If you would like to make a donation in support of Nova Scotia's Black communities, visit https://ca.gofundme.com/f/black-lives-matter-solidarity-fund-ns
Thank you to the The Ukings Racialized Students Collective for sharing the following resources:
"The Ukings Racialized students collective stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and organizations, protestors and protectors fighting against white supremacy and anti-black racism. We, as a collective, want others in our community to know, though we may be physically separated, we stand together. We are with you in this painful, scary and uncertain time, and our allies within our collective are committed to fighting for you."
You can contact the Ukings Racialized Student Collective on Instagram dm @ukingsrsc or contact via email ukingsrsc@gmail.com
Self-care and therapy resources:
BLACK ZEN: This website provides a guide to beginners interested in meditation and mindfulness. https://www.blackzen.co/
Liberate: Meditation App with guided meditations from BIPOC folks https://liberatemeditation.com/
BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective: This is a Black virtual therapy directory https://www.beam.community/
Ourselves Black: A website committed to focussing on Black stories and mental health https://ourselvesblack.com/online-magazine
Black Health Alliance http://blackhealthalliance.ca/resources/knowledge-hub/
Black Girls Smile Mental Health Support Directory: https://www.blackgirlssmile.org/resources
Warmlines: Non-Urgent Mental Health Support Phone lines https://www.blackvoicenews.com/2019/12/11/warm-hotlines-deliver-help-before-mental-health-crisis-heats-up/
Open Path Collective: Network of sliding scale therapists and counsellors https://openpathcollective.org/
IG Accounts:
@healingwhileblk, @selfcareisforeveryone, @ancestorsfuture, @jordanpickellcounselling, @blackmentalwellness, @brittguimond, @ayanatherapy, @diveinwell, @sistaafya, @healhaus, @thenapministry, @inclusivetherapists
Podcasts, Magazines and Websites
Small Doses with Amanda Seales
Therapy for Black Girls https://therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/
The Emotional Lives of Black Men https://emotionallivesofblackmenpodcast.com/
NamingIt! Podcast http://www.namingitpodcast.com/
The Extraordinary Negroes Self-Care Episodes http://www.theextraordinarynegroes.com/episodes-1
Galdem https://gal-dem.com/
The Professor Is In Podcast:
Episode 11 - Women of Color Coping with Academic Racism: An Interview with Dr. Roxane Donovan
Episode 19 - Calming vs Numbing https://www.himalaya.com/performing-arts-podcasts/the-professor-is-in-1596230/episode-19-calming-vs-numbing-96583187
Crown Magazine https://www.crwnmag.com/
Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast
Online Articles, Videos and Speeches:
Moving Beyond Pain by bell hooks
http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/blog/2016/5/9/moving-beyond-pain
Angela Davis On Audre Lorde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYdfcvYPEQ
Beyonce HOMECOMING “Lift Every Voice”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rn4Xh99dd4
Zadie Smith Interview: On Shame, Rage and Writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LREBOwjrrw
Paloma Elsesser & Binx Walton Talk Hair Issues, Isolation And Mixed Identities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXvDmW_lsw&t=478s
Braided: A short documentary on braids and appropriation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFGwmUCH9aI&t=408s
Petitions and funding:
I Run With Maud
Justice for Tony McDade
https://www.change.org/p/black-lives-matter-activists-justice-for-tony-mcdade
Justice for Breonna Taylor
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
Justice for George Floyd
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd
Justice For Regis
Justice for David Mcatee https://www.change.org/p/louisville-mayor-greg-fischer-justice-for-david-mcatee/psf/promote_or_share?recruiter=862253145
Black Lives Matter Nova Scotia Go Fund Me https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-lives-matter-solidarity-fund-ns/donate
Donate to Ourselves Black and online resource website focussed on creating work centred around Blak stories and Black mental Health https://ourselvesblack.com/online-magazine