Now's the time to come together, take action, and share resources to make our world better. We can all be better by educating ourselves, signing petitions, donating if you have the means, and be kind to people on here, out there, everywhere. Looking for inspiration on where to start? We've rounded up a few resources here.
Image Credit: The Loveland Foundation
Our staff has donated to:
Black Lives Matter, Campaign Zero, Color of Change, Reclaim The Block, Black Visions Collective, MN Freedom Fund, Brooklyn Freedom Fund, Emergency Release Fund, Justice for Breonna Taylor (Go Fund Me), The Legal Aid Society, The Legal Defense & Education Fund, Bed-Stuy Strong’s Mutual Aid Community Fund, Louisville Community Bail Fund, Homeless Black Trans Women’s Fund (Go Fund Me), The Loveland Foundation, Cece Jones-Davis (Julius Jones Coalition), Justice For Tony McDade (Change.org), Disbarment of George E. Barnhill (Change.org), and COVID Bail Out NYC
Image Credit: Color of Change
Organizations To Support:
Black Lives Matter, NAACP, ACLU, Campaign Zero, Color of Change, Black Visions Collective, Southern Poverty Law Center, Emergency Release Fund
Image Credit: Brother Vellies
To Shop:
Briogeo, The Honey Pot, BLK & Bold, Bevel, Harlem Candle Co., Brother Vellies, Sincerely, Tommy, Zach & Zoe Sweet Bee Farm, Pear Nova, Flowers & Moon Dust
Image Credit: @driving_in_reverse
To Read:
How to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi, Black Feminist Thought, Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrie Moraga, Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A, Washington, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Image Credit: IMBD
To Watch:
13th (Netflix), If Beale Street Could Talk (Hulu) Do The Right Thing, Moonlight, Dear White People (Netflix), Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix), When They See Us (Netflix), Who Killed Malcom X? (Netflix)
Image Credit: The Stoop
To Listen To:
Therapy for Black Girls, 1619, Lynching in America, The Stoop, Throughline
Image Credit: Sophia Roe
To Cook With:
Nyesha Arrington, Preston Clark, Catherine Perez, Diversify Dietetics, Sophia Roe, Black Food Bloggers
Image Credit: Monique Melton
To Be Inspired By:
Tamika Mallory, BLM, Rachel Cargle, Monique Melton, Kara Walker
Image Credit: Well Williamsburg
To Heal:
Therapy for Black Girls, Well Williamsburg, Meditating for Black Lives, Black Mental Wellness
We are listening, learning, and optimistic for a better future. Change happens when we work together. Please share your favorite resources with us @cleanbeauty_collective or [email protected]