If anyone lives in a city where protests are going down, maybe you can try to meet up with some other members and pass out necessities. Water, Food, etc. Make sure you stay safe and wear masks! If people have any more safety ideas, please list them below

understable!.

Some of us feel so useless, ones who are sick or have underlying issues that make us more susceptible to covid. I wish there was more we could do..

There are a lot of things to consider here.

1: As Allison pointed out, COVID-19 is a real concern. Many of these communities were still in phase 1 of reopening, meaning that the threat level was still elevated when the protests began. All it takes is one infected person to spread the virus to 50 or even 100 people through direct and indirect transmission. People who were protesting already this week need to get checked out or self-isolate. Raising awareness through the Net should be encouraged, also.

2: A lot of video has since come out with crisis actors on both sides. You had undercover police staging damage to property, but you also had all-white anti-capitalist groups doing property damage as well. Members of the black community spoke out vehemently against the looting during both of these these case examples. LISTEN TO THEM. Now is not the time to "stick it to corporate America." Go forth with purpose or not at all.

3: In the same vein, because of emergency services being stretched thin, there were cases of fires spreading out of control in numerous cities. People were attempting to suppress the fires with bucket brigades as had been done in the past (for example, in the 1906 SF earthquake and related fires). Protesters need to have plans for reallocating essential services in the event shit gets out of control again. It may be useful to make custom maps with designated waypoints of what areas need the most resources going forward.

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions

For those of us disabled, stuck home, or out of rioting areas.
Sign a dozen of them, donate if you can. respond and share #BLM tweets/posts.


My 2 sense. Mental Health Reform is essential in removing violent police from our police force. Sign one for mental health reform while we're at it.

Hello everyone, I dunno how many of you know me from years back but I probably missed something in my !code cause I am both half asleep and busy keeping up with multiple forms of media for information and communication!

For anyone who isn't able to go out due to disabilities, COVID-19, financial, family, etc. You can still help!
-As #5 (omverse) above posted. The website https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ has many resources that help give information for those who want to help or read up on what is going on and the history of it.

-You may not like it, but BLM and POC has a HEAVY AND VOCAL presence on TikTok and has a lot of useful info being shared by protesters and the black community to help with knowing whats going on, where its happening, and advice for what you should be doing and wearing at a protest.

-For those of you that are like me and live on twitter and following the protests live: https://www.broadcastify.com/ is your friend! Its a website that has a scanner app thats found on the app stores and lets you listen to police scanners. This way you can listen out and let people know when shits going to happen.

-SHARE AS MUCH INFO AS YOU CAN. Share the news that big new media WILL NOT SHOW YOU. Also, REPORT fake sites, accounts, and let everyone know if theres someone out there trying to lie and make the peaceful protests look bad!

If you're white and not sure what else to do, heres a link of some things that are useful and advice for what to do : https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

If you're going to any protests, heres some advice:
1) Cover up:
-With the addition of covid, masks areimportant for both prevention of getting sick and helping prevent facial recognition.
-Wear long jeans and long sleeve shirts. Tear gas BURNS. The more skin you cover the less likely you will be burned.
-Not really covering up but wear shoes you can run in. Like sneakers.

2) If you're white, your job is to support and shield the poc that are there. You are literally their shields.

3) Bring water, its more affective than milk is for washing off tear gas. Milk is instant relief though and if you search aroudn you'll be able to find many many more ways to help with reliving the burn.

4) Do not get violent at a peaceful protest. DO NOT GET VIOLENT AT A PEACEFUL PROTEST.IF YOU SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET VIOLENT, APPREHEND THEM AND TAKE THEM TO THE COPS BEFORE THEY MAKE THINGS ESCALATE

5) In some cases to 4, theres people infiltrating peaceful protests in order to escalate violence and rioting in order to make protesters look bad. Make sure you keep an eye out and get as much picture and video evidence of them as possible and SHARE IT. DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT

6) KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: the website i shared at the beginning of this actually has a section about the various rights to know. But know that you MUST INVOKE YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND STAY SILENT.

7)Try to carry a bag with necessities that isnt going to get in the way. Have snacks, water, and first aid supplies if possible. Also, make sure to know where medics are at.

8) If youre in an area where theres protests and a curfew and are able to, give shelter to protesters that cannot get out before curfew.

9)Theres some areas where the police has apps out to "give tips" about protesters to arrest them, be like the kpop fans and spam those apps til they crash.

10) STAY SAFE. WITH RECENT EVENTS MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HE'S ENCOURAGED THE USAGE OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STAY SAFE AND COMMUNICATE.


That's pretty much all the knowledge I have and if you have more to add/correct for me, don't hesitate. The biggest enemy we have is misinformation and ignorance. Knowledge and communication is power.

Also, for those who cant donate to bail funds. Here's a link to a youtube video where all ad revenue is going to be donated! Please dont stop protesting and keep making noise!

>>7 Wh-where??

>>8 Heres the link, i meant to share it, sorry about that. Make sure your ad blocker is turned off so the ads can run!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM

Also! Theres a livesteam of the DC Protest (on June 2nd 2020) right here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Z7Wp5hZR0

Use all resources you guys can to educate yourself on whats going on right now, why its happening, and how to keep yourself safe during all of this!

For those who know First Aide and CPR I urge you to wear a red cross symbol or an universal symbol so others can identify you and help, carry extra first aide supplies, for those like myself who work in the medical profession throw on your scrubs go to the store and buy supplies for the protesters as they're unable to purchase them. Remember those who are medical professionals you took an oath to protect, you could save a life.

There are also petition and donation sites being posted by brand new accounts in the name of those who've died. these are fake and should be reported if you see them. Stick with the BLM petition directories.

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#trans -lations


pages like THIS are FAKE
https://www.mightycause.com/story/George-Floyd

be weary, the currency symbol is a bit of a dead giveaway.

when i first saw this the fundraisers name was Different...

the twitter account that is STILL spamming this for the last 14 hours.

@george_flyod

report it enough it should go down.
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Secondly these are the peeps that need our support moving forward. the ones who are rebuilding the black communities in different states.

https://www.crifcsouth.org/the-work/
https://www.massliberationnv.org/
http://www.ncbloc.black/
https://blackphxoc.org/
https://www.atlantamutualaid.org/
https://brooklynmovementcenter.nationbuilder.com/power_the_movement_donation


This is a main directory for all the sites above
https://m4bl.org/