(Last updated 11 June 2020)
EGG invites you to use and share the resources below to support your activism, civic engagement, and learning this summer. We welcome your recommendations for additions, which you can provide here.
Please feel free to contact the EGG Steering Committee (Annie, Bry, Hannah, and Erin) at ut.austin.eggs@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.
Actions
- Sign the Black Lives Matter petitions
- Contact local government (with email templates)
- Complete the City of Austin budget feedback form (deadline for public comment extended to July 1)
- Donate to Black-led organizations
- In Austin:
- In Minneapolis: see this document from Reclaim the Block for up-to-date information regarding what organizations currently need funding
- Nation-wide
- Donate to bail funds/legal aid
- Directory of Community Bail Funds
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- List of Bail Funds & Legal Aid by area (Rolling Stone)
- Donate to family fundraisers
- Support Black-owned businesses
- Ongoing allyship (see below for resources: do the work and educate yourself)
- How to financially help BLM with NO MONEY/leaving your house – to make sure that your view gets counted:
- Turn your ad-blockers off
- Don’t skip ANY ads
- Watch at normal speed and at least 50% volume
- Watch 3-5 videos AFTER you finish this video
- Super comprehensive list of resources (action-based)
- National Resources List (action + resources, including mental health resources for Black folks and educational resources)
Resources
- Mental Health Resources for and by People of Color (Talkspace)
- Twitter thread with mental health resources for members of the Black community
- UT Senate list: petitions, donations, mental and physical health resources
- Center for the Study of Race and Democracy Public Forum: Justice and Equity in a Time of National Racial Crisis, 3 June 2020
- Allyship
- Dr. Manya Whitaker, “Cultivating Allies as a Woman of Color in Academia”
- “How to be a good white ally, according to activists” (Interviewees Ben O’Keefe, Leslie Mac, Molly Sweeney)
- Boutte, Gloria S., and Tambra O. Jackson. “Advice to white allies: Insights from faculty of color.” Race Ethnicity and Education 17.5 (2014): 623-642.
- Showing Up for Racial Justice Toolkit: Calling People in Around “Violence”
- Anti-racist pedagogy:
- Personal and Professional Resources for Anti-Racism Work
- Subini Ancy Annamma, PhD, “Education and Criminalization: Do #BlackLivesMatter in Schools?”
- Cite Black Women Collective
- Asao Inoue, “How Do We Language So People Stop Killing Each Other, Or What Do We Do About White Language Supremacy?” (Opening Session of CCCC, 14 March 2019)
- Beth Godbee, Bobbi Olson, and the SIG Collective, “Readings for Racial Justice: A Project of the IWCA SIG on Antiracism Activism”
- Teaching for Black Lives and more at Rethinking Schools
- Zinn Education Project Teaching Materials
