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Black Lives Matter. Feminist Campus Stands Against Racial Injustice and Police Brutality

The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, and David McAtee have once again exposed the ugly truth about systemic racism and anti-Blackness in America. Justice is long past due for the countless Black Americans who have lost their lives to police brutality and white supremacist violence, and we stand in solidarity with those calling for an end to these injustices. The Feminist Majority Foundation has joined partners and allies in The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights to demand Congress do the following to end police brutality immediately:

  1. Require a federal standard that necessitates police force be used only as a last resort; bans use of force against those who only verbally confront officers or who only pose a danger to themselves; and requires all officers to accurately report all uses of force.
  2. End the use of neck holds, chokeholds, and similar excessive force by the police.
  3. Prohibit racial profiling and require cross-demographic data collection on police-community encounters and law enforcement activities.
  4. Eliminate federal programs that provide military equipment to law enforcement.
  5. Prohibit the use of no-knock warrants, especially for drug searches.
  6. Change legal requirements so prosecutors can successfully hold law enforcement accountable for the deprivation of civil rights and civil liberties.
  7. Develop a national public database of all U.S. police agencies, including: names of officers who have had their licenses revoked due to misconduct involving violence, perjury, falsifying a police report, or planting and destroying evidence; and terminations and complaints against these officers.
  8. End the qualified immunity doctrine which prevents police from being held legally accountable when they break the law.

Many of our supporters, affiliated student organizations, and members have already taken action by donating their money and/or time; protesting in their communities; educating their friends, families, and peers; participating in mutual aid efforts; amplifying Black voices on social media; and writing to elected officials and police department officials to push for legislative and policy change. Below are resources to help you continue (or start) taking action and stay in the fight against racial injustice. We have included racial justice and civil rights organizations who are doing this work everyday, as well as actions you can take right now and ways to further educate yourself on racial justice and allyship.

Black Lives Matter.

Donate

African American Policy Forum (home of #SayHerName)

Campaign Zero

Movement for Black Lives

National Urban League

Black Lives Matter

Color of Change

NAACP

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Black Visions Collective

Fair Fight

NAACP Legal and Education Defense Fund

The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100)

Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

National Action Network

Unicorn Riot

Sign

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Justice for David McAtee

Justice for Tony McDade

End Police Brutality

Learn

On Being An Ally: Change is Necessary and Painful

How to Support Black Trans People Right Now

Talking About Race: A Guide from NMAAHC

Black People Need Stronger White Allies: Here’s How to Be One

Remember, No One is Coming to Save Us

Justice In June Syllabus

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Why We Need To Call Out Casual Racism

The Lemonade Syllabus

Read

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing:
The Incarceration of African American Women
from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland
DaMaris Hill

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice
That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Black is the Body
Emily Bernard

Citizen: An American Lyric
Claudia Rankine

Eloquent Rage
Brittney C. Cooper

Fatal Invention
Dorothy Roberts

Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis

From #BlackLivesMatter
to Black Liberation
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From the War on Poverty
to the War on Crime
Elizabeth Kai Hinton

Hood Feminism: Notes from the
Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall

How We Get Free: Black Feminism
and the Combahee River Collective
edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

How to Be Less Stupid About Race
Crystal Marie Fleming

How We Fight White Supremacy
Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin

Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad

One Person, No Vote
Carol Anderson

Raising White Kids
Jennifer Harvey

Redefining Realness
Janet Mock

Reproductive Injustice: Racism,
Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
Dána-Ain Davis

Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo

The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison

The Inner Work of Racial Justice
Rhonda V. Magee

The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander

The Racial Healing Handbook
Anneliese A. Singh

The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Too Heavy A Load: Black Women
in Defense of Themselves
Deborah G. White

Well-Read Black Girl
Glory Edim

When and Where I Enter
Paula Giddings

When They Call You A Terrorist:
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Patrisse Khan-Cullors

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For
White People To Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo

White Rage: The Unspoken
Truth of Our Racial Divide
Carol Anderson

Why I’m No Longer Talking to
White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge

Watch

Dr. Robin DiAngelo Discusses White Fragility (YouTube)

Ijeoma Oluo: So You Want To Talk About Race (YouTube)

Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice (YouTube)

13th (Netflix)

Dear White People (Netflix)

If Beale Street Could Talk (Hulu)

When They See Us ( Netflix)

Download Feminist Campus’ Statement & List of Resources

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