Glass artist
- Ray Emmanuel: Instagram Music Artist
- Marques Wyatt: Instagram DJ Sound Alchemist + Founder
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Donté Colley: Instagram Influencer + Dancer
HEALERS
- Sophia Roe: Instagram Holistic Chef + Welfare Advocate
- Shaman Durek: Instagram | Website Shaman Healer + Leader + Author
- Koya Webb: Instagram | Website Yoga Teacher + Author
- Lilli Rose: Instagram Body Worker + Sound Therapy
- Bold Mama Elle: Instagram | Website Teacher + Speaker + Healer
- Dr. Jazmine: Instagram | Website Entrepreneur + Parenting Coach
- Rha Goddess: Instagram | Website Entrepreneur + Soul Coach
- Millana Snow: Instagram | Website Energy Healer + Founder
- Pilin Anice: Instagram | Website Movement + Wellness + Meditation
- Light Watkins: Instagram | Website Author + Meditation Teacher
- Dr. Joy Harden Bradford: Instagram | Website Founder + Host + Psychologist
- Chelsea Williams: Instagram | Website Plant-Based Wellness + Nutrition
- Latham Thomas: Instagram | Website Creative Matrix. Yogini. Self-Care Sorceress
- Jaguar Womban: Instagram | Website Herbalist, CHanneler, Poet, Teacher
PODCASTS:
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Parenting Forward with Cindy Wang Brandt
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
BOOKS:
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
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Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander -
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
by Grace Lee Boggs - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
FILMS AND TV:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
A COMPILATION OF ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER & ALYSSA KLEIN:
Photo by Luke Lovell @saint_luke
