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Description: **We will be donating our YouTube Adsense check from May to Austin Justice Coalition and the Adsense from this video to the Austin bail fund.** (More information below.) This has been a heartbreaking week for most Americans in an already terrifying year. In solidarity with black lives, we are not going to be posting our typical content this week and want to share some voices of color with you all that have deeply impacted both of our perspectives on police brutality and abuse in minority and especially black communities here in the United States. We donated our YouTube Adsense Check from May to Austin Justice Coalition: austinjustice.org (If you are an Austin local, consider donating here.) We will be donating all Adsense generated by this video to the local Austin bail bond dedicated to helping protesters: reparation.atlas.thrinacia.com/campaign/24/400-1-bail-fund Consider donating to Movement for Black Lives: m4bl.org Verified list of bail funds: bit.ly/2z06t9G -- Creators and organizations to follow -- Jessica Nabongo of @thecatchmeifyoucan: instagram.com/thecatchmeifyoucan She is the first documented black woman to travel to all 195 countries, and because of this she has a very unique perspective on the world and what it is like to travel as a woman of color. Rachel Cargel: instagram.com/rachel.cargle She commentates on current incidents of racial injustice in a very insightful way, especially when it comes to the fallacies that all of us as privileged people often carry in our dialogue. Movement for Black Lives: m4bl.org This organization is a great place to donate if you want to support organized and strategic activism focused on institutional change. They clearly lay out the demands that this protest is calling for and actionable steps we can all take to support each demand. (See demands listed here: m4bl.org/week-of-action/) -- Content that has helped educate us -- Trevor Noah’s fantastic talk about the protests (18 minutes): facebook.com/watch/?v=271504123969416 Explained episode titled Racial Wealth Gap (16 minutes): youtube.com/watch?v=Mqrhn8khGLM They very simply break down how wealth has been intentionally and systematically kept in white communities and out of the black community for generations. This information is especially helpful for those of us, like ourselves, who never had this information as a part of our history curriculum. 1619 podcast (6 episodes): nytimes.com/column/1619-project This podcast goes over missed events in our history in 6 episodes that are not taught in schools and worked to build the racist systems that we have today If you have additional resources that have helped open up your perspective on this conversation, please share in the comments. Love you all and stay safe.