Notes on the episode:
Speech by activist Tamika Mallory
Former Professor at Princeton University Cornel West on Anderson Cooper
Author Toni Morrison
Poem written by 14-year-old William Bigby - @William.Bigby
Speech by Angela Davis
Places to donate $
Reclaim the Block: a Minnesota organization that lobbies for defunding the police and re-routing funds to affordable housing, health, violence prevention, civil rights, and renter protections
Black Visions Collective: A Black, trans and queer-led organization, that is helping lead the protests in Minneapolis
George Floyd Memorial Fund
The Brooklyn Community Bail Fund is bailing out protestors and pressuring Governor Cuomo to take action on defunding New York City police
We Love Lake Street helps to rebuild small businesses destroyed in the riots
Los Angeles Black Lives Matter chapter is fighting to adopt a "People's Budget" that reallocates police funding to vulnerable communities
Petitions to sign:
Justice for Tony McDade
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Justice for Breonna Taylor
Justice for George Floyd