Some links and information from a white ally…….

BLACK LIVES MATTER

 

We are lucky and honored to have such a beautiful community in Harrisburg. Here are some local HBG & Central PA, black-owned businesses and artists you can support.

Buying from Black-owned businesses is not the only way to support. Read the article linked below for further insight.

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A BLM PROTESTORS GUIDE

Basic tips, numbers, lawyers, safety, know your rights, and more HERE.

BAIL FUNDS

In Harrisburg we support the DAUPHIN COUNTY BAIL FUND, which is a “non-profit community organization dedicated to freeing community members from cages and ending the practice of Cash Bail”.

 

NOT LOCAL TO CENTRAL PA? CHECK OUT THESE LINKS TO SEARCH FOR BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES NEAR YOU …

OFFICIAL BLACK WALL STREET

SUPPORT BLACK OWNED

CHEZ NOUS GUIDE

BLACK NATION

WE BUY BLACK

THE BLACK TRANS COMMUNITY & WHY THIS IS A RELEVANT TOPIC

via IN THE KNOW

‘“It is important to remember that the revolutionary riots at Stonewall in 1969 were spearheaded by many LGBTQ people of color, and that none of the progress made for the acceptance and equality of LGBTQ people over the past 51 years would be possible if not for the action and courage of those protestors,” Sarah Kate Ellis, president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, recently told morning show, Good Morning America.’

If you’re interested in donating to help support Black Trans lives, here are a few links to some orgs doing hard work.

SNaPCo

Transgender Awareness Alliance

Black AIDS Institute

House of GG

Black Visions Collective

+9 Black LGBTQ organizations to support right now

 

Donate to National Bail Out

National Bail Out is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration. We are people who have been impacted by cages — either by being in them ourselves or witnessing our families and loved ones be encaged. We are queer, trans, young, elder, and immigrant. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE.

“Know your neighbors and your community

For many, changing your relationship to police and policing starts before there’s ever a problem. The first step is often getting to know your neighbors, Viets van Dyk said. It’s fine to maintain boundaries — “not everybody wants to be friends with each other,” Viets van Dyk said. But just having a basic familiarity with the people who live nearby can help prevent problems down the road.

For example, one recent analysis of 911 calls across eight cities in the country found that 23 to 39 percent were for low-priority or non-urgent issues like noise complaints. If neighbors know each other, they can talk a lot of these issues out together rather than bringing in outside authorities. If you’d like a neighbor to turn music down so children can sleep, for instance, “I’ve found that often people are more open to that kind of thing if we know each other already,” Viets van Dyk said.”

MORE via Vox.com

Black And African American Communities And Mental Health

“Historical dehumanization, oppression, and violence against Black and African American people has evolved into present day racism - structural, institutional, and individual – and cultivates a uniquely mistrustful and less affluent community experience, characterized by a myriad of disparities including inadequate access to and delivery of care in the health system.” TO READ MORE ON THE DISPARITIES, DEMOGRAPHICS AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FROM ‘MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA’ CLICK HERE.