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since we skipping pride and going straight to #wrath2020, here are a bunch of resources for folks like me who cannot participate in marches or other on-the-ground activism #BlackLivesMatter 
#BlackLivesMatterTO
skews toronto / canada specific (1)
#BlackLivesMatterTOskews toronto / canada specific (1)
(2) WHERE TO DONATE pt.1
regis korchinski-paquet gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis
toronto protesters bail: https://www.gofundme.com/f/toronto-protestor-bail-fund
donate to @blm_to: https://blacklivesmatter.ca/donate/
thread by @saintfadumo on frontline youth (USA): https://twitter.com/saintfadumo/status/1267167695482564613
regis korchinski-paquet gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis
toronto protesters bail: https://www.gofundme.com/f/toronto-protestor-bail-fund
donate to @blm_to: https://blacklivesmatter.ca/donate/
thread by @saintfadumo on frontline youth (USA): https://twitter.com/saintfadumo/status/1267167695482564613
(3) WHERE TO DONATE pt.2
how to help portland: https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2020/05/breathe-deep-and-figure-out-how-to-help
george floyd memorial fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
bail funds for USA protesters: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/619557695115100160/amp
how to help portland: https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2020/05/breathe-deep-and-figure-out-how-to-help
george floyd memorial fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
bail funds for USA protesters: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/619557695115100160/amp
(4) INFO ON REGIS KORCHINSKI-PAQUET
via @blm_to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0TGDdHJIO6FGkKNWBBXINUmfGSXdM8eK6eY2ZmrK8Q
her family calling for any footage & witnesses to come forward: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/regis-paquet-balcony-toronto-1.5588318
statement from her family (video): https://globalnews.ca/video/7001138/family-of-regis-korchinski-paquet-say-they-want-answers-following-her-death/
support thread by @flamingomarket_: https://twitter.com/flamingomarket_/status/1266770022770278401
via @blm_to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0TGDdHJIO6FGkKNWBBXINUmfGSXdM8eK6eY2ZmrK8Q
her family calling for any footage & witnesses to come forward: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/regis-paquet-balcony-toronto-1.5588318
statement from her family (video): https://globalnews.ca/video/7001138/family-of-regis-korchinski-paquet-say-they-want-answers-following-her-death/
support thread by @flamingomarket_: https://twitter.com/flamingomarket_/status/1266770022770278401
(5) PROTESTER RESOURCES
how to stay anonymous: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/619527842975350784/amp
how to protest during covid-19: https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/akzg94/how-to-protest-safely-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
how to protest during lockdown (uk lockdown skewed): https://aerongray.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/12-ways-to-protest-during-lockdown-without-being-a-typhoid-mary/
how to protest when disabled (trump skewed): https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bmbvma/how-to-protest-trump-when-youre-disabled
how to stay anonymous: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/619527842975350784/amp
how to protest during covid-19: https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/akzg94/how-to-protest-safely-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
how to protest during lockdown (uk lockdown skewed): https://aerongray.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/12-ways-to-protest-during-lockdown-without-being-a-typhoid-mary/
how to protest when disabled (trump skewed): https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bmbvma/how-to-protest-trump-when-youre-disabled
(6) MISC RESOURCES
@Blklivesmatter carrd: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
treatments against weapons: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/619481440835469312/amp
be mindful of metadata: https://sympatheticobjects.tumblr.com/post/619450164956004352/amp
autistic protester tips by @fairvnako: https://twitter.com/fairvnako/status/1266915907567144960
how "not" to deal w/ cops: https://twitter.com/hyckwrId/status/1266796869117673473
@Blklivesmatter carrd: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
treatments against weapons: https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/619481440835469312/amp
be mindful of metadata: https://sympatheticobjects.tumblr.com/post/619450164956004352/amp
autistic protester tips by @fairvnako: https://twitter.com/fairvnako/status/1266915907567144960
how "not" to deal w/ cops: https://twitter.com/hyckwrId/status/1266796869117673473
(7) THOUGHT PIECES
black trauma by @KathleenNB: https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2020/05/9844049/regis-korchinski-paquet-pandemic-black-trauma
pride began with black trans activist, marsha p johnson: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/06/24/pride-month-black-transgender-women-stonewall-marsha-p-johnson/1478200001/
asian-american rights & black history mini thread by @geneluenyang: https://twitter.com/geneluenyang/status/1266783701641252864
black trauma by @KathleenNB: https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2020/05/9844049/regis-korchinski-paquet-pandemic-black-trauma
pride began with black trans activist, marsha p johnson: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/06/24/pride-month-black-transgender-women-stonewall-marsha-p-johnson/1478200001/
asian-american rights & black history mini thread by @geneluenyang: https://twitter.com/geneluenyang/status/1266783701641252864
(8) GENERAL TIPS
-continue to donate, sign petitions, make phone calls/emails, spread awareness
-take a break if necessary
-stay safe
-sit with the discomfort, act on what you learn from it
-listen to the black community
-continue to donate, sign petitions, make phone calls/emails, spread awareness
-take a break if necessary
-stay safe
-sit with the discomfort, act on what you learn from it
-listen to the black community
i’ll continue this thread as needed and if links become irrelevant i’ll reply directly to the tweet, tho i’m mainly creating this for myself since i can't be there
i grieve for the black community and fight with them even if i can’t be there in person #BlackLivesMatter
i grieve for the black community and fight with them even if i can’t be there in person #BlackLivesMatter
i manage chronic pain & live w/ 2 elderly parents, one of whom is immunocompromised, so i can’t risk going outside unless absolutely necessary. but that is no excuse for me to stand by & watch this happen #Asians4BlackLives
posters by @KalaMendoza: https://twitter.com/KalaMendoza/status/1265816305904627714
posters by @KalaMendoza: https://twitter.com/KalaMendoza/status/1265816305904627714
