13 actIons to take agaInst racIal InjustIce

(Artwork by Jordan Marr – find her work on Etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PhoenixTailCreations)
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:
- What it means to be anti-racist (article)
- Talking about race (website of the National Museum of African American History and Culture)
- Anti-Racism Resources, compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
- Attention white animal-rights activists: “Black Lives Matter” is not ours for the taking (article)
- Veg News Black Lives Matter coverage (articles and other resources)
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.
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:
- Detroit Vegan Soul
- Good Cakes and Bakes
- The Kitchen by Cooking With Que
- Around The World in 7 Days
- The Blue Nile
- The Detroit Pepper Company
- Dilla’s Delights
- Ima
- The Lip Bar
- Norma G’s
- On Cloud Yum
- Paradise Natural Foods
- Rolais Caribbean Baking Co
- Sha La Cynt’s
- Sol-3 Avenue
- Sweet Potato Delights
- Taste of Ethiopia
- VDalish
- Vegginini’s Cafe
- What’s in Your Cup
- Whimsical Fusions LLC
- Whipped Up Cosmetics
- Yum Village
13. When the first 12 actions are not enough and you want to do more: 97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Thank you for standing in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and sharing these actions.