Say the following: Hello, my name is [INSERT NAME], and I’m calling on behalf of Breonna Taylor. We demand that John Mattingly, Detective Brett Hankison, and Detective Myles Cosgrove be immediately charged with manslaughter and negligence. We also demand that you band “no-knock” warrants.

Keep up with your local Black Lives Matter chapter and check in with them to find information about ongoing or upcoming protests.

Sign these petitions:

#DefundThePolice by Black Lives Matter

#JusticeForFloyd by Color of Change

Justice for Breonna by Loralei HoJay on Change.org

Justice For Big Floyd by Grassroots Law Project

Demand Justice for George Floyd NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Volunteer with Rock the Vote to help get young people registered and out to vote.

Help defund your local police department.

For those who want to learn, here are some great places to start:

Online libraries:

Anansi Archives
Gold Womyn Bilphena’s Online Library

Podcasts:

The 1619 Project

NPR’s Code Switch

The Nod

The New York Times’ The Daily

The New York Times’ Still Processing

The Read

Film and TV:

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Documentary)

13th (Documentary)

I Am Not Your Negro (Documentary)

The Pieces I Am (Documentary)

When They See Us (Docuseries)

Activists and Organizations:

Bree Newsome

Prof.Thomo

Black Women’s Studies Association

Rachel Cargle

Zellie

So You Want to Talk About…

Rewire.News

Clint Smith

Nikole Hanna Jones

Soledad O’Brien

Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Black Women Radicals

In Our Own Voice

This is by no means an exhaustive list -- hopefully, you’ve been collecting your own set of resources with the help of friends on social media. Spread the wealth, the time, and the knowledge to one another.

For your spoken-word poem for this week, take a look at Danez Smith's beautiful "Alternate Heaven for Black Boys"

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