The work continues. While we all can't go to Baltimore, there are ways of staying active to ensure that this moment becomes a movement. We can follow. We can support. We can be informed. We can act. Learn more about work to support Baltimore, stopping police brutality in Black communities, and raising our political voice.
Baltimore Uprising -- Updated daily
with key information regarding the organizing underway in Baltimore.
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle -- Follow this grassroots think-tank which advances the public policy interest of Black people in Baltimore, through: youth leadership development, political advocacy, and autonomous intellectual innovation. View the LBS call for police accountability.
ColorOfChange.org -- Sign a petition calling for
the necessary leadership and independent oversight to ensure justice for Freddie Gray and overhaul of the Baltimore police department. This internet-based social change and racial justice movement aims to strengthen the political voice of Black America.
The Real Baltimore -- Stay updated with live streaming and
news that is guided by an editorial approach that seeks facts and doesn't bow to pressure. Part of
The Real News Network,
a non-profit, view-supported daily video-news and documentary service.
READING LIST:
Nonviolence as Compliance by Ta-Nehisi Coates Undue Force by Mark Puente The Absence of Legitimate Authority in Baltimore by David A. Graham Making Black Lives Matter by Nat Chioke Williams |