13 actIons to take agaInst racIal InjustIce

(Artwork by Jordan Marr – find her work on Etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PhoenixTailCreations)

Millions of people around the world are rising up against police brutality and other acts of violence against people of color. We are enraged by and mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. We stand in solidarity with the movement for racial justice and ending systemic racism. We urge everyone to take daily actions and join others who are committed to bringing about racial justice and equity.

Below are some actions people can take to help bring about racial justice and equity. There are many other things we can do; this list is just a start.

 

1. Donate funds to organizations working on racial justice, such as:

2. Educate yourself about historical and systemic racism, white supremacy, racial justice, and activism:

    3. Speak up and speak out against racist, biased, and bigoted language and behavior, whether it’s coming from friends, family members, co-workers, or strangers in public places.

        4. Join street protests demanding an end to police brutality and promoting racial justice.

            5. Get involved in efforts to hold local police accountable. If there are no current efforts where you live, start some.

                6. Email and call your local, state, and federal elected officials to demand they take action to propose or support policies and legislation to end police brutality and systemic racism.

                    7. Find out where your elected officials stand on issues of racism, police brutality, laws and issues that disproportionately impact people of color, etc.

                        8. Vote.

                         

                            9. Read anti-racism books (Borrow from the library or purchase from local Black-owned bookstores, such as Source Booksellers or Black Stone Bookstore and Cultural Center):

                            • So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
                            • White Fragility, by Robin Diangelo
                            • How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram Kendi
                            • When They Call You a Terrorist, by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
                            • Racism Without Racists, by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
                            • Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
                            • Chokehold, by Paul Butler
                            • The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
                            • The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein
                            • Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society, edited by A. Breeze Harper
                            • Veganism in an Oppressive World, edited by Julia Feliz Brueck
                            • Aphro-ism, by Aph Ko and Syl Ko

                            10. Watch films and TV series that address racism:

                            • 13th
                            • Fruitvale Station
                            • Selma
                            • I Am Not Your Negro
                            • Whose Streets?
                            • The Hate U Give
                            • Just Mercy
                            • Do the Right Thing
                            • Blackish
                            • Mixed-ish
                            • If Beale Street Could Talk
                            • Sorry to Bother You
                            • When They See Us
                            • Hidden Figures

                            11. Follow Black vegans on social media:

                            12. Support Black-owned businesses. Black-owned vegan and vegan-friendly businesses in the metro-Detroit area include:

                            13. When the first 12 actions are not enough and you want to do more: 97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

                            1 Comment

                            1. Kim on July 3, 2020 at 6:00 pm

                              Thank you for standing in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and sharing these actions.

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