Out of State and National Resources

National Resources:

The Official Peace and Healing for Darnella Fund

Unicorn Riot - A decentralized media organization that has been live-streaming uprisings

Center for Cultural Power - Women of color, artist-led organization support artists through fellowships, training and opportunities for activation

Muslim Justice League

The Bail Project National Revolving Bail Fund

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha - Worker-led organization where workers organize, educate and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities

George Floyd Memorial Fund

Resources outside of Massachusetts:

GENERAL RELIEF FUNDS

African Economic Development Services - A Business Relief Fund to meet the needs of local African immigrant businesses in Minnesota.

Anti Police-Terror Project (Oakland)

Black People’s Justice Fund (Phoenix)

Joyce Preschool - emergency fund for families who had to evacuate their homes near Lake Street last week, and who are now coming back to a devastated neighborhood with no grocery stores within walking distance.

Latino Community on Lake Street -  Fundraiser for Latinx owned businesses on Lake Street.

Northside business support - Support businesses on Minneapolis’s Northside that have been impacted by recent demonstrations.

Okra Project (NYC)

Rebuild & Heal Immigrant Business in MN - Organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Latino Economic Development Center.

West Broadway Business and Area Coalition - WBC in partnership with Northside Funders Group will direct all donations to support Northside businesses in Minneapolis that have been impacted by COVID-19 and the recent uprising.

ZACAH - Provides emergency financial assistance to folks who are on the brink of experiencing homelessness or already are in Minnesota.

COMMUNITY FUNDS AND PROJECTS

Birth Revolution - Raise funds to create accessible trainings for birth workers, provide free training for BIPOC, and pay elders and educators a living wage for the knowledge they pour into us all in Minnesota.

Black Immigrant Collective - Amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota

Chicago Torture Justice Center

Defend Glendale - A grassroots campaign of residents organizing to prevent the privatization of public housing in Minneapolis.

Division of Indian Work - Supports and strengthens urban American Indian people through culturally-based education, traditional healing approaches, and leadership development. Most relevant service right now is their food shelf.

Femme Empowerment Project - Venmo @femmeempowermentproject. Skill shares and discussions led by and for QTIIBPOC femmes in the twin cities. Creating space for cultural resiliency, healing and ancestral wisdom. Currently organizing supplies and medic trainings.

Juxtaposition Arts - JXTA is a teen-staffed art and design center, gallery, retail shop, and artists’ studio space led by Black, POCI and other youth in North Minneapolis that has played a critical role in building community alternatives to the police.

Little Earth Residents Association - Food and safety needs for residents of Little Earth of United Tribes.

Minnesota Healing Justice Network - We provide a supportive professional community and mutual aid network for wellness and healing justice practitioners who also identify as BIPOC.

Oasis of Love Inc. And Agape' 24 hour Child Development Center - Focuses on combating the challenges of domestic violence, and is now a distribution center for donations in North Minneapolis.

People’s Breakfast Oakland

Powwow Grounds - Native-run cafe in Minneapolis, currently providing meals to elders, protectors and community, purchasing medical supplies, fire supplies, and cooking supplies. Send donations via paypal to angelswann2021@gmail.com.

PPNA: Renters Support Fund - Operated by the Minneapolis Renters' Coalition, a group of residents, community organizations, and neighborhood organizations committed to supporting renters in their community.

Public Functionary: #CREATIVESAFTERCURFEW - Working in collaboration with independent artists and muralists who are organizing in response to the Minneapolis uprisings and the murder of George Floyd. They are mobilizing resources to directly support a BIPOC-led effort of artists and allies using mural making as a form of narrative messaging, healing, rebuilding and remembrance.

Redeemer Center for Life - Black-led non-profit in North Minneapolis with 26 affordable housing units, youth leadership programs, workforce development opportunities, and community engagement projects.

Save the Bronx Native Shop

Southside Harm Reduction - Works within a harm reduction framework to promote the human rights to health, safety, autonomy, and agency among people who use substances.

Spiral Collective - A volunteer full-spectrum reproductive options and support group comprised of doulas, birth-workers, and passionate reproductive justice advocates. Based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, occupied Dakhóta territories.

The African American Family Preservation Act - Was created in direct response to the over representation and disparate treatment of African Americans across the child welfare service continuum. They hope to dramatically reduce the disproportionate number of African American children in out of home placement and lessen the impact this has had on their community in Minnesota.

LEGAL RESOURCES

Atlanta Solidarity Fund

Baltimore Action Legal Team

Detroit Justice Center

The Emergency Release Fund - in New York, for pretrial medically vulnerable individuals and anyone who identifies as LGBTQ.

Florida Justice Center

Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative (Minneapolis)

MIGIZI Communications - Advances a message of success, well-being and justice for the American Indian community. Support them rebuilding after fire

Restoring Justice (Houston)

Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar - A coalition formed after the murder of Jamar Clark by MPD to continue the work and gather people around the fight against police crimes