Black Lives Matter

Hi friends! Although this podcast has been on hiatus, we wanted to take a moment to chat a little about the Black Lives Matter movement, and the importance of supporting and sustaining these calls for radical change in our systems of policing, justice, and care. We hope you'll take the time to listen to our statement and to explore the resources we have listed below for education and other actions you can take to support the BLM movement:

The Leeza Rants Podcast episodes 103 & 104

Small Doses with Amanda Seales episodes from June 4th and June 11th

Gettin’ Grown episode from June 2nd 

Bobo and Flex episodes from June 10th and June 14th

Around the Way Curls episodes 83 & 84

Cases of Color episode 20 (and all of them) 

Call Your Girlfriend episodes 252 and 254

BLM: https://blacklivesmatter.com

Black mental health resources: https://blackmentalhealthmatters.carrd.co

Policing the Black Man by Angela J. Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, and Jeremy Travis: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537978/policing-the-black-man-by-edited-and-with-an-introduction-by-angela-j-davis/

The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale (free right now as an ebook!): https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing)

BLM carrd: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Community bail funds and mutual aid: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd

How to donate without money: https://twitter.com/kookpics/status/1268534687112335361?s=21

Tips for recording police misconduct: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

How to be an ally: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/mobilebasic

What is systemic racism?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ&feature=youtu.be

These resources are just a starting point and this list is very incomplete! If you have other resources you think would be helpful to share among our listening community please pass them along at [email protected] or @arewedating on Instagram.