“To have to educate yourself about racism instead of experiencing it all your life, in and of itself, is a privilege.
The fight for racial equity is not a fight that can be fought by any one person or race alone, and it's going to take more than simply listening. It starts with identifying hard truths about our own lives, and the things we've allowed to continue because it was either uncomfortable, or inappropriate to speak up. The world is coming to understanding that the comfort of White people is not worth the lives of Black people, and it's time to start speaking out and showing up for our fellow humans.
I've comprised a list of resources and references of where to donate, where to learn, and how else we can help the Black community as we move forward.”
View List
List of petitions and charities, including bail funds, mutual aid funds, and activist organizations.
Sign & Donate
View List
Literature, Podcasts, and Courses that dive into un-learning deep seeded racism and white-centered behavior.
View List
Creators, Artists, and Black-Owned Businesses in the bridal industry, as well as vegan and cruelty-free beauty, and Baltimore vegan restaurants.
Support & Follow
Listen & Learn
Xoxo Caitlyn
“Healing begins where the wound was made.”
— Alice Walker
Sign & Donate
JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR
Donate to the crowdfunder to help fight for the Justice for Breonna Act
Sign the petition on Change.org
Justice for Ahmuad Arbery
Justice for Tony McDade
Justice for Nina Pop
Justice for Sandra Bland
Justice for Elijah McClain
Justice for Elijah McClain : Against the Reinstating of Aurora Police Officers
Justice for Jacob Blake
for more racial justice petitions click here
Sign the Movement for Black Lives’ petition to push elected officials to fight against militarization in communities of color.
Sign
Black Lives Matter : blacklivesmatter.com
Support the movement for Freedom, Liberation and Justice for Black people, and the ongoing fight to end state-sanctioned violence and end white supremacy.
Act Blue : secure.actblue.com
Split a donation between up to 70+ community bail funds, mutual aid funds, and racial justice organizers.
The Bail Project : bailproject.org
National nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project : srlp.org/donate
Provides direct representation for low-income transgender people and transgender people of color.
The Black Trans Advocacy Coalition : blacktrans.org/donate
National organization led by Black trans people, dedicated to addressing inequality in health, employment and housing for trans people.
The Loveland Foundation : thelovelandfoundation.org
Healing communities of color, especially to Black women and girls.
The Innocence Project : innocenceproject.org
Exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices.
Black Artists + Designers Guild : badguild.info
Nonprofit organization cultivating the next generation of black artists and designers
Donate
Listen & Learn
Rachel Cargle : @rachel.cargle
Public academic, writer, and lecturer. Subscribe to a free 30-day #DoTheWork course, designed to be an eye opener and call-to-action for those who seek to be allies to black women. Also available is her signature lecture on Upacking White Feminism.
The Great Unlearn : @thegreatunlearn
Curated by Rachel Cargle, The Great Unlearn provides resources and critical discourse to aid in unlearning through a monthly, self paced syllabus and a community of various experts.
Nova Reid : @novareidofficial
Inspirational speaker, campaigner, and writer. Subscribe to her Anti-Racism Guide, and sign up for her online courses on Anti-Racism & White Privilege and Diversity for Small Business.
Rachel Ricketts : @iamrachelricketts
Racial justice educator, spiritual activist, change-maker, healer, and author. Offers several online courses in Spiritual Activism, for diving deep, facing discomfort, and dismantling racist hetero-patriarchy at rates for both BIPOC and White/White-passing.
1619
Code Switch
Lynching in America
Momentum : A Race Forward Podcast
Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw
The Groundings : Exploring moments in social justice history from a decolonial lens.
Pod for the Cause : From the Leadership Conference Civil & Human Rights
Good Ancestor
Nova Reid
Educators & Online Courses
Podcasts
Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, Layla Saad
Eloquent Rage : A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, Brittney Cooper
Heavy : An American Memoir, Keise Layman
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy : A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson
Redefining Realness : My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, Janet Mock
Sister Outsider : Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series), Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
The Next American Revolution : Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century, Grace Lee Boggs
I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson
The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
This Bridge Called My Back : Writings by Radical Women of Color
Books
“Complacency is a far more dangerous attitude than outrage.”
— Cherríe L. Moraga, This Bridge Called My Back
Support Black-Owned
Mented Cosmetics : @mentedcosmetics
Vegan
Beauty Bakerie : @beautybakeriemakeups
Vegan & Cruelty free
Nola Skinsentials : @nolaskinsentials
Vegan, Cruelty free & Clean Skincare
The Lip Bar : @thelipbar
Vegan & Cruelty Free
Lamik Beauty : @lamikbeauty
Vegan, Cruelty free & Clean
Juvia's Place : @juviasplace
Vegan friendly & Cruelty free
Danessa Myricks Beauty : @danessa_myricks
Cruelty free
Fenty Beauty : @fentybeauty
Vegan friendly & Cruelty free
Pat McGrath Labs : @patmcgrathreal
Cruelty Free
Coloured Raine : @colouredraine
Vegan friendly & Cruelty freepassing.
Black-Owned Vegan & Cruelty-Free Beauty
Renee Hollingshead : @reneehphoto reneehollingshead.com
Photographer, Washington DC & Florida
Rudney Novaes : @rudneynovaes rudneynovaes.com
Photographer, Baltimore MD
Lynn Dunston : @lynndunston lynndunston.com
Photographer, Washington DC & California
Winnie's Bakery : @winniesbakery winniesbakery.com
Pastry Chef, Columbia MD
Favored by Yodit : @favoredbyyodit favoredbyyodit.com
Planning, Washington DC
Alicia Wiley : @aliciawileyphotography aliciawileyphotography.com
Photographer, Baltimore MD
Angelica & Co : @angelicacoweddings angelicaandco.com
Planning, Washington DC & Charlottesville VA
Sugar Taylor : @sugartaylorco sugartaylor.co
Planning, Washington DC
GetPlated : @getplateddc getplateddc.com
Catering, Washington DC
Carrie Coleman : @carriecolemanphoto carriecolemanphotography.com
Photographer, Charlottesville VA
Full list of Black-Owned DMV Wedding Businesses on Washingtonian.com
The Greener Kitchen : @thegreenerkitchen
Baltimore MD
Dodah's Kitchen : @dodahskitchen
Baltimore, MD
The Land of Kush : @thelandofkush
Baltimore MD
Refocused : @refocusedvegan
Baltimore MD
Flight American Fusion : @flightbaltimore
Baltimore MD
The Greenhouse Juice Cafe : @greenhousejuicecafe
Baltimore MD
Gangster Vegan Organics : @gangsterveganorganics
Baltimore MD
Elife Restaurant : @eliferestaurant
Capitol Heights MD
Sprout Natural Choice :
Catonsville MD
Nu Vegan Cafe : @nuvegancafe
College Park MD
Visit vegnews.com for an extensive list of Black-Owned Vegan Businesses in the US
