Black Lives Matter Month

Black Lives Matter Month has deeper meaning this year – in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and countless others, to the racial reckoning this past year. As we honor Black Lives Matter Month, we shall remain grounded that learning our deep history and the perspective and experiences of Black Americans should not be confined to a month. Progress isn’t always linear, and as we work towards justice we must remain deeply committed to truth and dig deep to learn and unlearn.

Here are some of our favorite podcasts to help educate: 

• Code Switch (NPR)

• About Race

• A Conversation with Black Women on Race

• The Stoop

• 1619 (NYT)

• Nice White Parents (NYT & Serial)

• All My Relations

• Throughline (NPR)

• Ted Talk: Danger of a Single Story

• Wrongful Conviction

Here are some of our favorite educational resources you can watch:

• Little Fires Everywhere

• 13th

• The Innocence Files

• Teach Us All

• American Son

• Explained - The Racial Wealth Gap

• Whose Streets

• If Beale Street Could Talk

• Detroit

• Just Mercy

• I Am Not Your Negro

• When They See Us

• Blood is Thicker

Lastly, here are some amazing organizations in our community that you can donate to or volunteer at: 

• AchieveMpls

• African Career Education Resource

• Black Immigrant Collective

• Black Table Arts 

• Hallie Q. Brown Community Center

• Isuroon

• NAACP

• Northside Achievement Zone

• Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON)

• Penumbra Theatre

• Take Action MN

• Ujamaa Place

• UNCF

• Urban League Twin Cities

• Voices for Racial Justice

• YouthPrise

• Innocence Project

• Black Visions Collective

• Reclaim the Block

• MN Youth Collective

• The Sentencing Project

• ACLU

• MPD150

• MN Healing Justice Network

• YWCA Minneapolis