How to help/where to donate! Support George Floyd and the protestors in Minneapolis

Get Up in the Cool

English - May 31, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 7.33 MB - ★★★★★ - 196 ratings
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Thanks to former guest of the show Sonya Badigian for compiling this awesome list!
HOW TO HELP/WHERE TO DONATE:
1) Minnesota Freedom Fund - bailout fund
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
2) Black Visions Collective
https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
(donate button at bottom of page)
3) Communities Against Police Brutality
https://www.cuapb.org/
4) Reclaim The Block
https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home
5) Support George's fiance Courteney as she takes time off work to mourn the loss of her partner by Venmoing her at @CourteneyRoss
6) Support two official GoFundMe pages made by George's family to help with an attorney, George Floyd's funeral costs, educational funds for his children, and living expenses for his family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd and https://www.gofundme.com/f/george-floyd-bigfloyd
7) Keep an eye on https://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/ for how best to reach out to state and local officials about case handling. They have phone numbers and petitions for you to sign, and they even have a MAKE CALLS button that will autodial important numbers and give you a script for what to say!
8) For those outside of MN, PLEASE find and support a transformative justice organization in your own area as well!!!! Police brutality is an issue everywhere in our country, and supporting your local Black-led organizations today may be preventative.

Thanks to former guest of the show Sonya Badigian for compiling this awesome list!

HOW TO HELP/WHERE TO DONATE:

1) Minnesota Freedom Fund - bailout fund

https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate

2) Black Visions Collective

https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/

(donate button at bottom of page)

3) Communities Against Police Brutality

https://www.cuapb.org/

4) Reclaim The Block

https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home

5) Support George's fiance Courteney as she takes time off work to mourn the loss of her partner by Venmoing her at @CourteneyRoss

6) Support two official GoFundMe pages made by George's family to help with an attorney, George Floyd's funeral costs, educational funds for his children, and living expenses for his family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd and https://www.gofundme.com/f/george-floyd-bigfloyd

7) Keep an eye on https://www.justiceforbigfloyd.com/ for how best to reach out to state and local officials about case handling. They have phone numbers and petitions for you to sign, and they even have a MAKE CALLS button that will autodial important numbers and give you a script for what to say!

8) For those outside of MN, PLEASE find and support a transformative justice organization in your own area as well!!!! Police brutality is an issue everywhere in our country, and supporting your local Black-led organizations today may be preventative.

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