Ways to Get Involved: RESOURCES
NAAAP Detroit firmly believes that Asian American communities must bolster Black-led justice organizing groups in Minneapolis, Detroit, and cities across the country. As we stand with the Black community, we choose to center George Floyd’s life and his family’s demands for justice while also working to quash underlying, systemic anti-Blackness.
Join us in our effort by partnering with us to advocate, educate, and donate, either by partnering with us using the link above, or by getting involved in our growing list of initiatives below:
Advocate:
Text “Floyd” to 55156 (sponsored by Color of Change) and other #BlackLivesMatter advocacy petitions
Call DA Michael Freeman at (612) 324-4499 or your local DA and demand them to drop all charges against protestors—no more prosecutions.
Email your local police department to inquire about their use of body cameras, if any.
Express support for Reps. Pressley and Omar’s initiatives to stop police brutality by calling your congressional representative
26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
For attorneys interested in pro bono work
Educate:
Baratunde Thurston: How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time
Open Yale Course: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
Black and Asian Solidarity in NYC: What We Have Learned (Life Panel Streamed by BUFU)
Michelle Kim: “20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now”
“30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday”
Center for Policing Equity: “The Science of Justice: Race, Arrests, and Police Use of Force”
Black Women Radicals and Asian American Feminist Collective (AAFC) Solidarity Reading List
New Era of Public Safety: An Advocacy Toolkit for Safe, Fair, and Effective Policing
Rachel Cargle, The Great Unlearn
Layla F. Saad, Me & White Supremacy
Instagram: “A Guide to White Privilege” by @courtneyahndesign
“A Guide to the Model Minority Myth” by @courtneyahndesign
“Resources for Allyship” compiled by @nickisun
“South Asian Guide to Speaking to Family about Anti-Blackness: How to be an Ally to the Black Community” by @loudmouthladkis
South Asian Resources on the Web:
- Why Indians Pissed off With Racism and Police Brutality in the US Don’t Care About the Same Issues in Their Own Country: https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/889g9k/why-indians-pissed-off-with-racism-and-police-brutality-in-the-us-dont-care-about-the-same-issues-in-their-own-country-muslim-casteism-violence-minority?fbclid=IwAR3hI-
- South Asians and Black Lives: https://medium.com/@dviyer/south-asians-and-black-lives-b30adaba6a42
- Why We Aren’t Talking and What Can We Do: https://approachtherapy.com/2020/06/03/why-we-arent-talking-and-what-we-can-do/
- Facebook post from Meera Mohan-Graham: https://www.facebook.com/2100972/posts/10100786954553582/?d=n
- Event: South Asians in Defense of Black Lives -Conversation with Zoé Samudzi: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-asians-in-defense-of-black-lives-conversation-with-zoe-samudzi-tickets-107629817682?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing
- Twitter: Academics for Black Lives: https://twitter.com/Academics4BSW
- Twitter: South Asian Mental Health: https://twitter.com/SouthAsianMH/status/126805583263936926
- The Secret History of South Asian and African American Solidarity: https://blackdesisecrethistory.org
Donate:
George Floyd Memorial Fund (gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd)
Communities United Against Police Brutality
American Civil Liberties Union
The Louisville Community Bail Fund
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute