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Black Lives Matter Ways to Help: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ # (If you’re overwhelmed with donating options—a good problem to have!—and if it would be helpful to narrow things down, I donated to my local bail fund, the Equal Justice Initiative, and Know Your Rights Camp. It’s good to check that the organization in question is still accepting donations; some have been maxed out in recent weeks) Template for Calling Reps (in my case, almost all my national, state, and local reps were already on the record supporting expansive police reforms, so your emphasis may well vary): “Hi, my name is [x]. I’m a constituent from [x state/city], zip code [x]. I don’t need a response. I’m calling to say I support [x government official] in their fight for [x bill or proposal—for example, the Justice in Policing Act]. I want to thank them for their work and urge them to keep pushing and going even further to protect the fundamental rights of their black constituents in particular.” BOOKTUBE Links (as so many of these booktubers say, subscribe to their content if you truly like the way they talk about books): -Didi @ Brown Girl Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDTCz1Mx8gU -Didi reviews Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFcxMR9acG4 -Seji @ The Artisan Geek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEIETa-IjeY -Seji on 4 African-American classics you (probably) haven’t heard of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vXxt3cpgw -Lucie @ LucieReads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fYNerDwxyE -Lucie’s 10 Year Book Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvjoZuzwVXA -Bree Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSvNpXWTRQM -Bree’s Historical Romance Readathon TBR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R1hUsbyTTM -Francina Simone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXME9xXaxh4 -Francina on how the book community has achieved moral bankruptcy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPgl8tA7ChM -Marines @ mynameismarines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWicIem330 -Marines reviews Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvIubNirhfw -Ashley @ Bookish Realm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpV2TtNHK0 -Ashley’s 2020 Reading Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe4rjq_b0tA -Diana @ diana in colour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLelstgDSko -Diana’s Best Books of 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xcZFCqwhUA PUBLISHING Links: -Lee & Low Stats Graphic: https://twitter.com/LEEandLOW/status/1268289978196467720?cxt=HHwWgsC0sbOOiJojAAAA -Mariah Stovell, Poets & Writers, “A Letter From a Black Woman in Publishing on the Industry’s Cruel, Hypocritical Insistence That Words Matter”: https://www.pw.org/content/a_letter_from_a_black_woman_in_publishing_on_the_industrys_cruel_hypocritical_insistence -Patrice Caldwell’s Statement for People of Color in Publishing: https://www.pocinpublishing.com/newsletter/a-note-from-our-founder -Laura B. McGrath, LA Review of Books, “Comping White” (from 2019): https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comping-white/ -Search # PublishingPaidMe on Twitter to hear from various authors on their advances, and here’s N. K. Jemisin clearing some things up: https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1269462374823624709 MEDIA/General Links: -James Baldwin, How much time do you want for your progress?: https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/status/1267115404935204864 -Yomi Adegoke, British Vogue, “We Need To Rethink Our ‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’ Approach To Activism”: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/performative-grief-online -Glamour, “8 Journalists on Reporting While Black, With the Weight of History on Their Shoulders”: https://www.glamour.com/story/8-black-women-journalists-on-reporting-police-brutality -Brittney Cooper, Time, “Why Are Black Women and Girls Still an Afterthought in Our Outrage Over Police Violence?”: https://time.com/5847970/police-brutality-black-women-girls/ -Jeanne Theoharis, Black Perspectives, “Using MLK to Quell Outrage Distorts His Legacy”: https://www.aaihs.org/using-mlk-to-quell-outrage-distorts-his-legacy/ -Bay Area Book Festival, Jericho Brown and Nikky Finney on Black Lives Matter and Bearing Witness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=901lzGt2LTw&feature=emb_title Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsertLitPun Find me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/32647049-jennifer This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.