How to support protestors in the Twin Cities!
(5/31/20) After receiving an incredible outpouring of donations, Minnesota Freedom Fund has requested people send support to other groups in need. So please boost the following groups, get involved, and give if you can!
Twin Cities orgs needing support:
Black Visions Collective MN - BLVC is a Black-led, Queer & Trans centering organization organizing powerful, connected Black communities & dismantle systems of violence. Instagram, Twitter, FB. Text @blacklives to 23559 for alerts. Hold local electeds accountable by signing #DEFUNDMPD. UPDATE (5/312020): BLVC now requests donations be redirected to other BIPOC led MN groups!
Reclaim The Block - Calling on Minneapolis to invest in violence prevention, housing, resources for youth, emergency mental health response teams, & solutions to the opioid crisis - not more police. DONATE. FB, resources/graphics (as used above).
North Star Health Collective - Health providers & street medics working with mainstream & anti-authoritarian organizations to create a safe and healthy events. DONATE, paypal @ [email protected]. Send supplies/checks to North Star Health at 3319 E 50th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417. FB.
MIGIZI - Native youth organization whose offices just burnt down, despite protestors’ efforts to protect them. DONATE HERE. Twitter, FB.
Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar - TCC4J fights against police terror with a multi-national working class approach. Organizing for an all-elected, all-civilian council with power over the Police Department to hire, fire, and prosecute cops. DONATE HERE. FB.
Communities United Against Police Brutality - CUAPB provides legal services fighting police brutality. 24hr Hotline: 612 874 STOP / 612 874 7867. DONATE. Twitter, FB.
Twin Cities Mutual Aid Resources:
Minnesota Freedom Fund - Legal Rights Center: 612 337 0030, National Lawyers Guild: 612 444 2654. Request bail funds. COVID-19 statement. Make calls to #FreeThemAll.
Mutual Aid Mourning & Healing Support - Sign-up form for death midwives/doulas, social workers, therapists, & healers.
SouthsideHarmReduction.org - Text/call 612 615 9725 for naloxone, clean syringes, works. DONATE.
Unicorn Riot Article on Twin Cities Mutual Aid Supplies
MN Healing Justice Network / Spiral Collective - Long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods & Moon Palace Medic Relief.
Women for Political Change Mutual Aid Fund
Women for Political Change Frontline Fund
Divine Natural Ancestry - Free food for the people, local farm led by Black womxn. DONATE at PAYPAL.ME/DNAGROWS
Minnesota Youth Collective
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha - CTUL is a worker-led organization fighting for racial, gender & economic justice.
Twin Cities Recovery Project - Substance abuse support. Instagram, Twitter, FB.
Twin Cities DSA - Groceries & meals for community members.
Black Immigrant Collective - The BIC amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota. DONATE.
Black Table Arts - Gathering Black communities through the arts, towards better black futures.
Little Earth Residents Association - Food and safety needs for residents of Little Earth of United Tribes.
Powwow Grounds - send via paypal to [email protected] - Native-run cafe, currently providing meals to elders, protectors and community, purchasing medical supplies, fire supplies, cooking supplies.
Northside business support - Support businesses on Minneapolis’s Northside that have been impacted by recent demonstrations.
Lake St Council - Cleaning & rebuilding MN Lake St. businesses.
Pimento Relief Fund - BVCL has partnered with Pimento to provide black business without insurance relief after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests.
Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund - A Black-owned distillery that’s been damaged, and after receiving ’“a tidal wave of love and support from across the nation..Du Nord is establishing this fund to support black and brown companies affected by the riots.”
Mutual Aid Groups in North America/Turtle Island
National Community Bail Fund Network Directory
Louisville, KY Community Bail Fund
Columbus, OH Freedom Fund
Mental health resources for QTPOC
How To Help The Cause When You Need Help Yourself
Also if you donate to ANY of the above groups, send me your receipts to get an art gift!
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