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15 places to donate to support protesters and their cause

These are just some of them! Please feel free to comment with more.

  1. Chicago Community Bond Fund: their intention and hope to pay bond for everyone arrested at the protests right now
  2. Black Lives Matter: support the movement and ongoing fight to end State-sanctioned violence, liberate Black people, and end white supremacy forever
  3. George Floyd’s Family’s Fundraiser: raise funds that would “cover funeral and burial expenses and to assist my family in the days to come as we continue to seek justice for George"
  4. Communities Against Police Brutality: created to deal with police brutality in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area on an ongoing basis
  5. Reclaim the Block: organizes Minneapolis community and city council members to move money from the police department into other areas of the city’s budget that truly promote community health and safety
  6. Black Visions Collective: Through the development of powerful strategic campaigns, they seek to expand the power of Black people across the Twin Cities metro area and Minnesota. 
  7. I Run With Maud: raising money for Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, donations will help fund the family’s legal battle.
  8. Campaign Zero: a police reform campaign proposed by activists associated with Black Lives Matter
  9.  NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: supports racial justice through advocacy, litigation, and education
  10. Northstar Health Collective: a St. Paul–based organization that provides health services and support at protests
  11. The Know Your Rights Camp: an organization founded by Colin Kaepernick that provides education and training in black and brown communities and has set up a legal fund for Minneapolis protesters
  12. Southern Poverty Law Center: dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society
  13.  No New Jails NYC: aims to keep the city from constructing new jails, and to instead divert funds that currently go toward the police and incarceration toward housing, ending homelessness, mental health, and other community support systems
  14. The Innocence Project: exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice
  15. Louisville Community Bail Fund: exists to not only bail out folks, but provide post-release support to get them from jail, fed, and to a situation of safety

(Prompt by me)
Common social media logo/profile/avatar for the formal Black Lives Matter organization by Black Lives Matter organization

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