EMAIL YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES
UK FRIENDS
FIND YOUR MP HERE:
https://members.parliament.uk/members/Commons
FIND YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLOR HERE:
https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors
BULLET POINTS TO INCLUDE (full email template from Amnesty International here):
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As my MP, I call on you to stand with the protestors in the US, the UK, and globally and work to eradicate the same structural racial injustices that plague the United Kingdom today.
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Please write to Dominic Raab and ask him to condemn the words and actions of the President of the USA, and call for him to suspend the attack on protesters
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Please write to the Prime Minister and ask him to denounce Trump's militarisation of the protests in the USA
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Please write to the Home Secretary Priti Patel and ask her to make assurances that UK protesters will not be met with excessive use of force
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Call on the government to immediately suspend licences for tear gas, riot shields and rubber bullets to the USA.
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Please personally commit to proactively increasing your understanding of these issues and to take a stand against structural racism in your position as Member of Parliament whenever you encounter it.
SOME THINGS TO WATCH
Cherie Huie discussing UK history - instagram.com/p/CBA42t2gMKy
Kimberly Jones discussing USA history - instagram.com/p/CA5gksAgvxJ
Cam Ig's TikTok - instagram.com/p/CA0JGPglwAN/
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13th - Netflix plus free on Youtube: youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8
The Hate U Give - film / book
When They See Us - Netflix mini-series
Noughts & Crosses - BBC series
Dear White People - Netflix series
SOME THINGS TO READ
Jen Winston's thread about talking to your family: instagram.com/p/CA-eKNfpmJu/
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Free resources from SE London Book Club
Google Drive: tinyurl.com/blackLivesMatterReadings
Article discussing UK's history with slavery
2018 article: theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/29/slavery-abolition-compensation-when-will-britain-face-up-to-its-crimes-against-humanity
Article discussing New Zealand's racial history
2019 article: thespinoff.co.nz/atea/20-03-2019/the-land-of-the-long-white-stain/
How to be an Anti-Racist Ibram X. Kendi
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Reni Eddo Lodge
Natives Akala
You Can't Touch My Hair Phoebe Robinson
BRIT(ish) Afua Hirsch
BLM - HOPEFULLY HELPFUL RESOURCES
This list is by no means exhaustive, or affiliated with any official organisation.
It's just hopefully a useful place to start from. Be safe x