vanessagillings: vanessagillings: A few resources to help, learn, and promote: TO HELP AND DONATE:

vanessagillings:

vanessagillings:

A few resources to help, learn, and promote:

TO HELP AND DONATE:

Black Lives Matter carrd with info, petitions, donation sites they recommend, and readings they suggest

President Obama’s List of orgs to help, things to read, and ways to get engaged

Black-led LGBTQ+ Organizations posted by Alexis Michelle

TO LEARN AND UNLEARN:

5 Ways to Take Action for all non-black people by The Conscious Kid

10-Steps to Non-Optical Allyship byMireille Cassandra Harper 

How to Be Actively Anti-Racist byGood Good Good Co

Victoria Alexander’s recommendations on Anti-Racist Literature

TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE:

Abelle Hayford’s#drawingwhileblackDirectory of Black Creatives to hire

AuthorOge Mora’sList of Children’s Books by Black Authors - also check out Oge Mora’s beautiful books!

A Twitter Thread from Melissa See on Black YA novels

Karina Yan Glasser’s 100 Must-Read Children’s Books by African-American Authors

10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to buy all these lovely books from!

Bookshop.org’s List of Independent Black-Owned Bookstores 

UPDATED WITH A FEW MORE RESOURCES:

Afoma Umesi’sList of 35 Black Middle-Grade Books

Aforma Umesi’s List of 45 Best Black YA Novels to Add to Your TBR

Book Riot’s 25 Fantastic Middle Grade Books by Black Authors

Shoppe Black’s List of Black-Owned Farms – broken down by state!  Check out Shoppeblack.us in general for features on black-owned businesses!

roohiamber’sList of Black-Owned Businesses – beauty, skincare, food, etc!

roohiamber’sList of Black Influencers to Follow

roohiamber’s List of Black-Hosted Podcasts

Feel free to add more, guys!