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#Blackout for Minneapolis. For Louisville. For Toronto. For Brooklyn. #Blackout for Us All.

To the #Blackout Community and Tumblr at large,

We know you must have a lot of questions or are feeling distressed about the news. The world has been dealing with a lot this year, and it is an especially harrowing time for Black Americans and Black folks abroad. We know your biggest question right now could be summed up by a quote from Toni Morrison:

“What can I do where I am?”

Here at #TheBlackout, we have decided to help you start finding an answer to that question - we feel that we need each other. We need unity, organization, a clear sense of direction, but more importantly, a space where you can be yourself without judgement or fear.

So, in addition to boosting your art and businesses, our highest priority right now is to provide you all with resources to help you start from where you are.

This is a masterpost of places you can donate, find mental health + spaces for radical self-care, and just do something fun. We will be adding on as things change.

Donate/Boost/Sign:

Minneapolis Freedom Bail Fund & Louisville Community Bail Fund

Reclaim the Block

Black Visions Collective

The Official GoFundMe of George Floyd’s Family

Official Petition for Breonna Taylor

Justice for Regis Official Fund

Justice for Tony McDade Petition

Black Lives Matter Network

Mental Health Resources:

Ethel’s Club - Black-owned and operated social club offering access to Black therapists and a multitude of creative events for People of Color.

Crisis Text Line - A different approach to crisis intervention, Crisis Text Line offers you help when you text 741-741. You’ll be able to chat with someone who is willing to listen and provide you with additional resources.

Shine Text. – Black-owned! Sign up to receive cheerful texts and tips every day.

Therapy For Black Girls - A Black-owned a directory to help you find Black therapists in your area.

Tips for Organizing/Protesting:

Knowing your rights - ACLU

How To Prepare for a Protest. (Remember to wear a mask in or to protect yourself!)

A Twitter thread of suggested readings

Fun Online Communities and Things to Do:

Some of our favorite online communities.

Nerd Culture: @blacknerdproblems, @superheroesincolor

Poetry and Literary Spaces: Cave Canem Literary Balms program for Black poets, Nuyorician Online Open Mic Events, Well-Read Black Girl

Podcasts: Therapy For Black Girls, Strong Black Legends by Netflix’s Strong Black Lead, The Read with Crissle and Kid Fury.

Hobbies: #BlackBirdersWeek by BlackAFinSTEM (5/31 - 6/8), Wellness Week by Black Girl Gamers.

Join us for the 5/31 Emergency #Blackout/#BlackoutDay here on Tumblr and Twitter.

Update (5/30/2020 4:41 PM EST): Our original post included a memorial link to Tony McDade. We corrected the link to an ongoing petition. As of this posting, there is no official memorial fund collections for Tony McDade.

Hello, everyone!! 💕 I wanted to share these cute Umbrella Academy pins a really good friend of mine has been working on!! Please check them out if you’re interested, or know anyone who would be interested!! Kiki has been working hard on these, & I know it would mean a lot to her if you were interested in these! 🥺💕 Thank you for reading!!! 🥺💕🌸💐💖

Enamel Pins of the Hargreeves from the Netflix TV show, Umbrella Academy

#the umbrella academy #pins #kickstarter

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here’s a twitter thread of charities related to colon cancer that you can donate to in honor of chadwick boseman (x)

here’s a suicide hotline for if any of you are in need of immediate support (x)

please take care of yourselves and your friends tonight everyone

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more from twitter

here’s a thread of black cancer fundraisers/research fundraising (x)

here’s a thread of fundraisers for black students of the arts (x)

cowboysuggest

yeah theres no way to stop using amazon completely because they own so many things and many websites use them for hosting, but audible is something we really dont need. amazon is already trying to replace public libraries with “audible amazon libraries” and we cant let that happen. your libraries are already payed for with taxes ((though normally way underfunded because politicians normally dont care enough))

use libby or overdrive for audiobooks or ebooks, support libraries and buy from their used books sale (ive scored so many awesome books, and old books! as well as some great cds and movies) , and many libraries also mail out books!! theres so many options and libraries are always changing to make themselves more accessible for everyone, so support them! theyre such an important part of your community.

cowboysuggest

also you can just ask for your library to order a book if they dont have it, or they can borrow it from neighboring libraries in your county or even other counties depending on the place! libraries are the best and when i was homeless they were one of the best resources i could have asked for with free ac, wifi, good bathrooms, and books books books ad well as so many other resources, groups, clubs, events … please support your local library!

remescient

HEY! YES! This is important! You can check out books from your local library (along with audiobooks and movies and music too!!) without ever having to leave your home. Here’s some links if you don’t know what OP was talking about: OverDrive, Hoopla

BUT ALSO!! Right now libraries are facing a problem with a new policy from very large publisher called Macmillan that’s due to be enacted in November.

As Jessamyn West explains in her article on CNN:

For the first two months after a Macmillan book is published, a library can only buy one copy, at a discount. After eight weeks, they can purchase “expiring” e-book copies which need to be re-purchased after two years or 52 lends. As publishers struggle with the continuing shake-up of their business models, and work to find practical approaches to managing digital content in a marketplace overwhelmingly dominated by Amazon, libraries are being portrayed as a problem, not a solution. Libraries agree there’s a problem – but we know it’s not us.

