Hello happy Wednesday loves <3 In this episode, Alex and Alexa give some updates on the world at large, some personal experiences they've had in the past week, and some ways they're trying to help the BLM movement and how you can join. Please donate to the MY BLOCK MY HOOD MY CITY: Small Business Relief Fund and the Brave Space Alliance - the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ center in the South Side of Chicago! Alex and Alexa end the episode with how they've been handling tough conversations this week how their priorities are changing, and how balance means something different now.

Sign Petitions! Text Floyd 551-56 to get a link to change.org to sign the petition or go to https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd

Harvard's Project Implicit is a free assessment to help you realize your own internal biases: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Donate!
My BLOCK MY HOOD MY CITY: Small Business Relief Fund: https://www.formyblock.org/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5ed3f0d1bca31d52af2e6dbb
Brave Space Alliance: https://www.bravespacealliance.org/donate

BLM Chicago Chapter: https://www.blacklivesmatterchicago.com/donate/
Let Us Breathe Fund: https://www.letusbreathecollective.com/
Black Youth Project 100: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/byp100-1
Dream Defenders: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ddsignup

Anti-Racism Book List:
Your Silence Will Not Protect You, Audre Lorde
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
They Can't Kill Us All, Wesley Lowery
Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Y. Davis
The Fire Next Time & If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo

Film List:
LA 92
The Interrupters
If Beale Street Could Talk
Rize

Mental Health:
Domestic Violence Website: https://www.thehotline.org/
Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 or if you’re unable to speak safely, you can log onto thehotline.org or text LOVEIS to 22522
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
National Institute for Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/

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