We Stand in Solidarity

Even though these are dark and draining days, there are organisations you can support whose work tackles racial injustice, and who fight for equality. 

• Here's an excellent list of ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK > https://docs.google.com/document/d/10iIz_pFB8DzPkwddc8dcmJdJ0ZMITfTs7lvs4uyusZk/preview
• Here’s a twitter thread from Black Ballad highlighting organisations whose work tackles racial injustice, and who fight for equality > https://twitter.com/BlackBalladUK/status/1267034356444430337
• Support Black Minds Matter in making Mental Health services accessible to Black people in the UK > https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/
• With thanks to Gaylene Gould, here is a growing crowd-sourced list of organisations led by Black people and people of colour whose central aim is to support racial justice in the UK and the healthy lives of black people and communities > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mZu6UAxnanWUMHGz3m6zgsFSEQE3IXG8AfuGxV_PuTM/edit
• Justice 4 Grenfell continue to campaign to find out what happened and support survivors and their families. Help them with a donation > https://justice4grenfell.org/donate/
• #AllOfUs Redundancy Care Campaign has been developed to support our Black, Asian, ethnically diverse and migrant colleagues in the cultural sector who are at high risk of redundancies, or who have already lost work because of COVID-19 > https://www.gofundme.com/f/allofus-emergency-response-fund
• The Black Land & Spatial Justice Fund is about bold infrastructure and radical reclamations of our environment - support them with a donation > https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-land-justice 
• A list of Black owned businesses building resilience and investing in communities > https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2fvXnAMD5/ 
• Campaign for a curriculum which carries Black British history throughout the year > https://www.theblackcurriculum.com/action
• The current English GCSE reading list consists of very few non-white authors. Although the literature young people read as part of the curriculum span a wide range of content, they do little to reflect our current society. Help to change that by signing this petition to call for Good Immigrant (Nikesh Shukla) and Why I’m No longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge) to be on the GCSE reading list > https://www.change.org/p/department-of-education-battle-racism-by-updating-reading-lists-at-gcse
• UK Black Pride is Europe’s largest celebration for LGBTQ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern descent and is a a grassroots movement that advocates, fights for, supports and celebrates LGBTQ people of colour. Support them with a donation > https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/ukbp-donate
• The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly chat about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves > https://therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/
• For further resources visit the BLM movement > http://blacklivesmatter.com

Resources, Guides and Tools

• Stop Hate UK is one of the leading national organisations working to challenge all forms of Hate Crime and discrimination, based on any aspect of an individual’s identity. Stop Hate UK provides independent, confidential and accessible reporting and support for victims, witnesses and third parties > https://www.stophateuk.org/
• Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank, generating intelligence to challenge race inequality in Britain through research, network building, debate, and policy engagement > https://www.runnymedetrust.org/
• Show Racism the Red Card is the UK's leading anti-racism educational charity > https://www.theredcard.org/
• Stand Up To Racism > http://www.standuptoracism.org.uk/
• Stand Against Racism and Inequality provides support for victims of any type of hate crime including those which are racist, faith-based, disablist, homophobic, transphobic, age-based or gender-based > https://www.sariweb.org.uk/
• The National Memorial Family Fund is the first permanent national resource of its kind specifically for those that are affected by deaths in custody. We will make small grants available for families and their campaign groups across the United Kingdom to provide practical domestic assistance, to further the work of their own campaigns or to assist them in engaging in a range of other local, regional or national campaigns, events and initiatives > https://www.memorialfamilyfund.org.uk/
• The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC), is a coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody, and supports others in similar situations > https://uffcampaign.org/
• Liberty is an independent membership organisation, challenging injustice, defending freedom and campaigning to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly > https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
• Articles on Black Lives Matter (via The Conversation) > https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/black-lives-matter-14463
• 'Empire: the Controversies of British Imperialism' is a free course from the University of Exeter which frankly explores the facts of British imperial exploitation > https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/empire 
• CODE SWITCH is a series of podcast conversations about race hosted by journalists of colour, and tackles race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between > https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1112190608?mt=2
• The Red Cross (UK) have published 'Black Lives Matter: resources for young people' to help young people to reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement with a focus on how people might experience racism and how it might feel > https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/teaching-resources/black-lives-matter-resources-for-young-people
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack > http://faculty.smu.edu/nschwart/2312/knapsack.htm
• Why You Need to Stop Saying "All Lives Matter" > https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a27075028/black-lives-matter-explained/
• #CharitySoWhite is a conversation on the many ways in which racism operates within the charity sector, and a campaign to make the situation better > https://charitysowhite.org/
• Movement for Justice are an integrated, youth-led civil rights movement united in a commitment to justice, equality and respect > http://www.movementforjustice.org/
• Talking to white friends (we know) > https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/racism-talking-about-race-white-friends-silence-whatsapp-social-media/395707 
• How to protest safely during a pandemic (via VICE) > https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/akzg94/how-to-protest-safely-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
• What does black British activism look like in 2020? (via galdem) > https://gal-dem.com/what-does-black-british-activism-look-like-in-2020/
• Blacticulate (podcast) features inspirational young UK Black professionals talking about what they do, why they do it, and how you can too > https://blacticulate.com/podcast/blacticulate/
• Unearth the lives of compelling but overlooked figures from Black British history > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0499smp
• When it comes to diversity, our good intentions are only the beginning. - The Diversity Gap explores how YOU can bridge the gap > https://www.thediversitygap.com/podcast-2
• Kids of Colour is a platform for young people of colour to explore race, identity and culture and challenge the everyday, institutionalised racism that shapes their lives > http://kidsofcolour.com/
• The People's History Museum is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future and featuring many stories about Black, Asian and ethically diverse communities and people > https://phm.org.uk/

You are not alone