We encourage you to support organizations that are working tirelessly for equality and social change, take time to listen to Black voices, and spend time educating yourself and reflecting on how you can help.

Below are some local groups to donate to or get involved with as well as educational resources.

Local Organizations

Creative Justice
https://www.creativejusticenw.org

Black Lives Matter - Seattle
https://blacklivesseattle.org

Northwest Community Bail Fund
https://www.nwcombailfund.org

COVID-19 Survival Fund for the People
https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-survival-fund-for-the-people

COVID-19 South King County & Eastside Mutual Aid
https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-eastside-survival-fund

Local Showing up for Racial Justice groups to join:

Dismantling whiteness
https://www.facebook.com/groups/697221816987837/

Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites - CARW
https://www.facebook.com/carwseattle/

Resources/Articles :

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Design Justice Resources
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dABKF3O_MnnttKcrUnjRu6Dh-fKCHHKCbdV7KvzHN84/edit

New Era of Public Safety
https://www.obama.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf

Anguish and Action
https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/

Legal Solution by Design — a brief assessment of the role of design thinking in law schools
https://medium.com/@jeff_ward/legal-solution-by-design-a-brief-assessment-of-the-role-of-design-thinking-in-law-schools-779dcf238049

How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change-9fa209806067

Books:

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Caught by Marie Gottschalk
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo