Educate Yourself on the Black Lives Matter Movement
graphic credit to @meagmob
Hello Jewells! In today’s blog post I wanted to compile resources on how you can educate yourself and get involved with Black Lives Matter. This isn’t a moment, this is a movement!
It is not the responsibility of our Black friends, neighbors, co-workers, teachers, etc., to educate us on the history of systemic racism in this country. It is also not their responsibility to find a solution to a problem that they didn’t create! Please educate yourself, sign petitions, vote, donate, stream, etc.
This is just the beginning of a well overdue revolution for equality. More than ever, the Black community needs allies. So, I hope you utilize the resources in this blog post to be involved!
Ways to help:
Text "JUSTICE" to 55156
My friend Afrika-Ira also put together a super resourceful blog post as well! I will link it here.
Movies to watch:
When They See Us (Netflix)
13th (Netflix)
The Hate You Give
Just Mercy
The Help (Netflix)
American Son (Netflix)
If Beale Street Could Talk
Black Panther
12 Years a Slave
Becoming (Netflix)
Dear White People (Netflix)
Podcasts to listen to:
NPR Code Switch
Slay In Your Lane
Intersectionality Matters
All My Relations
NYT 1619
Balanced Black Girl
I was also lucky enough to have my own friend and Dallas creative, Yoki Ongwela come onto my podcast, Becoming an Influencer. We talked about history, oppression of the Black community, white privilege, the unjust killing of George Floyd and countless other Black men and women, etc. I am forever grateful to Yoki to coming onto the podcast to have the “Uncomfortable” Conversation with me. However, it wasn’t uncomfortable at all!
I hope we encourage you to listen, empathize, support Black creators, and amplify Black voices. Have conversations with your friends and family, and call out racism. Try to educate others around you!
Stream it now on:
Books To Read:
Support Black-Owned Businesses:
I recently ordered from a bunch of Black owned businesses to support Black business! I will be sharing those finds in a different blog post!
+ SO many more!
Here is a link to another post with more Black owned businesses to support here.
Support Black Creators:
There are SO MANY other incredible creators out there!
Self Care:
It is also important to realize that social just warriors, if you will, need rest. We have to recharge to keep up the deserved momentum behind change. Make sure to check in on your loved ones, do a face mask, get off social media, meditate, etc.
I will link my self-care routine here if you want inspo! But, make sure you are taking care of you.
Here is also a list of resources put together by the Balanced Black Girl Podcast! This is a link to resources for community healing.
Spirituality
If you are interested in a church service from Pastor Earl from Shoreline City, I really enjoyed his message on everything going on! I will link the service here.
Thank You
These are just a few resources that are out there, but I would be doing a dis-service to this platform to not share a “master doc” of links and resources I am aware of! Also, there are SO many other amazing Black owned businesses and creators I did not list here.
