1/ These people are really out here tryinna start the boogaloo. (Translation: White supremacists are legit coming to Minnesota to provoke a race war.)
2/ Folks who know better than I are teaching & organizing folks to focus tonight on protecting their homes & their neighbors. Block by block.
Here's the neighborhood safety plan that came out of Powderhorn's community meeting today. docs.google.com/document/d/1lQ…
Here's the neighborhood safety plan that came out of Powderhorn's community meeting today. docs.google.com/document/d/1lQ…
3/ Here's a cliffs notes version of how to spend your next few hours before curfew.
4/ We went out today to help clean up. We walked Lake St from Chicago to Minnehaha. Cleanup was basically already done. Minneapolis Fire was still watering down a few spots. LOTS of folks were out, carrying cleaning supplies, or dropping off/distributing other supplies like food.
5/ Except a whole lot of white people were putting completely needless effort into cleaning up East Lake Target. Painting over graffiti. Scooping debris out of open doorways. Really?
6/ Target Corp is gonna file an insurance claim, fart out a few million dollars, and pay a contractor to come in and do all that.
Meanwhile, we saw a ridiculous amount of graffiti on every block between there and Chicago Ave. Go paint over the graffiti at the light rail station.
Meanwhile, we saw a ridiculous amount of graffiti on every block between there and Chicago Ave. Go paint over the graffiti at the light rail station.
7/ However, I know people want to feel like they're doing something. I understand the need to be out in community, and to witness the damage. And cleaning up is one way for white folks to make reparations.
8/ Another way for white folks to make reparations? Donations. Here are some Black-led and POC-led groups in Minneapolis you can make reparations to.
9/ @NAACPmpls is organizing people willing to be Freedom Riders. Donate here: paypal.me/mplsnaacp4050B
10/ @mnycollective is organizing youth (mostly POC) in politics and has been doing mutual aid work. Donate here: secure.actblue.com/donate/minneso…
11/ @MNWFPC invests in the leadership and political power of young women and trans & non-binary folks throughout Minnesota. They're organizing mutual aid. Donate here: secure.everyaction.com/Ae9sGVyY8kKkux…
12/ @NorthPointMpls is a community clinic in North Minneapolis. Donate here: northpointhealth.org/donate
13/ @reclaimtheblock is leading the charge from disinvesting in police in Minneapolis, and alternatively investing in community health and safety. Donate here: secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy…
14/ @BlackVisionsMN is organizing for black liberation, also doing mutual aid work. Donate here: secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUag…
16/ North Star Health Collective is your friendly neighborhood source of street medics. Donate here: northstarhealthcollective.org/donate
17/ @MNFreedomFund bails people out of jail. @MPD_150 is the definitive source on the history of MPD's violence. Neither is currently in need of donations, but they're awesome and you should follow their work. It's critical to our next steps forward.
18/ Honor the memory of George Floyd: gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
#JusticeForFloyd #JusticeForGeorge #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
#JusticeForFloyd #JusticeForGeorge #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
Stay safe, y'all. /fin
PS1/ One more! Cultural Wellness Center. Donate here: culturalwellnesscenter.org/about-us/donat…
