• NYC Well - Connects individuals with free, confidential counselors covering more than 200 languages via phone, text and chat.

• Sista Afya - A resource for Black women across the African diaspora including mental wellness workshops, community support and resource connection.

• Harriet’s Apothecary - An intergenerational healing village dedicated to “co-creating accessible, affordable, liberatory, all-body loving, all-gender honoring, community healing spaces that recognize, inspire, and deepen the healing genius of people who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of color and the allies that love us.”

• Dive in Well - A safe space for our Black brothers and sisters providing diverse events, resource information and wellness programs.

• NAMI - Connects you with trained family members and individuals living with mental illness who can refer you to personalized mental health services and housing and legal assistance.

• The Unplug Collective - A place where “Black and Brown womxn and non-binary folks can share their stories about existing in their bodies without being silenced or censored.” Send in your submissions to applyunplugmagazine@gmail.com or DM @theunplugcollective on Instagram to share your story.

• The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation - Launched by actress Taraji P. Henson, this foundation provides scholarships for African Americans pursuing a career in mental health, offers mental health resources for young people in urban schools and combats recidivism.

• SAMSHA 1-800-662-HELP (4357) - A free, confidential service operating under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, providing treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

• Open Counseling - Provides information on free as well as scaling psychological resources across the United States and is organized based on the type of assistance you require.

• Therapy for Black Men - A directory of therapists for Black men. Not free.

• Therapy for Black Girls - A directory of therapists for Black girls seeking therapy. Not free.

• Well Williamsburg - Provides one free therapy session for all NYC residents.

• Grants Database - A database of grants managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

• Minority Business Development Agency - The MBDA has a network of Business Centers across the U.S. that provide business development assistance to minority-owned and operated businesses.

• New Voices Fund - A fund for women entrepreneurs of color.

• The Girlboss Foundation Grant - A fund awarding biannual grants of $15,000 to female entrepreneurs.

• Amber Grant - A grant of $4,000 open to all women entrepreneurs. Application deadline is June 30, 2020, with an application fee of $15.

• NMSDC Business Consortium Fund - Offers financing and consulting services specifically for NMSDC (National Minority Supplier Development Council) Certified Businesses.

• SBA 8(a) Business Development program - Aims to award at least 5% of all federal contracting dollars to small businesses owned by socially and economically disenfranchised individuals.

• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program - Provides qualifying small businesses the opportunity to compete for federally funded transportation contracts.

Books

For elementary school readers and older:

• The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander

• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

• Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling

• My People by Langston Hughes

• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

A more comprehensive list of elementary school books can be found here.

For middle school readers and older:

• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

• Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin

• Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

For high school readers and older:

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness by Michelle Alexander

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

• Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

• Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

• Chokehold by Paul Butler

• Medical Apartheid by Harriet A Washington

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

• Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja

• A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A Washington

• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

For older audiences wishing to educate themselves on how they can be a better ally and learn about the history of what is happening today, please go here.

Movies

• Hidden Figures (rated PG)

• Selma (rated PG-13)

• Malcolm X (rated PG-13)

• The Hate U Give (rated PG-13)

• I Am Not Your Negro (rated PG-13)

• 13th (rated R)

• Sorry to Bother You (rated R)

• If Beale Street Could Talk (rated R)

• Fruitvale Station (rated R)

• Minnesota Freedom Fund, a community-based nonprofit paying bail for low-income individuals who cannot afford bail.

• Black Lives Matter Movement, a global movement fighting to liberate Black individuals from systemic racism.

• GoFundMe for George Floyd’s family.

• The Official George Floyd Memorial Fund organized by Philonise, George’s brother.

• Know Your Rights Camp, an initiative founded by Colin Kaepernick to provide in-need individuals with legal assistance.

• Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based organization dedicated to Black liberation.

• Reclaim the Block, an organization working to divert funds from the Minneapolis police department to more critical city departments, such as housing, education, poverty alleviation and more.

• North Star Health Collective, a movement to provide healthcare resources to protestors.

• The Bail Project, a nonprofit organization paying bail for individuals in need.

• National Bail Fund Network, a nonprofit project of the Tides Center providing a directory of community bail funds to donate to, to help get arrested protestors out of jail.

• American Civil Liberties Union, an organization fighting to secure Americans’ civil liberties in the face of systemic injustices.

• Text FLOYD to 55156 or go here to demand all officers involved in Floyd’s death are charged with his murder.

• Text ENOUGH to 55156 or go here to demand justice for Breonna Taylor.

• Text JUSTICE to 55156 and 668366 to demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery.

• Text RESIST to 50409 to write to local officials demanding change.

• Sign this petition to demand a ban on law enforcement officials who have committed racially motivated acts of violence in the past to never hold a job in law enforcement again.

• More petitions can be found here.

• This spreadsheet, created by a fellow college student, details the Democratic officials in NYC that have taken money from law enforcement (police officers, corrections officers, court officers, etc.). Please go down the list, calling, tweeting or emailing as many offices as you can and demanding that they redirect these funds to the organizations listed above.

• Request an absentee ballot and make sure to vote on June 23.