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Good morning, here’s a thread on things you can do as a non-American/international stan that will make a change.
The largest petition that demands justice for George Floyd (don’t donate though, I’ll add links what you can donate to): https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd
Petition that guarantees a response from the White House: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/justice-george-floyd-0
Petition that will send your message to County Attorney Michael Freeman who has the power to arrest and charge these police officers: https://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/
Petition that will send yor message to Mayor Jacob Frey and County Attorney Michael Freeman: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforfloyd_george_floyd_minneapolis/?source=dm_sms_optin_5-26-20
Donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
Donate to the George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
Petition that demands the Louisville Metro Police Department to charge the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s murder: https://go.theactionpac.com/sign/stand-with-breonna?akid=s170226..yJRJu_
Donate to the Louisville Bail Fund run by the BLM Louisville chapter which is holding protests in honor of Breonna Taylor: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/
Mass email the Minneapolis Police Department demanding justice for George Floyd (draft in the replies, quote with a screenshot to encourage your mutuals to do the same): https://twitter.com/harrysenigma/status/1266375303640698881
Go through this Carrd with ways to help and mass share it under celebrities’ tweets to bring attention to it: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
I encourage you to go through this entire master thread with links to petitions that will take less than 1 minute to sign each, links to funds (if you have funds to help) and multiple resources! https://twitter.com/rosiegguks/status/1266307905692864513
Petition to raise the degree of Derek M. Chauvin who premeditatedly murdered George Floyd: https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-district-attorney-raise-the-degree?recruiter=1094570295&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=36fbdc90-a08d-11ea-8877-0b915fd9d6c9
Here’s a doc with other email addresses you can mass email too and a template of a message to send: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ch191gFZ6TGjTYTRSPa7II5gKGNEuvV2vXX7bC_weaU/mobilebasic
Petitions that are very close to their goals and need a little help: https://twitter.com/vminfiitr/status/1266560399404666888
Donate to the following bail funds as well (if you can):
– http://atlsolidarity.org
– http://phillybailfund.org
– http://brooklynbailfund.org
– http://thebronxfreedomfund.org
Here’s how bail funds work! (source: https://bailbondsnetwork.com/bail-bonds-funds.html)
– http://atlsolidarity.org
– http://phillybailfund.org
– http://brooklynbailfund.org
– http://thebronxfreedomfund.org
Here’s how bail funds work! (source: https://bailbondsnetwork.com/bail-bonds-funds.html)
Due to the flood of support, MFF asks that donations move to other organizations. Here are the links:
– Black Visions Collective: https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2
– Reclaim The Block: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2
– North Star Health Collective:
http://northstarhealthcollective.org/donate
– Black Visions Collective: https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2
– Reclaim The Block: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2
– North Star Health Collective:
http://northstarhealthcollective.org/donate
New petition to raise the degree of Derek M. Chauvin who murdered George Floyd that guarantees a response from the White House: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/raise-degree-remove-bail-derek-chauvin-murderer-george-floyd
Petition to the White House to arrest the other three police officers: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/arrest-other-three
Donate to local bail funds, here’s a doc with all of the ones circulating on social media right now: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SRl1HOoBC_RSI4X8e_O8W9yI-7E7WJfJgYpa3UAUY-o/htmlview
Aaron James “AJ” Sutton was a 19-year-old who was murdered during one of the recent protests. Donate to his family to cover the funeral costs here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rest-in-peace-aaron-quotajquot-sutton
Donate to the Chicago Bond Fund as CPD arrested more than 1,000 Chicagoans in less than 24 hours: https://chicagobond.org/donate/
Donate to the LA bail fund led by Black Lives Matter LA & supported by White People 4 Black Lives. 100% of donations will go directly to support bail, fees, and medical costs: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wp4bl
Support black owned businesses that have been affected by the protests: https://twitter.com/theylovetraviee/status/1266826175290265601
