Black Intifada - Black Lives Matter

We have put together this working list of resources and encourage you to contribute your own suggestions.

• LEARN - Get informed about calls for municipalities to prioritize the expansion of community-led health and safety initiatives over future financial investment into police services here and here.

• READ

  • BlackLife: Post-BLM and the Struggle for Freedom by Rinaldo Walcott and Idil Abdillahi. Available online through the Toronto Public Library and for purchase at A Different Booklist and other independent bookstores.

  • Yes, Canada Has a Racism Crisis and It’s Killing Black and Indigenous Peoples

  • 35 Books to Read for National Indigenous History Month

  • Roundtable on Anti-Blackness and Black-Palestinian Solidarity moderated by Noura Erakat

  • The U.S. and Israel Make the Connections for US: Anti-Imperialism and Black-Palestinian Solidarity

  • AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center: "Alternatives to Policing"

  • Dardishi's reading list for Non-Black Arab Allies.

• DONATE - Black Health Alliance, a community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada. For a Mental Health Resource List by UTM's Black Students Association, click here. Check this link for a list of places to donate to with or without money, including BLM Canada.

• FOLLOW AND VISIT - Nia Centre for the Arts, Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue (BAND), Toronto Black Film Festival, A Different Booklist, BlackWomenFilm! Canada, Caribbean Tales Film Festival, Existence Is Resistance.

• TALK - Inform your friends and family members on anti-Black racism and share resources with your communities. Hold important and often uncomfortable discussions with them as we collectively work to increase our accountability and our understanding of connections built between different systems of oppression.