BLM resource library

BLACK LIVES MATTER

We believe in justice and liberty for all. We believe equality and equity is the only path to true prosperity in the world. We believe enough is enough. Today and everyday, we stand with our brothers and sisters in our black communities to fight with them for social justice. For any individual, team, organization or business who might be asking themselves, how can I help, it’s simple. Listen — and educate yourself. Speak up. Support.

A FEW RESOURCES 

LISTEN

Web Resources for Education

• Black Lives Matter
  
• Know Your Rights Camp founded by activist and ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick
• Blavity
  
• The Conscious Kid
  
• Obama Foundation
  
• ACLU
• Urban League of Voters Local PDX
  
• Social Justice Resources Local PDX
  

Prominent Black Voices

• Rachel Cargle
  
• Tarana Burke
  
• Amanda Gorman
  
• Colin Kaepernick
  

Film and TV

• 13th directed by Ava Duvernay (Netflix)
• When They See Us directed by Ava Duvernay (Netflix)
• Selma directed by Ava Duvernay (Youtube, Amazon Prime)
• American Son directed by Kenny Leon (Netflix)
• The Grass is Greener (Netflix)
• Just Mercy directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Youtube, Amazon Prime)
• The Central Park Five, 2012 (Netflix, Amazon, PBS)

Books

• The New Jim Crow written by Michelle Alexander
  
• How to be an Antiracist written by Ibram x Kendi
  
• Between The World And Me written by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  
• White Fragility written by Robin Diangelo
  
• So You Want To Talk About Race written by Ijeoma Oluo
  

Podcasts

• 1619 by Nicole Hannah Jones (The New York Times)
• Code Switch by NPR
• Pod Save The People by Crooked Media
• The Daily (NYT)

SPEAK UP

Petitions to change systematic racism, police brutality and achieve justice for victims

• George Floyd
  
• Breonna Taylor
  
• Ahmaud Arbery
  
• Black Lives Matter
  
• NAACP
  
• Campaign Zero
  

Resource to talk to your kids about topics like racism

• Tolerance.org
  
• National Museum of African American History & Culture
  

SUPPORT

National Organizations

• Black Lives Matter Fund
  
• Nationwide Bailout Fund
  
• George Floyd Memorial Fund
  
• Urban League of voters
  
• Social Justice fund
  
• Last Prisoner Project
  

Local + black owned cannabis businesses in Portland

• NCAAP PDX
  
• Oregon Cannabis Association
  
• The People’s Dispensary
  
• Green Box Delivery
  
• Green Muse Dispensary
  
• Green Haus Art
  
• Po Shines
  
• Deadstock Coffee
  
• Abbey Creek Vineyard
  

We realize that links aren’t enough. This is just a started point while we do the internal work, as a team, to update our plans and build change in our community and company moving forward.