Black Lives Matter:
A Working Resource for Mobilizing

    Donate. Support Communities. Read. Protest Safely. Take Care. Call Your Elected Officials. Rethink How We Resist.

    Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Tony McDade, and David McAtee are dead. They were killed by the police; Arbery was killed by two white supremacists. Like so many, they should still be alive. Their deaths are not aberrations—they are part of a long-standing systemic structure of racial injustice. Protests across the United States, Canada, and around the world have been met by even more police brutality: tear gas, government-imposed curfews, arrests, and threats of further retribution and violence.

    We stand in solidarity with our Black colleagues, designers, artists, photographers, writers, readers, friends, families, and stand in protest against state-sanctioned violence. The fight against white supremacy, anti-Black racism, anti-trans violence, and police brutality has to take many forms: true allyship requires all of us to witness the complicity, corruption, and cruelty of injustice that occurs at every level—globally, locally, and structurally. Our commitment to ending interlocking systems of oppression and exploitation requires overlapping efforts and strategies—we must hold our leaders accountable, make our voices heard, and protect ourselves, each other, and our communities.

    Our fight today exists within a long historical context that must be recognized and understood at the same time as the present. So many activists and organizers have fought against these issues for decades. Our future rests on our ability to meet this moment with our full attention and complete dedication to this cause. If there is no justice, there can be no peace.

    Below is a compilation of links, resources, guides, and writings that we’ve found to be useful in many ways. If you are looking to donate funds, volunteer time, educate yourself on complex topics, this is where we’ll post it; if you are looking for ways to stay safe while protesting, know your rights, or participate in actions and demonstrations from home, this is where you’ll find it. While primarily focused on North America, we are also incorporating information from international sources.

    This resource was originally published in June 2020, as a direct response to and contribution towards the protests that began around that time; those protests are still happening, and there is much work still to be done. We will be updating it on an ongoing basis, and have committed to vetting everything included here to ensure it is inclusive, current, accurate, and transparent.

    If you would like to be in contact with our editorial team you can reach us at: editorial@ssense.com.

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    • Date: February 10, 2020
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