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United States Census:
Fill out the census – https://2020census.gov/
Voter Registration:
Register to vote in the November election
Last day to register online in Illinois: 10/18/20; https://ova.elections.il.gov/
Local Info:
DeKalb Illinois Black Lives Matter List of Demands – an official list of demands as presented by Allison Guidarini Garcia, admin of the DeKalb Illinois Black Lives Matter Protest Group
DeKalb Illinois Black Lives Matter Protest Group Information – this Google document contains DeKalb Community Resources (City of DeKalb Agendas + Meeting Minutes, Budget + Annual Reports, DeKalb Police Department Reports, Policies, and Complaint Forms, and more) plus local petitions and other causes.
National Info:
Sign Petitions / Text or Call / Donate
Source: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
National Resource List #GeorgeFloyd+ – This Google document contains links to community bail funds, memorial funds, political education resources, organizations to put on your radar as well as general advice/tips for people attending protests or using social media as an organizing tool.
CLICK HERE FOR BLM LOCAL EVENTS
Groups and Organizations:
Local
Add to the list of local groups serving/supporting African American communities
National/Chicagoland
- NAACP
- 100 Black Men of America / 100 Black Men of Chicago
- Blacks In Government (BIG)
- Black Mental Wellness
- Campaign Zero / 8 Can’t Wait
- Color Of Change
- The Conscious Kid
- Dress for Success
- Kids Off the Block
- The Movement for Black Lives
- My Block, My Hood, My City
- National Urban League (NUL) / Chicago Urban League
- Rainbow Push Coalition
Black Lives Matter DeKalb Town Hall Meeting – June 18, 2020
DeKalb County Forums on Race Relations:
Movies/Documentaries/TV Series:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Source: Anti-Racism Resources, Google Doc Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein
DeKalb County Forums on Race Relations:
94.9 WDKB BLM Interviews:
Guest DJ ft. Vivian Meade, Organizer of Black Lives Matter DeKalb – June 18, 2020
Guest DJ ft Dr. Joe Flynn, Associate Director of Black Studies at NIU – June 29, 2020
Podcasts:
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
- Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
- Fare of the Free Child podcast
- Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
Source: Anti-Racism Resources, Google Doc Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein
Books About Race
- “White Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice,” Joseph E. Flynn, Jr.(Associate Direction of Black Studies at Northern Illinois University)
- “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” Robin Diangelo
- “So You Want to Talk About Race,” Ijeoma Olua
- “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America,” Richard Rothstein
- “How to Be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi
- “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” Michelle Alexander
- “The Vanishing Half,” Brit Bennett
- “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates
- “Stamped from the Beginning,” Ibram X. Kendi
- “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” Bryan Stevenson
- “Becoming,” Michelle Obama
- “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” Beverly Daniel Tatum
- “Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor,” Layla Saad
Source: CNN
Childrens Books About Race
- We’re Different, We’re the Same: a Sesame Street picture book, by Bobbi Kates
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers
- Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
- My Hair is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renée Watson, illustrated by Christian Robinson
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Source: EmbraceRace
How to Talk About Race:
The National Museum of African American History and Culture’s “Talking About Race”
EmbraceRace – 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race
Social Media Facts, Figures, and Reflections on Racism:
BLM: Beyond the Protest 