Sunday, May 31, 2020

Where you can donate to support anti-racist efforts in the US right now

Donation suggestions related to the current U.S. protests against police brutality.

Minnesota Freedom Fund ( minnesotafreedomfund.org) pays bail. They want you to know that (1) they don't have a Venmo, so don't donate to them through Venmo because any such request is a scam (2) actually, don't donate to them at all right now because they're overwhelmed with donations and they would like you to donate elsewhere.

Minnesota Freedom Fund also recommended the "Official George Floyd Memorial Fund" (a GoFundMe set up by Floyd's sister, Philonise, which has already raised over $5 million as of May 31) and Unicorn Riot (a worker-managed non-profit reporting organization).

"With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, civil rights attorneys and the families of victims of police violence are sounding the alarm about what they see as a likely consequence of a second Donald Trump presidency: dissolving any progress on police reform that has been made under President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.

The Justice Department has launched investigations into allegations of misconduct and discriminatory policing at several police departments across the U.S. over the last four years, and experts and observers wonder what could change if Trump beats the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris."

— Biden’s Justice Department Has Investigated Police Misconduct. Trump Could Bring Progress To A Halt. Civil rights attorneys and the families of victims of police violence worry what a second Trump presidency could mean for police accountability. Phillip Jackson, HuffPost, Oct 24, 2024

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