52 lends is nothing when it comes to popular books. In essence, this new policy would require libraries to re-purchase the same eBooks over and over just to continue to provide access to their readers.

Libraries already have to go through a lot of hoops and extra expense to provide digital content, and this policy will just make it even harder, more time consuming, and more expensive, thus making it more difficult for libraries to provide eBooks at a time when demand for eBook access at libraries is growing exponentially. Both the ALA and the PLA have come out strongly against thus policy, and it sets a TERRIBLE precedence for other publishing houses and future policies. It’s a bad idea that’s expensive and ultimately punishes the people who need libraries the most.

But YOU can do something about it, right now! Help us tell Macmillan publishing that their new policy is terrible and will adversely affect the people who need digital library access the most!

Check out the ALA’s action page for some great graphics and an auto-tweet form that will let you voice your displeasure to Macmillan directly.

Or you can just copy and paste it into Twitter from here, and add the graphic too if you want:

Limiting access to new titles for libraries means limiting access for readers who are most dependent on libraries. @MacmillanUSA’s new policy is unacceptable, John Sargent. Cancel the embargo. #eBooksForAll

Please help us keep library eBooks accessible for all! Not only will you help your libraries, but as OP explained, the more you use your libraries and other legal means of acquiring digital books and content, the more you take away from Amazon’s unconscionable domination of the eBook and digital content market. It’s a win-win.

levivlio

Libby has kept me sane through quarantine like nothing else. Take the time to support your local library and follow the links above.

#ref

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More than 1/8th of the White Mountain Apache Tribe has tested positive for Covid-19.

They have been hit EXTREMELY hard and I have seen no posts going around talking about it. It is one of the hardest hit places in ARIZONA, a state that already has horribly high case numbers.

They have a Covid relief gofundme. Please donate if you can and spread this if you can't.

The White Mountain Apache Tribe COVID-19 relief fund has been… White Mountain Apache Tribe needs your support for White Mountain Apache Trib

magicgoose123

they’re currently at less than a tenth of their goal.

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please consider donating to indigenous communities in Marechal Thaumaturgo ! the fund is organized by the Ashaninka people and donations will go towards support kits (food, equipment, and essential products) to help them through the pandemic

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seen on twitter / gofundme

“On June 7, we lost our father, Jose, and a month later, we lost our mother, Maria. My mother had been in the hospital for three weeks and after a short battle in the ICU, due to pneumonia and heart failure, she did not make it.

Times have been very tough in the past few weeks, after losing our father, and now our mother, we once again ask for your kindness in raising funds to give her a proper burial. We understand COVID-19 has hit many families hard but anything donated would be very appreciated and a simple share can go a long way.

El 7 de Junio 2020, perdimos a nuestro padre, José, y un mes después, perdimos a nuestra madre, María. Mi madre había estado en el hospital durante tres semanas y después de una breve batalla en la UCI, debido a neumonía e insuficiencia cardíaca, desafortunadamente perdio estas batallas hoy en la madrugada.

Los tiempos han sido muy difíciles en las últimas semanas, después de perder a nuestro padre y ahora a nuestra madre en tan poco tiempo, una vez más les pedimos su amabilidad para recaudar fondos para darle un entierro adecuado. Entendemos que COVID-19 ha afectado mucho a muchas familias, pero cualquier cosa donada sería muy apreciada y una simple publicacion de este enlance puede ser muy útil y ayudarnos enormamente.”

yassmines

this is a petition to stop mark zuckerb*rg from trying to steal native hawaiian land to build his 11th mansion. eat the rich pls sign n share 🧡

Stop Mark Zuckerberg from colonizing Kauai | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government

chaos-tea

only 2 700 signatures out of 100 000

yassmines

if they get 100k in a month it will go directly to congress- rn its 7/8

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Justice for the Murder of Rayshard Brooks

Rayshard Brooks, SAY HIS NAME. An unarmed, 27 year old black man who was murdered after complaints of him sleeping in HIS vehicle in the Wendy’s Parking lot. Due to these complaints, 3 officers showed up to “deal” with Brooks. After struggling with the officers, Brooks began to run for his life, when he was shot in the back more than once. Later taken to the hospital, Brooks passed away. Struggling with police is NOT punishable by death. Grabbing a taser in order to stop from being tased is NOT punishable by death. Running away from the police unarmed, and on foot is NOT punishable by death. So for this, we need to SAY HIS NAME. Keep spreading awareness, keep protesting, keep fighting.

JUSTICE FOR RAYSHARD BROOKS

Sign the petition here

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this changes fucking everything

The complaint claims Breonna Taylor got wrapped up in a case that was less about a drug house and more about speeding up the city's developm

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ICE made a decision to order all international students whose universities are online to leave the country or risk facing immigration consequences and getting deported which essentially means that students will have to decide between leaving the US or risk their health. many countries don’t even have their borders open and some people may not even have places to go so please sign this petition which requests that international students get the option to finish their degrees and remain in the USA

sammyblep

this is an official whitehouse.gov petition - americans, PLEASE sign this and don't let our country's obsession with deportation ruin even more lives

lemeute

whitehouse.gov petitions must receive an official response within 60 days if they get 100,000 signatures in a month - on 7/7/19, this one has around 43,000.

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this fourth of july think of the indigenous people of america who had their country and land stolen from them with little to no reparations or apologies. land is still being taken. sacred grounds are still being ripped away. there is no “independence” for the people who were here first.

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First Nations COVID-19 Relief Fund

White Earth Land Recovery Fund

ILTF Land Recovery Fund

IEN Mutual Aid Fund

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donate to the black hills bail and legal defense fund

donate to the hawaiian way fund

donate to the institute for native pacific education and culture (INPEACE)

donate to kahea, the hawaiian-environmental alliance

fomysquad

How do we ensure public safety w/o police? Check out this list on alternatives to policing

Alternatives to Police (PDF) by Rose City Copwatch (2008)

Alternatives to the Police by Evan Dent, Molly Korab, and Farid Rener

The Avant-garde of White Supremacy by Steve Martinot and Jared Sexton

Broken Windows is On Hiatus: Community Interventions We Can Enact Now for Real Justice by Hannah Hodson

Can We Build an Anti-Policing Movement that Isn’t Anti-Police? by Radical Faggot

Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community by Steve Herbert

Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding ways not to call the police

A New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Call the Police by Mike Ludwig

Not Calling the Police by Prison Culture

Origins of the Police by David Whitehouse

The Other Side of the COIN (PDF) by Kristian Williams.

Policing is a Dirty Job, But Nobody’s Gotta Do It: 6 Ideas for a Cop-Free World by Jose Martin

Policing Slaves Since the 1600s by Auandaru Nirhan

The Shanti Sena ‘peace center’ and the non-policing of an anarchist temporary autonomous zone: Rainbow Family peacekeeping strategies (PDF) by Michael Niman

Stop Kidding Yourself: The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People by Sam Mitrani

We Don’t Just Need Nicer Cops. We Need Fewer Cops by Alex S. Vitale

What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police? by Alex S. Vitale

Where abolition meets action: women organizing against gender violence (PDF) by Vikki Law

aireina

on 23 June a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Mexico with its epicenter in Oaxaca, where there is a predominant indigenous demographic. the majority of the damage occurred in indigenous pueblos that are still curently recovering from the devastating earthquake that happened 3 years ago. these same indigenous communities are also simultaneously experiencing displacement due to COVID 19 and lack of government aid. these are places that have the most vulnerability and need the most direct action and attention in recovery and aid.

post will be updated with donation links as they arise.

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mutual aid relief

photographer Diego Huerta is donating sales of his beautiful portraits from his online store (in 13x19 format). 70% of the proceeds will go towards purchasing masks that will be sent out to areas most affected in Oaxaca. his portraits include charros & escaramuzas, día de muertos, inside Oaxaca, Tehuana and native nation. visit loveofcolors.com.

softlatina

MISSING: 20 year old Tymere Little from Detroit, Michigan! He is deaf and can only communicate through sign language.

source

(not included in the article is his height which is around 5’8)

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UPDATE:

Tymere disappeared 06/15/2020 at 3:30 p.m. as of right now 06/16/2020 at 6:00 p.m. he is still missing. Below I will link 2 videos which may be helpful if you see him.

20+ Basic Phrases

ASL Alphabet

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i don’t know if dollblr has found out about this yet but LOL Surprise made a doll that looks exactly like artist Amina Mucciolo without paying or consulting her.

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it’s also worth noting that back in october Amina was evicted from her apartment after Lisa Frank & Hotels(.)com stole her home design for a pop-up hotel and still to this day neither of them have issued an apology or compensated her for this

riot-dog

Is their anyway I can support her?

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Linktree. Make your link do more.

this is her linktree!

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update! the head of MGA entertainment, distributor of LOL surprise dolls and Bratz products has threatened Amina on Twitter.

PLEASE do not buy anymore MGA products. This brand deserves to die after the way they’ve treated Amina. This is disgusting and I hope this man rots. Amina deserves better.

zalimaaa

yemen is the worst humanitarian crisis of our generation. and right now they’re battling an epidemic (cholera), a pandemic, and a famine, all while a war is being fought. please do anything you can to help!

donate:

Save the Children provides assistance through health and educational programs to starving children in Yemen. Donate to children in Yemen tod

Islamic Relief is currently working in 18 of the 22 governorates Yemen, reaching many of the areas worst affected by the conflict. With your

Help Kalsuma Begum raise money to support Ummah Welfare Trust

You can help us reach more children affected by the crisis in Yemen. Please donate today and help keep children safe in Yemen.

sign the petition:

It's time to call for an end to the sale of weapons used to fuel to crisis in Yemen.

Stop the war and end the famine in Yemen

even if you can’t donate, please sign the petitions and share

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