THIS is Why Black Lives Matter
I’ve been too upset to create a coherent essay. I edited a video instead just to sum up all of my thoughts and feelings about this matter in a more succinct and impactful way. I’ve also included resources below on ways you can help.
THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP ❤
PARTICIPATE ON BLACK OUT DAY:
ON JULY 7TH 2020: A day of solidarity where no single POC person spends a SINGLE dollar in the US economy. This includes African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics,… ALL POC. That is 10,684, 931,506.80 DOLLARS that the US economy will lose. This is to show the value of every POC’s contribution to the US and how the economy would not survive without us.
The concept of “Black out day” has actually happened before in a country outside the US. In Iceland on 24th October 1975 there was a Black out day called “Womens Day Off”. This was to protest against low wages and discrimination against women. 90% of all women in Iceland went on strike and refused to go to work or contribute to the economy for an entire day. The result of this strike was tremendous. A year after the strike, in 1976 The Gender Equality Act was passed and in 1980 Iceland elected their first female president.
Source: https://libcom.org/history/iceland-women%E2%80%99s-strike-1975
WE CAN DO THIS!!
PETITIONS:
https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforfloyd_george_floyd_minneapolis
PROTESTER BAIL FUND DONATIONS:
A list of every state you can donate to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SRl1HOoBC _RSI4X8e_O8W9yI-7E7WJfJgYpa3UAUY-o/htmlview
FUND THE BLM MOVEMENT:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_201
LEGAL HELP:
