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Reminder to not give up, you are bringing about change.

List of positives to come out of the recent protests as of June 4:

- George Floyd’s murderer charged with murder and manslaughter, then had charges increased, then the officers that watched it happen were charged with aiding and abetting

- Louisville police (Breonna Taylor’s murderers) department will now be under review from an outside agency, which will include review on training, bias-free policing and accountability. (Unfortunately her killers have still not faced charges yet as far as I could find.)

- Charges are to be dropped for Kenneth Walker

- Atlanta has announced plans to create a task force + public database to track police brutality in metro Atlanta area

- Minneapolis city council members are considering disbanding police force in favor of a “community-oriented, nonviolent public safety and outreach capacity”

- Colorado lawmakers have introduced an incredible police reform bill that includes body cam laws, repealing the “fleeing felon” statute, banning chokeholds, and more

hello everyone, i’ve been thinking about ways i can further help contribute to the movement. i’ve decided that the best way i can do that is to join the lovely authors on this site & offer my writing in exchange for donations (of $12 USD or more, if you are able!!!!) made to any groups found on this carrd: https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/. each work will probably be around the ~1k mark.

what can you commission? - all original prompts are ok (member x reader / member x member) - more chapters of any drabble series, so Moonlit Throne or Tonight (though you will be able to dictate the contents of the latter vs. not at all for the former) - snippets from a fic’s universe after its ending (eg. MotH Wedding Day) - POV switches of scenes from previous stories - smut / fluff / angst is all OK - a story talk: my explaining of my thought processes behind any fic - i’m open to pretty much anything unless it breaks canon for my fic universes!!!

i will only post the work when: please send me proof via. inbox message of your donation. it’d be awesome if you could sign the petitions too, if you haven’t already done so!

Here are the authors that I’m aware of who are doing something similar:

@nahfamily @johobi @moonchild-og @yourdelights @diortae @minflix @honeymoonjin @joonglows @underthejoon @hobidreams

Italy

Germany

Australia

United Kingdom

Canada

Japan

New Zealand

Sweden

Netherlands

Denmark

Ireland

Syria

Brazil

Iran

Switzerland

Slovenia

Spain

hello friends, I have seen many writers on this site offer commissions in exchange for donations in the past week. I would also like to do something of similar. However, instead of commissions, I thought it would be nice to do another drabble series as it will allow me to get content out to you more quickly. If you can collectively raise $75 and donate to any of the organizations found here blacklivesmatter.carrd.co , I will not only match the total donation, but I will write and post a 15 part drabble series or two 10 part series. When you donate, please send me a screenshot in my submissions and I’ll tally up the donations. Once we hit $75 in total, I will begin releasing the content. Any donation counts! Even if it’s only $1. if you’re unable to donate, that is okay too. do what you cant to support. 

For the UK, I've donated to:

Voyage Youth, which works with disadvantaged black youths

Stand Up To Racism, which works to combat racism in our society,

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, a charity that was set up after the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 and helps disadvantaged and underrepresented youths

The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network, home to the largest number of BAME therapists in the UK who aim to help increase the availability to BAME across the UK

UK Black Pride, a space to celebrate Black and POC LGBTQI

And in the USA:

Black Lives Matter

Black Visions Collective

The Movement for Black Lives

I hope you can all find charities in your own countries that could benefit from your donations as well!

In case anyone thinks I'm not putting my money where my mouth is lol I can't donate anymore so instead, I'm going to make sure to try and reblog any useful information I see for you guys! I can only hope this momentum can inspire real change, not just in the USA but in the world too!

here you can find donation links, petitions, how to educate yourself, etc.

if you can afford to donate: official george floyd memorial fund here minnesota freedom fund here stephen lawrence charitable trust here the NAACP legal defense fund here black lives matter here

petitions you can sign: justice for george floyd here, here & here get the officers charged here reclaim the block — minneapolis here justice for breonna taylor here, here & here justice for ahmaud arbery here, here & here pass the georgia hate crime bill here **if you are international and aren’t able to sign, here are some zip codes to use: 90015 — los angeles, california  10001 — new york city, new york  75001 — dallas, texas 

text or call: text “JUSTICE” 688366 text “FLOYD” to 55156

get in contact with the district attorney and minneapolis mayor. leave a message demanding that 4 officers including derek chauvin (badge #1087) and tou thao (badge #7162) be arrested for the murder of george floyd.  minneapolis mayor’s office, jacob frey: (612) 673-2100 minneapolis district attorney, mike freeman: (612) 348-5550 OR [email protected] minneapolis PD emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] you can find the email template here

breonna taylor was murdered in her sleep by policemen (jonathan mattingly, brett hankison and myles cosgrove) who raided the wrong house and shot her 8 times. call the louisville mayor’s office and police department to demand that the police be fired and charged. louisville mayor’s office, greg fischer: (502) 574-2003 louisville metro police department: (502) 574-7111

undercover cop, jacob pedersen of the st. paul PD was seen smashing windows as the catalyst to many of the riots that occurred in minneapolis. email the st. paul PD and report his actions. st. paul PD email: [email protected] proof of smashing windows here proof it was pedersen here

want to learn more? i strongly recommend the book “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by reni eddo-lodge. you can find an extract here.