Photo by Bethany Meysenburg
Tangibles
Seeking out resources to learn more on anti-racism
Finding brands that align with anti-racist views and not working with ones who do not
Support black owned businesses
Educate, share, inform and empower the voices that need lifting up
Donate what you can to black owned and led organizations
Sign petitions, make donations, call lawmakers, read books, listen to podcasts
Pay attention to voices rising up that may have been previously wrongfully dismissed
Diversify your instagram feed to start following and learning from Black voices
Speak to your friends and family about what they can do (even if its uncomfortable)
Checking in: the exhaustion and trauma our Black sisters and brothers have and are experiencing is something we can never comprehend but we can simply show up and check in
Take an antiracist online course:
@goodancestoracademy by @laylafsaad
@thegreatunlearn by @rachel.cargle
@ckyourprivilege by @myishathill
Spiritual Activism webinars by @iamrachelricketts
IGTV you should watch
@traceeellisross “#WhyWeMarch”
@lecrae “My thoughts on the term Black Lives Matter”
Articles
Being Non Racist Is Not Enough...
Erik Gudbranson: We Need To Be Loud, We Need To Be Unflinching
Andraya Yearwood Knows She Has The Right To Compete
Does silence equal complicity with racism?
Black-owned businesses to support
@golde
@oakandmelanin
@thehoneypotco
@asiyami_gold
@eliavintage
@mariahmillie // @mariahmilliephotography
@nopressure.co
@wilou.gh
@themodcollective.co
@xowilough
@diefreestudios
@dearsunday.co
@aloraboutique
@clarepaint
@shemeskin
@fullybloomedshop
@nubianskin
@lihabeauty
@brothervellies
@linotodotcom
@bellurelle
@phlemuns
@shishi.rose ’s “Buy Black” highlight shows many more
Ceramics
@sparkleandsoul
@isatuhyde
@akilspots
@nur_ceramics
Books about anti racism
Me and White Supremacy by @laylafsaad
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by @renieddolodge
For children’s books: peek @theconsciouskid on their Patreon page
Organizations
@blklivesmatter (Official)
@naacp_ldf (Legal Defence Fund)
@hogans.alley (Vancouver Activist Group)
@dewcvan (Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre)
@blm_van (Vancouver Activist Group)
Education
@theconsciouskidd (Parenting and education resources)
@thelovelandfoundation (Bringing healing and empowerment to communities of colour)
@glographics (“What does it mean to be Black?” education from an educator)
@whentheyseeus (Based on a true story)
@blackandembodied (“The 7 Circles of Whiteness”)
@shiftingtheculture (Racial equity and gender equity consulting group founded by three women of colour)
@gisele_milan (“Dear white people, so you want to be an ally?”)
@katie_benn_ (Just Not A Political Person)
@chrissyford (“It’s not enough to just say I’m not racist”)
@ajabarber (“Performative Allyship)
Influencers & Artists
@influencingcolour (Group of 4 badass influencers)
@asiyami_gold (Influencer)
@_stormae (Graphic designer and illustrator)
@minaa_b (Writer)
@theslumflower (Influencer and author)
@cleowade (Writer and author)
@rachel.cargle (Writer)
@ava (Director, watch “When They See Us” and “13th”)
@ohhappydani (Art and words)
@sacree_frangine (Artist)
@rachel.cargle (Influencer)
Wellness
@blackandembodied (Licensed Mental Health Therapist)
@thevillij (Health, Wellness, Healing)
@jessicawilson.msrd (Dietitian)
@wellness_dialogues (Health, Wellness, Healing)
@mumgry (Plant based snacks)
Donate to grassroots organizations:
@blackvisionscollective
@reclaimtheblock
Pimento Relief Find (http://abepmpls.org/pimento-relief-fund)
via @dearsundaymotherhood
Just a small selection of the many amazing black women and organizations doing important work in the fields of women’s healthcare, maternal health, and motherhood:
Jessica Shepherd, MD, MBA, an ob-gyn empowering women in health
Kristy Holloway, EdD, LPC, a counsellor who works with minority women experiencing infertility trauma, birth trauma, pregnancy and infant loss, and issues related to material mental health
Alysia Montano, author of Feel-Good fitness, activist, Olympian, co-founder of &Mother
Alison Mariella Desir, MEd, therapist, activity, founder of Harlem Run and MeaningThruMovement
Erica M. McAfee, a birth and bereavement doula, black infant and maternal mortality and health advocate, founder of Sisters in Loss
Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a group that advocates for better legislation to reduce black maternal mortality
Shades of Blue Project, an organization founded by kay Matthews dedicated to breaking cultural barriers in maternal mental health
National Birth Equity Collaborative, a group that creates solutions to optimize Black infant and maternal health